Law and Crime

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Posts in current filter8,298
Filtered engagement11.4M
Ideology dots60

Topic volume over time

766 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 766 dated source rows.

Total
8,298
Peak
1,141

Adjacent intervals were combined into contiguous bins. No post counts were discarded.

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Exact plotted values for Topic volume over time
IntervalpostsSource intervalsSource rows
Jan 2, 2020–Jan 23, 2020141010
Jan 25, 2020–Feb 11, 2020161111
Feb 15, 2020–Feb 28, 2020151010
Mar 1, 2020–Apr 3, 2020151111
Apr 8, 2020–Apr 23, 2020201111
Apr 24, 2020–May 10, 2020161010
May 11, 2020–May 22, 2020231111
May 23, 2020–Jun 3, 2020611111
Jun 4, 2020–Jun 15, 2020551010
Jun 16, 2020–Jun 29, 2020341111
Jun 30, 2020–Jul 11, 2020331111
Jul 12, 2020–Jul 21, 2020271010
Jul 22, 2020–Aug 1, 2020431111
Aug 2, 2020–Aug 11, 2020211010
Aug 12, 2020–Aug 24, 2020161111
Aug 25, 2020–Sep 4, 2020511111
Sep 5, 2020–Sep 14, 2020321010
Sep 15, 2020–Sep 25, 2020301111
Sep 26, 2020–Oct 6, 2020231111
Oct 7, 2020–Oct 16, 2020301010
Oct 17, 2020–Oct 27, 2020261111
Oct 28, 2020–Nov 7, 2020251111
Nov 8, 2020–Nov 18, 2020241010
Nov 20, 2020–Nov 30, 2020271111
Dec 1, 2020–Dec 12, 20201201010
Dec 13, 2020–Dec 27, 2020661111
Dec 29, 2020–Jan 14, 2021691111
Jan 15, 2021–Jan 25, 2021311010
Jan 26, 2021–Feb 7, 20211301111
Feb 10, 2021–Feb 22, 2021871111
Feb 23, 2021–Mar 7, 2021951010
Mar 8, 2021–Mar 21, 20211661111
Mar 22, 2021–Apr 1, 20211711111
Apr 2, 2021–Apr 13, 2021781010
Apr 14, 2021–Apr 28, 2021871111
Apr 30, 2021–May 20, 20211671111
May 26, 2021–Jun 11, 2021661010
Jun 14, 2021–Jun 30, 2021831111
Jul 1, 2021–Jul 30, 2021311010
Aug 3, 2021–Sep 2, 2021531111
Sep 7, 2021–Sep 26, 2021761111
Oct 6, 2021–Oct 20, 2021671010
Oct 22, 2021–Nov 10, 2021861111
Nov 14, 2021–Dec 7, 2021861111
Dec 12, 2021–Jan 11, 20222081010
Jan 13, 2022–Jan 28, 20222451111
Jan 29, 2022–Feb 20, 20221341111
Feb 24, 2022–Mar 18, 2022711010
Mar 22, 2022–Apr 6, 2022431111
Apr 7, 2022–Apr 23, 2022541010
Apr 24, 2022–May 11, 2022991111
May 13, 2022–May 27, 20223671111
May 28, 2022–Jun 11, 20226451010
Jun 12, 2022–Jun 28, 20226071111
Jun 29, 2022–Jul 11, 20224101111
Jul 14, 2022–Jul 30, 20225141010
Jul 31, 2022–Aug 15, 20221,1411111
Aug 17, 2022–Sep 12, 20223321111
Sep 14, 2022–Sep 29, 2022221010
Sep 30, 2022–Oct 27, 2022451111
Oct 31, 2022–Nov 18, 2022351010
Nov 21, 2022–Dec 7, 2022521111
Dec 9, 2022–Jan 6, 2023581111
Jan 7, 2023–Jan 23, 2023841010
Jan 24, 2023–Feb 19, 2023801111
Feb 20, 2023–Mar 8, 2023841111
Mar 9, 2023–Mar 25, 20231051010
Mar 27, 2023–Apr 17, 20231401111
Apr 18, 2023–May 18, 2023941111
May 19, 2023–Jun 8, 2023841010
Jun 11, 2023–Sep 15, 2024411111
Sep 17, 2024–Sep 29, 2025121111
Total8,298766766

State salience

Where Law and Crime appears most often across states, measured by post counts.

Each party is scaled independently; blue = Democratic, red = Republican, purple = equal relative contribution.
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Hue compares each party's independently scaled state contribution (blue Democratic, red Republican, purple equal). Bar length shows posts.

Party by chamber

Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.

8,298 posts 4 populated combinations

Party by chamber. Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.
PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
4,438
3,029
0
7,467
Republican
494
337
0
831
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total4,9323,36608,298

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 4,438 posts.

Adjacent topics

Other high-volume topics in the same corpus context.

  • 8 records

Ideology distribution

One dot per legislator with voting-record data. Dot size represents posts on this topic. 53 legislators shown.

Visible 53
Median ideology -0.029
Topic posts 8,298
Most active Zach Wahls
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeZach Wahls · Democratic · 1,208 topic posts · ideology -0.160Rob Hogg · Democratic · 971 topic posts · ideology -0.179Art Staed · Democratic · 931 topic posts · ideology -0.186Mary Wolfe · Democratic · 705 topic posts · ideology -0.033Brian Meyer · Democratic · 490 topic posts · ideology -0.173Janet Petersen · Democratic · 406 topic posts · ideology -0.212Charles Isenhart · Democratic · 403 topic posts · ideology -0.148Sharon Steckman · Democratic · 356 topic posts · ideology 0.060Bob Kressig · Democratic · 330 topic posts · ideology -0.043Liz Bennett · Democratic · 247 topic posts · ideology -0.172Jennifer Konfrst · Democratic · 243 topic posts · ideology -0.123Ako Abdul-Samad · Democratic · 242 topic posts · ideology -0.198Liz Mathis · Democratic · 238 topic posts · ideology -0.029Chris Hall · Democratic · 226 topic posts · ideology 0.020Ashley Hinson · Republican · 172 topic posts · ideology 0.288Mariannette Miller-Meeks · Republican · 153 topic posts · ideology 0.231Marti Anderson · Democratic · 142 topic posts · ideology -0.222Nate Boulton · Democratic · 117 topic posts · ideology -0.056Joe Bolkcom · Democratic · 89 topic posts · ideology -0.478Pat Grassley · Republican · 74 topic posts · ideology 0.192Amy Sinclair · Republican · 71 topic posts · ideology 0.223Brooke Boden · Republican · 69 topic posts · ideology 0.059Chad Ingels · Republican · 66 topic posts · ideology 0.193Randy Feenstra · Republican · 59 topic posts · ideology 0.286Eddie Andrews · Republican · 55 topic posts · ideology 0.028Amy Nielsen · Democratic · 39 topic posts · ideology -0.156Carrie Koelker · Republican · 32 topic posts · ideology 0.193John Wills · Republican · 30 topic posts · ideology 0.288Wes Breckenridge · Democratic · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.176Todd Prichard · Democratic · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.218Beth Wessel-Kroeschell · Democratic · 10 topic posts · ideology -0.278Charlie McConkey · Democratic · 9 topic posts · ideology 0.057Linda Upmeyer · Republican · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.191Garrett Gobble · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology -0.056Timi Brown-Powers · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology -0.002Carter Nordman · Republican · 6 topic posts · ideology 0.040Chris Hagenow · Republican · 6 topic posts · ideology 0.040Dan Zumbach · Republican · 6 topic posts · ideology 0.166Tracy Ehlert · Democratic · 5 topic posts · ideology -0.102John Forbes · Democratic · 5 topic posts · ideology -0.089Charles Schneider · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology -0.140Jack Whitver · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology -0.042Dan Dawson · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.078Kirsten Running-Marquardt · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology -0.159Mark Smith · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology -0.041Bruce Bearinger · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.193Mary Mascher · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology -0.393Jake Chapman · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.101Jason Schultz · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.262Monica Kurth · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.123Cindy Winckler · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.097Dave Williams · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology 0.018Ann Meyer · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.131
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Joe BolkcomDemocratic-0.47889
Mary MascherDemocratic-0.3932
Beth Wessel-KroeschellDemocratic-0.27810
Marti AndersonDemocratic-0.222142
Janet PetersenDemocratic-0.212406
Ako Abdul-SamadDemocratic-0.198242
Art StaedDemocratic-0.186931
Rob HoggDemocratic-0.179971
Brian MeyerDemocratic-0.173490
Liz BennettDemocratic-0.172247
Zach WahlsDemocratic-0.1601,208
Kirsten Running-MarquardtDemocratic-0.1593
Amy NielsenDemocratic-0.15639
Charles IsenhartDemocratic-0.148403
Charles SchneiderRepublican-0.1404
Jennifer KonfrstDemocratic-0.123243
Monica KurthDemocratic-0.1231
Tracy EhlertDemocratic-0.1025
Cindy WincklerDemocratic-0.0971
John ForbesDemocratic-0.0895
Garrett GobbleRepublican-0.0567
Nate BoultonDemocratic-0.056117
Bob KressigDemocratic-0.043330
Jack WhitverRepublican-0.0424
Mark SmithDemocratic-0.0413
Mary WolfeDemocratic-0.033705
Liz MathisDemocratic-0.029238
Timi Brown-PowersDemocratic-0.0027
Dave WilliamsDemocratic0.0181
Chris HallDemocratic0.020226
Eddie AndrewsRepublican0.02855
Carter NordmanRepublican0.0406
Chris HagenowRepublican0.0406
Charlie McConkeyDemocratic0.0579
Brooke BodenRepublican0.05969
Sharon SteckmanDemocratic0.060356
Dan DawsonRepublican0.0784
Jake ChapmanRepublican0.1012
Ann MeyerRepublican0.1311
Dan ZumbachRepublican0.1666
Wes BreckenridgeDemocratic0.17617
Linda UpmeyerRepublican0.1918
Pat GrassleyRepublican0.19274
Carrie KoelkerRepublican0.19332
Bruce BearingerDemocratic0.1933
Chad IngelsRepublican0.19366
Todd PrichardDemocratic0.21817
Amy SinclairRepublican0.22371
Mariannette Miller-MeeksRepublican0.231153
Jason SchultzRepublican0.2622
Randy FeenstraRepublican0.28659
Ashley HinsonRepublican0.288172
John WillsRepublican0.28830

Most concentrated voices

Legislators with the largest share of their posts on this topic.

  • 60 records
1–25 of 60
Legislators concentrated on Law and Crime
Amy SinclairRepublican0.22317.7%
Janet PetersenDemocratic-0.21217.5%
Marti AndersonDemocratic-0.22214.1%
Mary WolfeDemocratic-0.03313.3%
Art StaedDemocratic-0.1868.1%
Garrett GobbleRepublican-0.0567.3%
Brooke BodenRepublican0.0595.9%
Ako Abdul-SamadDemocratic-0.1984.8%
Sharon SteckmanDemocratic0.0604.5%
Timi Brown-PowersDemocratic-0.0024.4%
Brian MeyerDemocratic-0.1734.2%
Chris HallDemocratic0.0204.2%
Nate BoultonDemocratic-0.0563.9%
Bob KressigDemocratic-0.0433.8%
Joe BolkcomDemocratic-0.4783.6%
Mark SmithDemocratic-0.0413.5%
Jason SchultzRepublican0.2623.4%
Liz BennettDemocratic-0.1723.4%
Rob HoggDemocratic-0.1793.3%
Charles IsenhartDemocratic-0.1483.2%
Ashley HinsonRepublican0.2883.2%
Jack WhitverRepublican-0.0423.1%
Mariannette Miller-MeeksRepublican0.2313.1%
Liz MathisDemocratic-0.0293.1%
Jennifer KonfrstDemocratic-0.1232.5%

Post explorer

Browse high-engagement posts, recent posts, and representative samples assigned to this topic.

  • 10 matching posts

Chris Hall

@HallForIowa

Democratic IA House

RT @MittRomney: Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying t&

Law and Crime

Brian Meyer

@brianjmeyer

Democratic IA House

RT @bribrielle_: Art Acevedo, Houston Chief of Police DONT FOLLOW THAT BULLSHIT https://t.co/2HFBu86fOc

Law and Crime

Liz Mathis

@LizMathis1

Democratic IA Senate

RT @bribrielle_: Art Acevedo, Houston Chief of Police DONT FOLLOW THAT BULLSHIT https://t.co/2HFBu86fOc

Law and Crime

Brian Meyer

@brianjmeyer

Democratic IA House

RT @misterj006: So if a woman is raped at gunpoint and becomes pregnant, the gun is the most protected party in that situation.

Law and Crime

Brian Meyer

@brianjmeyer

Democratic IA House

RT @TeezySooSkep: Marijuana needs to be treated more like wine and less like heroin

Law and Crime

Sharon Steckman

@SSteckman

Democratic IA House

RT @JasonKander: Hes broke, he lives in our house, and hes been stealing from us.

Law and Crime

Democratic IA House

RT @shannonrwatts: The same SCOTUS that said yesterday that states don<U+2019>t have the ability to regulate guns today gave states the power to r<U+2026>

Law and Crime

Brian Meyer

@brianjmeyer

Democratic IA House

RT @AaronParnas: OFFICIAL: Former President Donald Trump is no longer immune from criminal prosecution. Prosecutors, stand back and stand&

Law and Crime

John Wills

@willsforiowa

Republican IA House

RT @CarmineSabia: BREAKING: Bombshell news should end the Kamala Harris campaign. This is not a Republican conspiracy theory. Acting ICE…

Law and Crime

Zach Wahls

@ZachWahls

Democratic IA Senate

RT @BarackObama: Today, a jury did the right thing. But true justice requires much more. Michelle and I send our prayers to the Floyd famil…

Law and Crime