Hype
Noise: State and Local Elections
2026-03-08 · 2 sources · 95% confidence
+3 BALANCED
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×0.1
0.0/5
Violence / Intimidation Enabling×0.06
0.0/5
Sev: durability=0.8 · reversibility=0.8 · precedent=0.8 scope=0.95×
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
0.0/5
Narrative Pivot
0.0/5
Repeat Pattern Match
0.0/5
Intentionality: 0/15 → Minimal (0.10)