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Did nearly 80% of registered voters sit out for State Question 832? 32%
By Matthew Yim45%
7/28/2026, 9:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Status Quo Bias, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 35.5% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 232 faulty-reasoning hits from 186 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 36% and a BS Rank of 32% (17,459 of 25,471 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 68.50% of the article peer group.
Of the 2.4 million registered voters in Oklahoma, only 630,488 cast votes for State Question 832; this means that about one in four registered voters voted on SQ 832.
This is a decrease from the 674,591 votes cast for a state question in 2020 — the last time a June primary election ballot included a state question — both in the number of votes and the turnout of registered voters, which was 32% in 2020.
Fifty-five percent of voters voted no on SQ 832.
The only counties with majority yes votes were Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Cleveland counties.
SQ 832 would have gradually raised the minimum wage, which is currently the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour, to $15, with updates based on cost of living increases.
The hourly median wage across all occupations in Oklahoma is currently $21.92, which is 11% less than the national median.
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Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
35.5%Anchoring Bias
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35.5%AuthorMatthew Yim
6.5%PublicationOklahoma Watch
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
4.8%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
31.2%Framing Effect
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31.2%AuthorMatthew Yim
11.6%PublicationOklahoma Watch
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorMatthew Yim
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Status Quo Bias
15.6%Status Quo Bias
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15.6%AuthorMatthew Yim
2.8%PublicationOklahoma Watch
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
8.6%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
20.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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20.4%AuthorMatthew Yim
3.3%PublicationOklahoma Watch
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
8.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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186 words analyzed.
Analysis
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