Topic summary
55%11 analyzed articles/videos730 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mayoral Election results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 3,301 hits. Analysis detected 33,558 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,849 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 19% (13,515 of 16,562 topics). This Mayoral Election is better (less manipulative) than 81.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.4% percentile
1.9% BS Score11 analyzed articles34.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.5%9.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.3%8.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Providence mayor slams City Council for stalling $3K rent relief48%
The Boston Globe29%By Steph Machado0%7/16/2026, 2:55:00 AM
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Mount Airy Mayor Larry Hushour to resign13%
Baltimore Sun28%By Marissa Yelenik19%7/14/2026, 6:16:42 AM
Trump says he won’t let D.C. ‘be destroyed by a Communist’81%
One America News Network0%By OAN Staff Addie Davis0%6/28/2026, 8:43:00 AM
Who loved Bass, Raman and Pratt the most? A district-by-district breakdown23%
Los Angeles Times78%By David Zahniser52% Noah Goldberg46%6/13/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Pratt: I have recordings of a L.A. mayoral candidate ‘doing and saying something that would make her resign in shame’93%
One America News Network0%By OAN Staff Brooke Mallory0%6/12/2026, 9:18:36 AM
Why the L.A. mayoral runoff is about to be a ‘knife fight’47%
Los Angeles Times78%By David Zahniser52% Noah Goldberg46%6/10/2026, 3:00:00 AM
How Nithya Raman went from last-minute candidate to the L.A. mayor runoff41%
Los Angeles Times78%By Noah Goldberg46% David Zahniser52%6/8/2026, 5:03:19 PM
Raman to advance in Los Angeles mayor’s race, taking on Bass in November51%
MS NOW95%By Julianne McShane0%6/8/2026, 4:57:43 PM
Daniel Lurie’s Endorsements Are Dominating San Francisco’s Early Returns57%
KQED61%By Scott Shafer0% Marisa Lagos87% Guy Marzorati71% Sydney Johnson59%6/5/2026, 4:05:46 PM
How Mayor Karen Bass weathered a brutal campaign and won a spot in the Nov. 3 runoff56%
Los Angeles Times78%By David Zahniser52% Noah Goldberg46%6/4/2026, 3:00:00 AM