Defense

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Posts in current filter5,324
Filtered engagement1.9M
Ideology dots72

Topic volume over time

619 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 619 dated source rows.

Total
5,324
Peak
870

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 5, 2020–Jan 27, 20201288
Feb 3, 2020–Feb 24, 20201699
Feb 25, 2020–Mar 29, 20201488
Mar 30, 2020–Apr 18, 20201599
Apr 22, 2020–May 15, 20201988
May 16, 2020–Jun 8, 20202399
Jun 9, 2020–Jul 13, 20201399
Jul 14, 2020–Aug 3, 20201188
Aug 5, 2020–Aug 31, 20201199
Sep 1, 2020–Sep 13, 20202088
Sep 17, 2020–Oct 13, 20201199
Oct 14, 2020–Nov 7, 20201299
Nov 8, 2020–Nov 26, 20202288
Dec 1, 2020–Dec 18, 20201199
Dec 31, 2020–Jan 17, 20211588
Jan 18, 2021–Feb 3, 20212299
Feb 4, 2021–Mar 8, 20212799
Mar 11, 2021–Mar 25, 20212288
Mar 26, 2021–Apr 20, 20212399
Apr 26, 2021–May 22, 20213988
May 26, 2021–Jun 6, 202112899
Jun 7, 2021–Jun 23, 20215699
Jun 25, 2021–Jul 17, 20211488
Jul 21, 2021–Aug 16, 20216499
Aug 17, 2021–Aug 26, 20216088
Aug 27, 2021–Sep 6, 202119599
Sep 7, 2021–Sep 16, 20219899
Sep 17, 2021–Oct 12, 20218488
Oct 13, 2021–Nov 2, 20219899
Nov 3, 2021–Nov 11, 202116688
Nov 12, 2021–Dec 6, 20217699
Dec 7, 2021–Dec 20, 202117099
Dec 21, 2021–Jan 19, 202210688
Jan 22, 2022–Feb 3, 20227999
Feb 7, 2022–Feb 26, 20226388
Feb 28, 2022–Mar 15, 202210499
Mar 16, 2022–Apr 1, 20225999
Apr 5, 2022–Apr 18, 20222688
Apr 19, 2022–May 13, 20222899
May 15, 2022–May 27, 20225888
May 30, 2022–Jun 11, 202287099
Jun 13, 2022–Jul 15, 202222699
Jul 18, 2022–Jul 26, 20226288
Jul 27, 2022–Aug 11, 202274599
Aug 12, 2022–Sep 3, 202215188
Sep 7, 2022–Sep 23, 20225099
Sep 25, 2022–Oct 19, 20223899
Oct 25, 2022–Nov 11, 202215988
Nov 12, 2022–Dec 2, 20223699
Dec 3, 2022–Dec 15, 20223488
Dec 16, 2022–Jan 12, 20234299
Jan 20, 2023–Feb 10, 20237099
Feb 12, 2023–Feb 23, 20236288
Feb 24, 2023–Mar 10, 20239299
Mar 11, 2023–Mar 25, 20237088
Mar 29, 2023–May 2, 20239199
May 6, 2023–May 25, 20236799
May 26, 2023–Jun 14, 202318388
Jun 21, 2023–May 27, 20241099
Jun 5, 2024–Aug 6, 20241188
Aug 30, 2024–Oct 25, 20241499
Oct 26, 2024–Nov 5, 20251699
Nov 6, 2025–Nov 20, 20251488
Nov 24, 2025–Dec 12, 20251599
Dec 13, 2025–Jan 8, 20261588
Jan 14, 2026–Feb 20, 20261299
Feb 23, 2026–Mar 15, 20261699
Mar 16, 2026–Apr 10, 20261288
Apr 11, 2026–May 1, 20261199
May 2, 2026–May 25, 20261088
May 27, 2026–Jun 11, 20261299
Jun 12, 2026–Jun 30, 20261899
Total5,324619619

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.

5,324 posts 4 populated combinations

Party by chamber. Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.
PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
564
38
0
602
Republican
1,500
3,222
0
4,722
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total2,0643,26005,324

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 3,222 posts.

Adjacent topics

Other high-volume topics in the same corpus context.

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Ideology distribution

One dot per legislator with voting-record data. Dot size represents posts on this topic. 50 legislators shown.

Visible 50
Median ideology 0.049
Topic posts 5,324
Most active Michael Young
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeMichael Young · Republican · 1,532 topic posts · ideology 0.042Martin Carbaugh · Republican · 526 topic posts · ideology 0.068Kyle Walker · Republican · 481 topic posts · ideology -0.053Scott Baldwin · Republican · 363 topic posts · ideology 0.018Ryan Lauer · Republican · 273 topic posts · ideology 0.190Chris Jeter · Republican · 243 topic posts · ideology 0.008Liz Brown · Republican · 224 topic posts · ideology 0.042Michael Young · Republican · 187 topic posts · ideology 0.042Renee Pack · Democratic · 170 topic posts · ideology -0.012Cindy Ledbetter · Republican · 146 topic posts · ideology 0.139Victoria Spartz · Republican · 112 topic posts · ideology 0.167Phil Giaquinta · Democratic · 109 topic posts · ideology -0.083Chris Garten · Republican · 102 topic posts · ideology 0.185Jake Teshka · Republican · 96 topic posts · ideology 0.060Aaron Freeman · Republican · 91 topic posts · ideology 0.058Jerry Torr · Republican · 84 topic posts · ideology -0.218Joanna King · Republican · 65 topic posts · ideology 0.190Erin Houchin · Republican · 57 topic posts · ideology 0.266Karlee Macer · Democratic · 53 topic posts · ideology -0.012Carey Hamilton · Democratic · 50 topic posts · ideology -0.249Sue Errington · Democratic · 46 topic posts · ideology -0.069Ed Charbonneau · Republican · 46 topic posts · ideology 0.167Earl Harris · Democratic · 43 topic posts · ideology -0.091Ryan Dvorak · Democratic · 31 topic posts · ideology 0.007Terri Austin · Democratic · 22 topic posts · ideology 0.059Timothy Lanane · Democratic · 18 topic posts · ideology -0.001Dollyne Sherman · Republican · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.056Ryan Hatfield · Democratic · 16 topic posts · ideology -0.115Jim Merritt · Republican · 15 topic posts · ideology -0.053Lonnie Randolph · Democratic · 12 topic posts · ideology -0.056Jeff Ellington · Republican · 10 topic posts · ideology 0.085Robert Behning · Republican · 10 topic posts · ideology 0.087Douglas Miller · Republican · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.061Michael Crider · Republican · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.097Eddie Melton · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology -0.120Terry Goodin · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.199Beau Baird · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.272Ethan Manning · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.288Cherrish Pryor · Democratic · 6 topic posts · ideology -0.209Chris May · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.223Robin Shackleford · Democratic · 4 topic posts · ideology -0.062Lisa Beck · Democratic · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.026Chris Chyung · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.087Ronald Bacon · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.139Jean Leising · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.231Mark Stoops · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.159Brian Bosma · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.008Mara Reardon · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology 0.027Rodric Bray · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.208Eric Bassler · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.297
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Carey HamiltonDemocratic-0.24950
Jerry TorrRepublican-0.21884
Cherrish PryorDemocratic-0.2096
Mark StoopsDemocratic-0.1591
Eddie MeltonDemocratic-0.1207
Ryan HatfieldDemocratic-0.11516
Earl HarrisDemocratic-0.09143
Phil GiaquintaDemocratic-0.083109
Sue ErringtonDemocratic-0.06946
Robin ShacklefordDemocratic-0.0624
Lonnie RandolphDemocratic-0.05612
Jim MerrittRepublican-0.05315
Kyle WalkerRepublican-0.053481
Karlee MacerDemocratic-0.01253
Renee PackDemocratic-0.012170
Timothy LananeDemocratic-0.00118
Ryan DvorakDemocratic0.00731
Brian BosmaRepublican0.0081
Chris JeterRepublican0.008243
Scott BaldwinRepublican0.018363
Lisa BeckDemocratic0.0264
Mara ReardonDemocratic0.0271
Liz BrownRepublican0.042224
Michael YoungRepublican0.0421,532
Michael YoungRepublican0.042187
Dollyne ShermanRepublican0.05617
Aaron FreemanRepublican0.05891
Terri AustinDemocratic0.05922
Jake TeshkaRepublican0.06096
Douglas MillerRepublican0.0618
Martin CarbaughRepublican0.068526
Jeff EllingtonRepublican0.08510
Robert BehningRepublican0.08710
Chris ChyungDemocratic0.0872
Michael CriderRepublican0.0978
Cindy LedbetterRepublican0.139146
Ronald BaconRepublican0.1392
Ed CharbonneauRepublican0.16746
Victoria SpartzRepublican0.167112
Chris GartenRepublican0.185102
Ryan LauerRepublican0.190273
Joanna KingRepublican0.19065
Terry GoodinDemocratic0.1997
Rodric BrayRepublican0.2081
Chris MayRepublican0.2235
Jean LeisingRepublican0.2312
Erin HouchinRepublican0.26657
Beau BairdRepublican0.2727
Ethan ManningRepublican0.2887
Eric BasslerRepublican0.2971

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 72 records
1–25 of 72
Legislators concentrated on Defense
Erin HouchinRepublican0.26612.6%
Chris GartenRepublican0.18512.2%
Chris JeterRepublican0.00811.3%
Beau BairdRepublican0.27210.6%
Michael YoungRepublican0.04210.3%
Ryan LauerRepublican0.1909.0%
Scott BaldwinRepublican0.0188.6%
Aaron FreemanRepublican0.0587.7%
Kyle WalkerRepublican-0.0537.4%
Cindy LedbetterRepublican0.1395.9%
Phil GiaquintaDemocratic-0.0834.3%
Victoria SpartzRepublican0.1674.1%
Brian BosmaRepublican0.0083.7%
Ethan ManningRepublican0.2883.5%
Joanna KingRepublican0.1902.6%
Karlee MacerDemocratic-0.0122.5%
Chris MayRepublican0.2232.5%
Renee PackDemocratic-0.0122.2%
Terri AustinDemocratic0.0592.2%
Eric BasslerRepublican0.2972.1%
Terry GoodinDemocratic0.1992.1%
Liz BrownRepublican0.0422.1%
Michael CriderRepublican0.0972.0%
Michael YoungRepublican0.0421.9%
Martin CarbaughRepublican0.0681.9%

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Martin Carbaugh

@martincarbaugh

Republican IN House

RT @VigilantFox: RFK Jr. Flips the Script on Kamala's Lies About Trump Using the Military on the Public It turns out that the Biden-Harris…

Defense

Liz Brown

@LizBrownUS

Republican IN Senate

RT @realDonaldTrump: Last night, our Countrys brave warriors rescued an American hostage in Nigeria. Our Nation salutes the courageous sol&

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Martin Carbaugh

@martincarbaugh

Republican IN House

RT @elonmusk: !!

Defense

Victoria Spartz

@Victoria_Spartz

Republican IN Senate

RT @DmytroKuleba: Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already<U+2026>

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Martin Carbaugh

@martincarbaugh

Republican IN House

RT @davidmerolajr: Was notified last night, that my little brother, Dylan Merola, who was just deployed for over a week, was one of the cas…

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Liz Brown

@LizBrownUS

Republican IN Senate

RT @davidmerolajr: Was notified last night, that my little brother, Dylan Merola, who was just deployed for over a week, was one of the cas…

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Liz Brown

@LizBrownUS

Republican IN Senate

RT @realannapaulina: In 2017, my husbands teammate was shot multiple times in Afghanistan. Without any media present, @realDonaldTrump s&

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Martin Carbaugh

@martincarbaugh

Republican IN House

RT @ofctimallen: Darkness fills my head and heart at the loss of our Marines. All of us adrift in the wake of ignorant leadership and catas…

Defense

Phil Giaquinta

@PhilGiaQuinta

Democratic IN House

RT @ColinKahl: When I worked for @JoeBiden, he had us produce a pocket card every day w/updated casualty figures from Afghanistan &amp; Iraq. H&

Defense

Liz Brown

@LizBrownUS

Republican IN Senate

RT @senatormelendez: Shana Chappell, mother of Marine and American hero Kareem Nikoui killed in Kabul, has had her FB and Instagram account…

Defense