Defense

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Posts in current filter13.5K
Filtered engagement18.9M
Ideology dots67

Topic volume over time

1,078 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 1,078 dated source rows.

Total
13.5K
Peak
1,612

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 1, 2020–Jan 15, 2020671414
Jan 17, 2020–Feb 5, 2020361515
Feb 7, 2020–Feb 24, 2020371515
Feb 25, 2020–Mar 17, 2020241515
Mar 18, 2020–Apr 3, 2020591515
Apr 4, 2020–Apr 22, 2020371515
Apr 23, 2020–May 8, 2020301515
May 9, 2020–May 25, 2020761515
May 26, 2020–Jun 9, 20201181515
Jun 10, 2020–Jun 29, 2020241515
Jun 30, 2020–Jul 17, 2020281515
Jul 18, 2020–Aug 13, 2020281515
Aug 14, 2020–Aug 30, 2020621515
Aug 31, 2020–Sep 14, 20201041515
Sep 15, 2020–Sep 29, 2020631515
Sep 30, 2020–Oct 14, 2020721515
Oct 15, 2020–Oct 30, 2020521515
Oct 31, 2020–Nov 18, 20201141515
Nov 19, 2020–Dec 4, 2020361515
Dec 5, 2020–Dec 19, 2020671515
Dec 20, 2020–Jan 4, 2021481515
Jan 5, 2021–Jan 19, 2021741515
Jan 20, 2021–Feb 3, 20211171515
Feb 4, 2021–Feb 22, 20211161515
Feb 23, 2021–Mar 9, 20211441515
Mar 10, 2021–Mar 25, 20211711515
Mar 27, 2021–Apr 11, 20211561515
Apr 12, 2021–Apr 26, 20212071515
Apr 27, 2021–May 13, 20216811515
May 14, 2021–May 28, 20211,6121515
May 29, 2021–Jun 14, 20217471515
Jun 15, 2021–Jun 29, 20213631515
Jun 30, 2021–Aug 1, 2021501515
Aug 2, 2021–Aug 16, 20211601515
Aug 17, 2021–Aug 31, 20215311515
Sep 1, 2021–Sep 15, 20212651515
Sep 16, 2021–Oct 9, 20211711414
Oct 10, 2021–Oct 25, 20212341515
Oct 26, 2021–Nov 13, 20211981515
Nov 15, 2021–Dec 5, 20211061515
Dec 6, 2021–Dec 20, 20212211515
Dec 21, 2021–Jan 8, 20221391515
Jan 9, 2022–Jan 27, 20222281515
Jan 28, 2022–Feb 15, 20221621515
Feb 16, 2022–Mar 3, 2022851515
Mar 4, 2022–Mar 25, 2022571515
Mar 26, 2022–Apr 22, 2022501515
Apr 26, 2022–May 19, 2022621515
May 20, 2022–Jun 4, 20222091515
Jun 5, 2022–Jun 21, 2022921515
Jun 22, 2022–Jul 11, 20225921515
Jul 12, 2022–Jul 30, 20223121515
Jul 31, 2022–Aug 15, 20225921515
Aug 16, 2022–Aug 31, 20224101515
Sep 1, 2022–Sep 19, 2022721515
Sep 21, 2022–Oct 14, 20221001515
Oct 15, 2022–Oct 31, 20221101515
Nov 1, 2022–Nov 18, 20223311515
Nov 19, 2022–Dec 10, 20221311515
Dec 11, 2022–Dec 26, 2022661515
Dec 27, 2022–Jan 14, 20231691515
Jan 18, 2023–Feb 10, 20231951515
Feb 11, 2023–Mar 4, 20231701515
Mar 6, 2023–Mar 26, 20232701515
Mar 27, 2023–Apr 11, 20233431515
Apr 12, 2023–Apr 27, 20232251515
Apr 29, 2023–May 13, 20232391515
May 14, 2023–Jun 4, 20232451515
Jun 5, 2023–Jun 5, 20241641515
Jun 13, 2024–Sep 15, 2024771515
Sep 17, 2024–Nov 5, 2024801515
Nov 11, 2024–Nov 19, 2025581515
Total13,5411,0781,078

State salience

Where Defense 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.

13,541 posts 4 populated combinations

Party by chamber. Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.
PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
3,110
960
0
4,070
Republican
1,180
8,291
0
9,471
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total4,2909,251013.5K

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 8,291 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. 62 legislators shown.

Visible 62
Median ideology -0.019
Topic posts 13,541
Most active David Livingston
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeDavid Livingston · Republican · 5,110 topic posts · ideology 0.168Wendy Rogers · Republican · 1,447 topic posts · ideology 0.164Andrea Dalessandro · Democratic · 925 topic posts · ideology -0.053Joanne Osborne · Republican · 489 topic posts · ideology 0.230Daniel Hernandez · Democratic · 478 topic posts · ideology -0.053Diego Rodriguez · Democratic · 470 topic posts · ideology -0.169T.j. Shope · Republican · 404 topic posts · ideology 0.166Richard Andrade · Democratic · 309 topic posts · ideology -0.039Vince Leach · Republican · 301 topic posts · ideology 0.097Warren Petersen · Republican · 217 topic posts · ideology 0.064Travis Grantham · Republican · 205 topic posts · ideology 0.064Juan Mendez · Democratic · 195 topic posts · ideology -0.111Kirsten Engel · Democratic · 190 topic posts · ideology -0.137Sine Kerr · Republican · 186 topic posts · ideology 0.230Victoria Steele · Democratic · 181 topic posts · ideology -0.146Shawnna Bolick · Republican · 172 topic posts · ideology -0.019Jennifer Longdon · Democratic · 168 topic posts · ideology -0.257Karen Fann · Republican · 167 topic posts · ideology 0.288Nancy Barto · Republican · 158 topic posts · ideology 0.070Jeff Weninger · Republican · 145 topic posts · ideology 0.033Kelli Butler · Democratic · 137 topic posts · ideology -0.119Sonny Borrelli · Republican · 125 topic posts · ideology 0.352Paul Boyer · Republican · 110 topic posts · ideology -0.019Athena Salman · Democratic · 102 topic posts · ideology -0.111Lela Alston · Democratic · 97 topic posts · ideology -0.257Denise Epstein · Democratic · 92 topic posts · ideology -0.081Cesar Chavez · Democratic · 84 topic posts · ideology -0.039Raquel Teran · Democratic · 80 topic posts · ideology -0.124Rosanna Gabaldon · Democratic · 76 topic posts · ideology -0.053Anthony Kern · Republican · 55 topic posts · ideology -0.019Charlene Fernandez · Democratic · 51 topic posts · ideology 0.069John Fillmore · Republican · 49 topic posts · ideology 0.228Pamela Hannley · Democratic · 48 topic posts · ideology -0.146Jennifer Pawlik · Democratic · 47 topic posts · ideology 0.033Christine Marsh · Democratic · 42 topic posts · ideology -0.119Lisa Otondo · Democratic · 42 topic posts · ideology 0.069Kate McGee · Republican · 39 topic posts · ideology -0.119Martin Quezada · Democratic · 39 topic posts · ideology -0.039Randall Friese · Democratic · 37 topic posts · ideology -0.146Jamescita Peshlakai · Democratic · 33 topic posts · ideology 0.180Tony Navarrete · Democratic · 29 topic posts · ideology -0.124Becky Nutt · Republican · 26 topic posts · ideology 0.118Isela Blanc · Democratic · 23 topic posts · ideology -0.111Andres Cano · Democratic · 20 topic posts · ideology -0.197Sally Gonzales · Democratic · 19 topic posts · ideology -0.197Reginald Bolding · Democratic · 18 topic posts · ideology -0.169Michelle Ugenti-Rita · Republican · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.033Rebecca Rios · Democratic · 14 topic posts · ideology -0.169Bret Roberts · Republican · 14 topic posts · ideology 0.097Regina Cobb · Republican · 12 topic posts · ideology 0.352Diego Espinoza · Democratic · 10 topic posts · ideology -0.076Lorenzo Sierra · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology -0.076Tony Rivero · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.143Heather Carter · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.070Ben Toma · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.168Kelly Townsend · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.228Sean Bowie · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology -0.081Mark Finchem · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.097Myron Tsosie · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.180J.d. Mesnard · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.033Michelle Udall · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.133Sylvia Allen · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.164
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Jennifer LongdonDemocratic-0.257168
Lela AlstonDemocratic-0.25797
Andres CanoDemocratic-0.19720
Sally GonzalesDemocratic-0.19719
Diego RodriguezDemocratic-0.169470
Rebecca RiosDemocratic-0.16914
Reginald BoldingDemocratic-0.16918
Pamela HannleyDemocratic-0.14648
Randall FrieseDemocratic-0.14637
Victoria SteeleDemocratic-0.146181
Kirsten EngelDemocratic-0.137190
Raquel TeranDemocratic-0.12480
Tony NavarreteDemocratic-0.12429
Christine MarshDemocratic-0.11942
Kate McGeeRepublican-0.11939
Kelli ButlerDemocratic-0.119137
Athena SalmanDemocratic-0.111102
Isela BlancDemocratic-0.11123
Juan MendezDemocratic-0.111195
Denise EpsteinDemocratic-0.08192
Sean BowieDemocratic-0.0813
Diego EspinozaDemocratic-0.07610
Lorenzo SierraDemocratic-0.0768
Andrea DalessandroDemocratic-0.053925
Daniel HernandezDemocratic-0.053478
Rosanna GabaldonDemocratic-0.05376
Cesar ChavezDemocratic-0.03984
Martin QuezadaDemocratic-0.03939
Richard AndradeDemocratic-0.039309
Anthony KernRepublican-0.01955
Paul BoyerRepublican-0.019110
Shawnna BolickRepublican-0.019172
J.d. MesnardRepublican0.0331
Jeff WeningerRepublican0.033145
Jennifer PawlikDemocratic0.03347
Michelle Ugenti-RitaRepublican0.03317
Travis GranthamRepublican0.064205
Warren PetersenRepublican0.064217
Charlene FernandezDemocratic0.06951
Lisa OtondoDemocratic0.06942
Heather CarterRepublican0.0704
Nancy BartoRepublican0.070158
Bret RobertsRepublican0.09714
Mark FinchemRepublican0.0973
Vince LeachRepublican0.097301
Becky NuttRepublican0.11826
Michelle UdallRepublican0.1331
Tony RiveroRepublican0.1435
Sylvia AllenRepublican0.1641
Wendy RogersRepublican0.1641,447
T.j. ShopeRepublican0.166404
Ben TomaRepublican0.1684
David LivingstonRepublican0.1685,110
Jamescita PeshlakaiDemocratic0.18033
Myron TsosieDemocratic0.1803
John FillmoreRepublican0.22849
Kelly TownsendRepublican0.2284
Joanne OsborneRepublican0.230489
Sine KerrRepublican0.230186
Karen FannRepublican0.288167
Regina CobbRepublican0.35212
Sonny BorrelliRepublican0.352125

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 67 records
1–25 of 67
Legislators concentrated on Defense
Sine KerrRepublican0.2304.3%
David LivingstonRepublican0.1683.3%
Randall FrieseDemocratic-0.1462.8%
Joanne OsborneRepublican0.2302.7%
John FillmoreRepublican0.2282.7%
Wendy RogersRepublican0.1642.4%
Jeff WeningerRepublican0.0332.3%
Kate McGeeRepublican-0.1192.1%
Kirsten EngelDemocratic-0.1371.9%
Richard AndradeDemocratic-0.0391.8%
Sonny BorrelliRepublican0.3521.8%
Kelli ButlerDemocratic-0.1191.7%
Cesar ChavezDemocratic-0.0391.5%
Nancy BartoRepublican0.0701.4%
T.j. ShopeRepublican0.1661.4%
Travis GranthamRepublican0.0641.3%
Isela BlancDemocratic-0.1111.3%
Sylvia AllenRepublican0.1641.3%
Becky NuttRepublican0.1181.2%
Tony RiveroRepublican0.1431.2%
Warren PetersenRepublican0.0641.2%
Karen FannRepublican0.2881.1%
Andrea DalessandroDemocratic-0.0531.1%
Vince LeachRepublican0.0971.1%
Jennifer LongdonDemocratic-0.2571.0%

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  • 10 matching posts

Wendy Rogers

@WendyRogersAZ

Republican AZ Senate

RT @elonmusk: What the hell is going on?

Defense

Travis Grantham

@TravisGrantham

Republican AZ House

RT @realDonaldTrump: All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties & damages tak&

Defense

Sonny Borrelli

@SonnyBorrelli

Republican AZ Senate

RT @realDonaldTrump: The United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the&

Defense

Victoria Steele

@VictoriaLSteele

Democratic AZ Senate

RT @YousefMunayyer: We spend $750 billion annually on "defense" and the center of American government fell in two hours to the duck dynasty&

Defense

David Livingston

@LivingstonLD22

Republican AZ Senate

RT @realDonaldTrump: It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon. Congratulations to @Gen&

Defense

Daniel Hernandez

@danielforaz

Democratic AZ House

RT @JoeBiden: Mr. President, if you dont respect our troops, you cant lead them. https://t.co/hcX9hGgdm5

Defense

Rebecca Rios

@Rios_Rebecca

Democratic AZ Senate

RT @JoeBiden: Mr. President, if you dont respect our troops, you cant lead them. https://t.co/hcX9hGgdm5

Defense

Diego Rodriguez

@Diego4Justice

Democratic AZ House

RT @JoeBiden: Mr. President, if you dont respect our troops, you cant lead them. https://t.co/hcX9hGgdm5

Defense

Daniel Hernandez

@danielforaz

Democratic AZ House

RT @byaaroncdavis: BREAKING: A source tells me The Defense Department has just denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guar&

Defense

Diego Espinoza

@espinozadiego19

Democratic AZ House

RT @girlsreallyrule: While Italy is on quarantine, the Italian Air Force flies a single jet, representing the virus, to meet other jets tha&

Defense