Hype🔒 v1

Noise: State and Local Elections

2026-03-08 · 2 sources · 95% confidence

single state · narrow

🏛 State government👤 Roy Cooper👤 Trump-backed candidates#state_elections #senate_race

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Damage

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Constitutional Damage

Hype

2.8

Media Hype

Low

+3 BALANCED

Summary

Coverage of state-level Senate races and local political contests not directly involving federal administration actions.

IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING

Ignore this coverage and focus attention on the week's substantive federal actions: illegal VOA dismantling, Haitian TPS ruling, $1.6T tariff borrowing impact, and mail ballot executive order.

Why This Score

State-level Senate race coverage with no federal administration action, mechanism, or constitutional implications. Routine electoral journalism about a North Carolina race involving no federal governance levers. Correctly pre-flagged as noise with null mechanism and single-state scope.

Damage Score Drivers

Election Integrity & Transfer of Power×0.22

0.0/5

Rule of Law / Due Process×0.18

0.0/5

Separation of Powers×0.16

0.0/5

Civil Rights / Equal Protection×0.14

0.0/5

Institutional Capture×0.14

0.0/5

Corruption / Self-Dealing

Hype Score: Layer 1 — Hype (55%)

Outrage-bait

0.0/5

Meme-ability

0.0/5

Novelty Spike

0.0/5

Media Friendliness

1.0/5

Layer 2 — Strategic (45%)

Media-Volume Mismatch

0.0/5

Timing Overlap

Score History

v1 Mar 9: Dmg=— Hype=6.0 (auto) — Initial automated scoring

v1 Mar 9: Dmg=— Hype=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)

v1 Mar 9: Dmg=— Hype=5.5 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)

v1 Mar 9: Dmg=— Hype=6.0 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)

v1 Mar 10: Dmg=— Hype=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)

v1 Mar 10: Dmg=— Hype=5.5 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)

v1 Mar 10: Dmg=— Hype=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)

v1 Mar 11: Dmg=— Hype=2.8 (auto) — Deferred scoring (caught up)

v1 Mar 11: Dmg=— Hype=2.8 (system:48h_auto) — 48-hour auto-freeze

Factual Claims

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Coverage involves North Carolina Senate race with Roy Cooper— Article titles provided

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No federal administration mechanism involved— Event metadata shows mechanism: null

Sources (2)

Democrat Roy Cooper needs to defy North Carolina history to keep winning streak alive in Senate race— abcnews.com

North Carolina Senate race pits Trump pick vs . Democrat with a win streak— wokv.com