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Defense

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Posts in current filter13.2K
Filtered engagement8.1M
Ideology dots124

Topic volume over time

899 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 899 dated source rows.

Total
13.2K
Peak
1,295

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

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IntervalpostsSource intervalsSource rows
Jan 1, 2020–Jan 13, 2020381212
Jan 14, 2020–Feb 3, 2020231212
Feb 4, 2020–Feb 21, 2020391313
Feb 22, 2020–Mar 7, 2020311212
Mar 9, 2020–Mar 23, 2020311313
Mar 24, 2020–Apr 4, 2020371212
Apr 7, 2020–Apr 25, 2020311313
Apr 27, 2020–May 13, 2020281212
May 14, 2020–May 30, 2020791313
Jun 1, 2020–Jun 15, 2020571212
Jun 16, 2020–Jul 3, 2020171313
Jul 4, 2020–Jul 30, 2020191212
Aug 1, 2020–Aug 18, 2020271313
Aug 20, 2020–Sep 4, 2020301212
Sep 5, 2020–Sep 26, 2020391313
Sep 27, 2020–Oct 13, 2020311212
Oct 14, 2020–Nov 7, 2020211313
Nov 8, 2020–Nov 22, 2020851212
Nov 23, 2020–Dec 13, 2020351313
Dec 14, 2020–Jan 4, 2021181212
Jan 6, 2021–Jan 19, 2021291313
Jan 20, 2021–Feb 3, 2021621212
Feb 4, 2021–Feb 24, 2021811313
Feb 26, 2021–Mar 12, 2021451212
Mar 13, 2021–Mar 30, 20211141313
Apr 1, 2021–Apr 20, 2021691212
Apr 21, 2021–May 12, 20211081313
May 13, 2021–May 31, 20215831212
Jun 1, 2021–Jun 21, 20213341313
Jun 22, 2021–Jul 9, 2021621212
Jul 13, 2021–Aug 1, 2021321313
Aug 2, 2021–Aug 18, 20212391212
Aug 19, 2021–Aug 31, 20215501313
Sep 1, 2021–Sep 15, 20212951212
Sep 16, 2021–Oct 6, 20212211313
Oct 7, 2021–Oct 25, 20213671212
Oct 26, 2021–Nov 8, 20211981212
Nov 9, 2021–Nov 26, 20213001313
Nov 30, 2021–Dec 13, 20213751212
Dec 15, 2021–Dec 30, 20211661313
Dec 31, 2021–Jan 17, 20221101212
Jan 18, 2022–Feb 1, 20223091313
Feb 2, 2022–Feb 14, 20221071212
Feb 15, 2022–Mar 1, 2022991313
Mar 2, 2022–Mar 17, 2022721212
Mar 18, 2022–Apr 6, 2022681313
Apr 10, 2022–May 1, 2022501212
May 3, 2022–May 23, 2022761313
May 24, 2022–Jun 6, 20221,1191212
Jun 7, 2022–Jun 23, 20228031313
Jun 24, 2022–Jul 14, 20224761212
Jul 16, 2022–Jul 31, 20227761313
Aug 1, 2022–Aug 14, 20221,2951212
Aug 15, 2022–Aug 30, 20224361313
Aug 31, 2022–Sep 16, 2022621212
Sep 18, 2022–Oct 2, 20221311313
Oct 4, 2022–Oct 30, 2022971212
Nov 1, 2022–Nov 19, 20224111313
Nov 21, 2022–Dec 9, 2022731212
Dec 10, 2022–Jan 9, 2023611313
Jan 10, 2023–Jan 25, 20231401212
Jan 26, 2023–Feb 12, 20231211313
Feb 17, 2023–Mar 10, 20231341212
Mar 11, 2023–Mar 29, 20231821313
Mar 30, 2023–Apr 19, 20232031212
Apr 23, 2023–May 13, 20231441313
May 15, 2023–May 29, 20233921212
May 31, 2023–Sep 11, 20232351313
Nov 8, 2023–Jun 21, 2024201212
Jun 28, 2024–Oct 9, 2024221313
Oct 11, 2024–Nov 17, 2024421212
Nov 27, 2024–Jun 16, 2025211313
Total13,233899899

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.

13,233 posts 4 populated combinations

PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
2,787
1,945
0
4,732
Republican
5,558
2,943
0
8,501
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total8,3454,888013.2K

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 5,558 posts.

Adjacent topics

Other high-volume topics in the same corpus context.

  • 8 records
  1. Unknown Topic (999)
    356.3K
  2. Government Operations
    99.9K
  3. Civil Rights
    63.8K
  4. Education
    46.1K
  5. Health
    44.1K
  6. Law and Crime
    42.2K
  7. Social Welfare
    25.7K
  8. Housing
    22K

Ideology distribution

One dot per legislator with voting-record data. Dot size represents posts on this topic. 105 legislators shown.

Visible 105
Median ideology -0.021
Topic posts 13,233
Most active Andrew Learned
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeAndrew Learned · Democratic · 917 topic posts · ideology -0.021Danny Burgess · Republican · 741 topic posts · ideology 0.029Michelle Salzman · Republican · 576 topic posts · ideology 0.125Debbie Mayfield · Republican · 558 topic posts · ideology 0.115Linda Stewart · Democratic · 497 topic posts · ideology -0.092Chip Lamarca · Republican · 437 topic posts · ideology -0.189Fiona McFarland · Republican · 409 topic posts · ideology -0.061Chris Latvala · Republican · 403 topic posts · ideology -0.020John Snyder · Republican · 395 topic posts · ideology 0.039Anthony Sabatini · Republican · 357 topic posts · ideology 0.075Audrey Gibson · Democratic · 352 topic posts · ideology 0.028Dan Daley · Democratic · 343 topic posts · ideology -0.115Kathleen Passidomo · Republican · 333 topic posts · ideology 0.099Lauren Melo · Republican · 309 topic posts · ideology 0.133Ardian Zika · Republican · 283 topic posts · ideology 0.130Janet Cruz · Democratic · 265 topic posts · ideology -0.062Kristen Arrington · Democratic · 251 topic posts · ideology -0.125Lori Berman · Democratic · 249 topic posts · ideology -0.112Joe Gruters · Republican · 241 topic posts · ideology 0.082Chris Sprowls · Republican · 236 topic posts · ideology 0.008Tom Fabricio · Republican · 221 topic posts · ideology -0.198Jim Boyd · Republican · 206 topic posts · ideology 0.074Aaron Bean · Republican · 205 topic posts · ideology 0.125Paul Renner · Republican · 205 topic posts · ideology 0.147Bryan Avila · Republican · 203 topic posts · ideology -0.135Keith Perry · Republican · 173 topic posts · ideology 0.025Ben Diamond · Democratic · 172 topic posts · ideology -0.083Annette Taddeo · Democratic · 164 topic posts · ideology -0.115Byron Donalds · Republican · 162 topic posts · ideology 0.307Jim Mooney · Republican · 154 topic posts · ideology -0.047Manny Diaz · Republican · 140 topic posts · ideology -0.153Christine Hunschofsky · Democratic · 134 topic posts · ideology -0.163Gary Farmer · Democratic · 125 topic posts · ideology -0.199Jason Fischer · Republican · 125 topic posts · ideology 0.091Omari Hardy · Democratic · 122 topic posts · ideology -0.114Webster Barnaby · Republican · 121 topic posts · ideology 0.114Bobby Payne · Republican · 111 topic posts · ideology 0.307Fentrice Driskell · Democratic · 107 topic posts · ideology -0.111Nick Diceglie · Republican · 103 topic posts · ideology 0.027Shevrin Jones · Democratic · 99 topic posts · ideology -0.226Angie Nixon · Democratic · 99 topic posts · ideology -0.024Fred Hawkins · Republican · 96 topic posts · ideology 0.057George Gainer · Republican · 95 topic posts · ideology 0.248Richard Stark · Democratic · 91 topic posts · ideology -0.174Carlos Smith · Democratic · 90 topic posts · ideology -0.159Cyndi Stevenson · Republican · 90 topic posts · ideology 0.175Juan Fernandez-Barquin · Republican · 84 topic posts · ideology -0.153Tina Polsky · Democratic · 83 topic posts · ideology -0.104Dane Eagle · Republican · 74 topic posts · ideology 0.142Robin Bartleman · Democratic · 69 topic posts · ideology -0.174Jay Trumbull · Republican · 67 topic posts · ideology 0.238Adam Hattersley · Democratic · 66 topic posts · ideology -0.021Jeff Brandes · Republican · 61 topic posts · ideology -0.011Wilton Simpson · Republican · 61 topic posts · ideology 0.180Dana Trabulsy · Republican · 60 topic posts · ideology 0.050Allison Tant · Democratic · 58 topic posts · ideology -0.059Randolph Bracy · Democratic · 52 topic posts · ideology -0.106Christopher Benjamin · Democratic · 51 topic posts · ideology -0.202Blaise Ingoglia · Republican · 51 topic posts · ideology 0.122Lauren Book · Democratic · 46 topic posts · ideology -0.152Will Robinson · Republican · 46 topic posts · ideology 0.081Tracie Davis · Democratic · 44 topic posts · ideology -0.024Jackie Toledo · Republican · 39 topic posts · ideology -0.086Susan Valdes · Democratic · 34 topic posts · ideology -0.111Mike Grieco · Democratic · 28 topic posts · ideology -0.234Rob Bradley · Republican · 27 topic posts · ideology 0.290Jason Brodeur · Republican · 23 topic posts · ideology -0.065Anitere Flores · Republican · 22 topic posts · ideology -0.095Bill Galvano · Republican · 19 topic posts · ideology 0.074Thad Altman · Republican · 19 topic posts · ideology 0.136Wengay Newton · Democratic · 18 topic posts · ideology -0.088Erin Grall · Republican · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.186Sam Garrison · Republican · 16 topic posts · ideology 0.232Kevin Chambliss · Democratic · 15 topic posts · ideology -0.108Cord Byrd · Republican · 15 topic posts · ideology 0.222Jayer Williamson · Republican · 15 topic posts · ideology 0.326Kionne McGhee · Democratic · 14 topic posts · ideology -0.108Jason Shoaf · Republican · 14 topic posts · ideology 0.314Nicholas Duran · Democratic · 13 topic posts · ideology -0.221Amy Mercado · Democratic · 12 topic posts · ideology -0.081Ana Rodriguez · Republican · 11 topic posts · ideology -0.095Yvonne Hinson · Democratic · 10 topic posts · ideology -0.085Randy Fine · Republican · 10 topic posts · ideology 0.026Chuck Clemons · Republican · 9 topic posts · ideology 0.011Tom Lee · Republican · 9 topic posts · ideology 0.029Ramon Alexander · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology -0.143Bobby Powell · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology -0.072Lizbeth Benacquisto · Republican · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.087Michael Grant · Republican · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.174Michele Rayner · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology -0.088W. Grant · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.097Jennifer Bradley · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.290Felicia Robinson · Democratic · 6 topic posts · ideology -0.228Michael Gottlieb · Democratic · 6 topic posts · ideology -0.148Loranne Ausley · Democratic · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.035Jose Oliva · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology -0.133Heather Fitzenhagen · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.010Bobby Dubose · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology -0.246Rene Plasencia · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.081Dennis Baxley · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.199Oscar Braynon · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.226David Smith · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology -0.056Holly Raschein · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology -0.047Colleen Burton · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.056Ray Rodrigues · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.087
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Bobby DuboseDemocratic-0.2462
Mike GriecoDemocratic-0.23428
Felicia RobinsonDemocratic-0.2286
Oscar BraynonDemocratic-0.2261
Shevrin JonesDemocratic-0.22699
Nicholas DuranDemocratic-0.22113
Christopher BenjaminDemocratic-0.20251
Gary FarmerDemocratic-0.199125
Tom FabricioRepublican-0.198221
Chip LamarcaRepublican-0.189437
Richard StarkDemocratic-0.17491
Robin BartlemanDemocratic-0.17469
Christine HunschofskyDemocratic-0.163134
Carlos SmithDemocratic-0.15990
Manny DiazRepublican-0.153140
Juan Fernandez-BarquinRepublican-0.15384
Lauren BookDemocratic-0.15246
Michael GottliebDemocratic-0.1486
Ramon AlexanderDemocratic-0.1438
Bryan AvilaRepublican-0.135203
Jose OlivaRepublican-0.1333
Kristen ArringtonDemocratic-0.125251
Dan DaleyDemocratic-0.115343
Annette TaddeoDemocratic-0.115164
Omari HardyDemocratic-0.114122
Lori BermanDemocratic-0.112249
Susan ValdesDemocratic-0.11134
Fentrice DriskellDemocratic-0.111107
Kevin ChamblissDemocratic-0.10815
Kionne McGheeDemocratic-0.10814
Randolph BracyDemocratic-0.10652
Tina PolskyDemocratic-0.10483
Ana RodriguezRepublican-0.09511
Anitere FloresRepublican-0.09522
Linda StewartDemocratic-0.092497
Michele RaynerDemocratic-0.0887
Wengay NewtonDemocratic-0.08818
Jackie ToledoRepublican-0.08639
Yvonne HinsonDemocratic-0.08510
Ben DiamondDemocratic-0.083172
Amy MercadoDemocratic-0.08112
Bobby PowellDemocratic-0.0728
Jason BrodeurRepublican-0.06523
Janet CruzDemocratic-0.062265
Fiona McFarlandRepublican-0.061409
Allison TantDemocratic-0.05958
David SmithRepublican-0.0561
Holly RascheinRepublican-0.0471
Jim MooneyRepublican-0.047154
Angie NixonDemocratic-0.02499
Tracie DavisDemocratic-0.02444
Adam HattersleyDemocratic-0.02166
Andrew LearnedDemocratic-0.021917
Chris LatvalaRepublican-0.020403
Jeff BrandesRepublican-0.01161
Chris SprowlsRepublican0.008236
Heather FitzenhagenRepublican0.0103
Chuck ClemonsRepublican0.0119
Keith PerryRepublican0.025173
Randy FineRepublican0.02610
Nick DiceglieRepublican0.027103
Audrey GibsonDemocratic0.028352
Danny BurgessRepublican0.029741
Tom LeeRepublican0.0299
Loranne AusleyDemocratic0.0354
John SnyderRepublican0.039395
Dana TrabulsyRepublican0.05060
Colleen BurtonRepublican0.0561
Fred HawkinsRepublican0.05796
Bill GalvanoRepublican0.07419
Jim BoydRepublican0.074206
Anthony SabatiniRepublican0.075357
Will RobinsonRepublican0.08146
Rene PlasenciaRepublican0.0812
Joe GrutersRepublican0.082241
Lizbeth BenacquistoRepublican0.0878
Ray RodriguesRepublican0.0871
Jason FischerRepublican0.091125
W. GrantRepublican0.0977
Kathleen PassidomoRepublican0.099333
Webster BarnabyRepublican0.114121
Debbie MayfieldRepublican0.115558
Blaise IngogliaRepublican0.12251
Michelle SalzmanRepublican0.125576
Aaron BeanRepublican0.125205
Ardian ZikaRepublican0.130283
Lauren MeloRepublican0.133309
Thad AltmanRepublican0.13619
Dane EagleRepublican0.14274
Paul RennerRepublican0.147205
Michael GrantRepublican0.1748
Cyndi StevensonRepublican0.17590
Wilton SimpsonRepublican0.18061
Erin GrallRepublican0.18617
Dennis BaxleyRepublican0.1992
Cord ByrdRepublican0.22215
Sam GarrisonRepublican0.23216
Jay TrumbullRepublican0.23867
George GainerRepublican0.24895
Jennifer BradleyRepublican0.2907
Rob BradleyRepublican0.29027
Bobby PayneRepublican0.307111
Byron DonaldsRepublican0.307162
Jason ShoafRepublican0.31414
Jayer WilliamsonRepublican0.32615

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 124 records
1–25 of 124
Michael GrantRepublican0.17411.9%
Danny BurgessRepublican0.02911.9%
Lauren MeloRepublican0.13311.7%
Fiona McFarlandRepublican-0.06110.8%
Bobby PayneRepublican0.30710.0%
Keith PerryRepublican0.0258.2%
Kathleen PassidomoRepublican0.0997.5%
Cord ByrdRepublican0.2227.2%
Aaron BeanRepublican0.1256.3%
Jason ShoafRepublican0.3146.3%
Ardian ZikaRepublican0.1305.8%
Thad AltmanRepublican0.1365.7%
Debbie MayfieldRepublican0.1154.8%
Audrey GibsonDemocratic0.0284.4%
John SnyderRepublican0.0394.1%
Paul RennerRepublican0.1474.1%
Randolph BracyDemocratic-0.1063.8%
Jim MooneyRepublican-0.0473.8%
Bill GalvanoRepublican0.0743.8%
Webster BarnabyRepublican0.1143.8%
Andrew LearnedDemocratic-0.0213.7%
Will RobinsonRepublican0.0813.7%
Juan Fernandez-BarquinRepublican-0.1533.6%
Michelle SalzmanRepublican0.1253.6%
Dane EagleRepublican0.1423.5%

Post explorer

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

  • 10 matching posts

Chris Latvala

@ChrisLatvala

Republican FL House

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

Defense

Gary Farmer

@FarmerForFLSen

Democratic FL 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

Annette Taddeo

@Annette_Taddeo

Democratic FL Senate

RT @votevets: The Commander in Chief can block @VoteVets, the voice of 500k military veterans and families, but we will NOT be silenced. ht&

Defense

Annette Taddeo

@Annette_Taddeo

Democratic FL Senate

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

Defense

Lori Berman

@loriberman

Democratic FL Senate

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

Defense

Dane Eagle

@DaneEagle

Republican FL House

RT @realDonaldTrump: My fellow Americans - My first and highest duty as President is to defend our great Country and the American People. I&

Defense

Dane Eagle

@DaneEagle

Republican FL House

RT @WhiteHouse: Speaker Pelosi just ripped up: One of our last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. The survival of a child born at 21 weeks. The&

Defense

Byron Donalds

@ByronDonalds

Republican FL House

RT @WhiteHouse: Speaker Pelosi just ripped up: One of our last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. The survival of a child born at 21 weeks. The&

Defense

Dane Eagle

@DaneEagle

Republican FL House

RT @realDonaldTrump: I am to happy announce that Navy Veteran, Michael White, who has been detained by Iran for 683 days, is on a Swiss pla&

Defense

Gary Farmer

@FarmerForFLSen

Democratic FL Senate

RT @vermontgmg: Reminder that as this crisis escalates, we have no Director of National Intelligence, no Dep Dir, no Homeland Security Secr&

Defense