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Posts in current filter3,635
Filtered engagement1.4M
Ideology dots91

Topic volume over time

401 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 401 dated source rows.

Total
3,635
Peak
584

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 3, 2020–Jan 8, 20201555
Jan 12, 2020–Jan 22, 2020766
Jan 23, 2020–Feb 8, 20201155
Feb 9, 2020–Feb 20, 2020666
Feb 28, 2020–Mar 13, 2020555
Mar 14, 2020–Mar 22, 20201866
Mar 25, 2020–Mar 29, 2020655
Mar 31, 2020–Apr 14, 2020766
Apr 15, 2020–Apr 28, 2020766
May 5, 2020–May 12, 2020655
May 13, 2020–May 27, 20201866
May 28, 2020–Jun 2, 20201255
Jun 3, 2020–Jun 12, 2020966
Jun 14, 2020–Jul 1, 2020655
Jul 4, 2020–Jul 30, 2020966
Jul 31, 2020–Aug 17, 2020766
Aug 18, 2020–Aug 30, 2020655
Sep 1, 2020–Sep 10, 2020966
Sep 11, 2020–Sep 17, 20201555
Sep 18, 2020–Oct 2, 20201266
Oct 12, 2020–Oct 29, 2020955
Nov 2, 2020–Nov 11, 20202966
Nov 12, 2020–Nov 21, 2020766
Nov 22, 2020–Nov 26, 2020655
Nov 27, 2020–Dec 8, 20201166
Dec 10, 2020–Dec 15, 2020955
Dec 16, 2020–Jan 9, 20211266
Jan 17, 2021–Feb 2, 20211355
Feb 12, 2021–Mar 13, 20212166
Mar 15, 2021–Mar 29, 20212166
Apr 1, 2021–Apr 29, 20212155
May 1, 2021–May 13, 20214766
May 14, 2021–May 26, 20214455
May 28, 2021–Jun 4, 20218466
Jun 6, 2021–Jun 14, 20214455
Jun 15, 2021–Jul 27, 20211666
Aug 5, 2021–Aug 22, 20211666
Aug 26, 2021–Sep 1, 20214455
Sep 2, 2021–Sep 16, 20215466
Sep 17, 2021–Oct 20, 20216655
Oct 25, 2021–Nov 6, 20217466
Nov 8, 2021–Nov 12, 202116055
Nov 19, 2021–Dec 8, 20213766
Dec 12, 2021–Jan 6, 20224666
Jan 9, 2022–Jan 23, 20224855
Jan 24, 2022–Feb 7, 20225866
Feb 9, 2022–Feb 26, 20221455
Feb 27, 2022–Mar 15, 20223166
Mar 17, 2022–Mar 31, 20222155
Apr 5, 2022–Apr 18, 20223066
Apr 21, 2022–May 2, 20223966
May 3, 2022–May 8, 20223055
May 10, 2022–May 17, 20223266
May 21, 2022–May 30, 202258455
May 31, 2022–Jun 26, 202232166
Jul 4, 2022–Jul 24, 202215755
Jul 27, 2022–Aug 7, 202248666
Aug 16, 2022–Sep 11, 202210166
Sep 13, 2022–Sep 25, 20222155
Sep 30, 2022–Oct 27, 20221866
Nov 1, 2022–Nov 10, 20222055
Nov 11, 2022–Dec 1, 202211366
Dec 3, 2022–Dec 12, 20223455
Dec 13, 2022–Jan 6, 20232566
Jan 10, 2023–Feb 11, 20236966
Feb 12, 2023–Feb 19, 20234355
Feb 20, 2023–Mar 19, 20236766
Mar 20, 2023–Mar 29, 20234955
Mar 30, 2023–May 9, 20233666
May 12, 2023–May 30, 20237655
Jun 6, 2023–Nov 11, 20242366
Nov 12, 2024–Aug 22, 2025766
Total3,635401401

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.

3,635 posts 4 populated combinations

Party by chamber. Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.
PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
1,586
1,058
0
2,644
Republican
709
282
0
991
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total2,2951,34003,635

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 1,586 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. 55 legislators shown.

Visible 55
Median ideology -0.111
Topic posts 3,635
Most active Stephanie Kifowit
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeStephanie Kifowit · Democratic · 792 topic posts · ideology -0.165Sue Rezin · Republican · 236 topic posts · ideology 0.075Emanuel Welch · Democratic · 222 topic posts · ideology -0.345Fred Crespo · Democratic · 185 topic posts · ideology -0.239Tim Butler · Republican · 181 topic posts · ideology 0.144Laura Murphy · Democratic · 139 topic posts · ideology -0.117Don Harmon · Democratic · 128 topic posts · ideology -0.262Marcus Evans · Democratic · 121 topic posts · ideology -0.291Patricia Pelt · Democratic · 116 topic posts · ideology -0.349Jeff Keicher · Republican · 115 topic posts · ideology -0.058Kimberly Lightford · Democratic · 105 topic posts · ideology -0.343Linda Holmes · Democratic · 97 topic posts · ideology -0.117Elgie Sims · Democratic · 95 topic posts · ideology -0.229Michael Hastings · Democratic · 93 topic posts · ideology -0.069Allen Skillicorn · Republican · 90 topic posts · ideology -0.122Melinda Bush · Democratic · 89 topic posts · ideology -0.081David McSweeney · Republican · 87 topic posts · ideology -0.125Deanne Mazzochi · Republican · 69 topic posts · ideology -0.214Doris Turner · Democratic · 68 topic posts · ideology 0.123William Cunningham · Democratic · 57 topic posts · ideology -0.111Robert Peters · Democratic · 47 topic posts · ideology -0.422Keith Wheeler · Republican · 46 topic posts · ideology -0.060Ann Williams · Democratic · 44 topic posts · ideology -0.551Natalie Manley · Democratic · 41 topic posts · ideology -0.083Grant Wehrli · Republican · 39 topic posts · ideology -0.103Michael Zalewski · Democratic · 37 topic posts · ideology -0.192Barbara Hernandez · Democratic · 33 topic posts · ideology -0.070Dan McConchie · Republican · 28 topic posts · ideology -0.144Kelly Cassidy · Democratic · 25 topic posts · ideology -0.643Jaime Andrade · Democratic · 25 topic posts · ideology -0.490Will Guzzardi · Democratic · 21 topic posts · ideology -0.401David Welter · Republican · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.051Jacqueline Collins · Democratic · 13 topic posts · ideology -0.206Mark Batinick · Republican · 13 topic posts · ideology -0.063John Cabello · Republican · 13 topic posts · ideology -0.001Robyn Gabel · Democratic · 12 topic posts · ideology -0.403Joe Sosnowski · Republican · 12 topic posts · ideology 0.044Chapin Rose · Republican · 12 topic posts · ideology 0.148Rita Mayfield · Democratic · 10 topic posts · ideology -0.117Andy Manar · Democratic · 10 topic posts · ideology 0.123Patrick Windhorst · Republican · 10 topic posts · ideology 0.199Anna Moeller · Democratic · 9 topic posts · ideology -0.181Avery Bourne · Republican · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.231Adam Niemerg · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.280Jim Oberweis · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology -0.083Katie Stuart · Democratic · 4 topic posts · ideology -0.048Theresa Mah · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.312Elizabeth Hernandez · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.222Robert Martwick · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.181Jehan Gordon-Booth · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.090Sam Yingling · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.074Maurice West · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology 0.003Tony McCombie · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.070Bill Brady · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.094Andrew Chesney · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.158
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Kelly CassidyDemocratic-0.64325
Ann WilliamsDemocratic-0.55144
Jaime AndradeDemocratic-0.49025
Robert PetersDemocratic-0.42247
Robyn GabelDemocratic-0.40312
Will GuzzardiDemocratic-0.40121
Patricia PeltDemocratic-0.349116
Emanuel WelchDemocratic-0.345222
Kimberly LightfordDemocratic-0.343105
Theresa MahDemocratic-0.3121
Marcus EvansDemocratic-0.291121
Don HarmonDemocratic-0.262128
Fred CrespoDemocratic-0.239185
Elgie SimsDemocratic-0.22995
Elizabeth HernandezDemocratic-0.2221
Deanne MazzochiRepublican-0.21469
Jacqueline CollinsDemocratic-0.20613
Michael ZalewskiDemocratic-0.19237
Robert MartwickDemocratic-0.1811
Anna MoellerDemocratic-0.1819
Stephanie KifowitDemocratic-0.165792
Dan McConchieRepublican-0.14428
David McSweeneyRepublican-0.12587
Allen SkillicornRepublican-0.12290
Linda HolmesDemocratic-0.11797
Laura MurphyDemocratic-0.117139
Rita MayfieldDemocratic-0.11710
William CunninghamDemocratic-0.11157
Grant WehrliRepublican-0.10339
Jehan Gordon-BoothDemocratic-0.0901
Jim OberweisRepublican-0.0835
Natalie ManleyDemocratic-0.08341
Melinda BushDemocratic-0.08189
Sam YinglingDemocratic-0.0741
Barbara HernandezDemocratic-0.07033
Michael HastingsDemocratic-0.06993
Mark BatinickRepublican-0.06313
Keith WheelerRepublican-0.06046
Jeff KeicherRepublican-0.058115
Katie StuartDemocratic-0.0484
John CabelloRepublican-0.00113
Maurice WestDemocratic0.0031
Joe SosnowskiRepublican0.04412
David WelterRepublican0.05117
Tony McCombieRepublican0.0701
Sue RezinRepublican0.075236
Bill BradyRepublican0.0941
Andy ManarDemocratic0.12310
Doris TurnerDemocratic0.12368
Tim ButlerRepublican0.144181
Chapin RoseRepublican0.14812
Andrew ChesneyRepublican0.1581
Patrick WindhorstRepublican0.19910
Avery BourneRepublican0.2318
Adam NiemergRepublican0.2807

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 91 records
1–25 of 91
Legislators concentrated on Defense
Bill BradyRepublican0.094100.0%
Stephanie KifowitDemocratic-0.16510.5%
William CunninghamDemocratic-0.11110.4%
Keith WheelerRepublican-0.0609.3%
Fred CrespoDemocratic-0.2396.8%
Michael HastingsDemocratic-0.0695.3%
Deanne MazzochiRepublican-0.2145.2%
Linda HolmesDemocratic-0.1174.4%
Natalie ManleyDemocratic-0.0834.0%
Tony McCombieRepublican0.0704.0%
Sue RezinRepublican0.0753.8%
Anna MoellerDemocratic-0.1813.6%
David WelterRepublican0.0512.9%
Laura MurphyDemocratic-0.1172.8%
Jeff KeicherRepublican-0.0582.6%
Don HarmonDemocratic-0.2622.6%
Elgie SimsDemocratic-0.2292.6%
Melinda BushDemocratic-0.0812.5%
Kimberly LightfordDemocratic-0.3432.3%
David McSweeneyRepublican-0.1252.2%
Robyn GabelDemocratic-0.4031.9%
Andrew ChesneyRepublican0.1581.8%
Patricia PeltDemocratic-0.3491.7%
Jim OberweisRepublican-0.0831.7%
Tim ButlerRepublican0.1441.5%

Post explorer

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  • 10 matching posts

John Cabello

@JohnCabello

Republican IL House

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

Defense

John Cabello

@JohnCabello

Republican IL 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

David McSweeney

@1980reagan

Republican IL 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

Andrew Chesney

@AndrewChesneyIL

Republican IL House

RT @charliekirk11: Welcome to the race, Tim Walz! Let’s make sure America knows who you are. You helped ignite the George Floyd riots, th…

Defense

Michael Zalewski

@mjzalewski

Democratic IL House

RT @RexChapman: After serving 6 years in the Army  and 20 years in the Navy - this hero retires and she walked out like this. Im here f&

Defense

Kelly Cassidy

@RepKellyCassidy

Democratic IL House

RT @DebHaalandNM: A voice like mine has never been a Cabinet secretary or at the head of the Department of Interior. Growing up in my moth&

Defense

Grant Wehrli

@GrantWehrli

Republican IL House

RT @alifarhat79: Sam Bankman-Fried: I don<U+2019>t know where $10 billion dollars went The Pentagon: We don<U+2019>t know where $2.2 trillion dollars we<U+2026>

Defense

Kelly Cassidy

@RepKellyCassidy

Democratic IL House

RT @SpeakerPelosi: The Office of the Director of National Intelligences decision to cancel all election security briefings for the Congres&

Defense

Grant Wehrli

@GrantWehrli

Republican IL House

RT @IAPonomarenko: Yes, Kyiv and Kharkiv have been shelled for the first time since 1941. Two men gave such an order <U+2014> Adolf Hitler and Vla<U+2026>

Defense

Anna Moeller

@annamoeller

Democratic IL House

RT @DanPriceSeattle: Just to recap: We spend $750 billion a year on the Military to "bring democracy" to other countries but we can't pass…

Defense