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Defense

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Posts in current filter4,836
Filtered engagement5.1M
Ideology dots92

Topic volume over time

683 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 683 dated source rows.

Total
4,836
Peak
343

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

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IntervalpostsSource intervalsSource rows
Jan 3, 2020–Jan 15, 20203199
Jan 18, 2020–Jan 31, 20201499
Feb 3, 2020–Feb 19, 2020181010
Feb 21, 2020–Mar 5, 20201699
Mar 6, 2020–Mar 27, 2020211010
Mar 28, 2020–Apr 13, 20201499
Apr 16, 2020–Apr 26, 2020161010
Apr 27, 2020–May 8, 20201299
May 9, 2020–May 29, 2020281010
May 31, 2020–Jun 9, 20201799
Jun 10, 2020–Jun 27, 2020261010
Jun 30, 2020–Jul 10, 20201999
Jul 11, 2020–Jul 25, 2020151010
Jul 26, 2020–Aug 10, 20202199
Aug 11, 2020–Sep 2, 2020171010
Sep 3, 2020–Sep 12, 20202599
Sep 14, 2020–Sep 29, 2020231010
Sep 30, 2020–Oct 13, 20201999
Oct 14, 2020–Oct 26, 2020151010
Oct 27, 2020–Nov 8, 20201199
Nov 10, 2020–Dec 7, 2020411010
Dec 9, 2020–Dec 22, 20201499
Dec 23, 2020–Jan 8, 2021311010
Jan 11, 2021–Jan 21, 20212399
Jan 22, 2021–Feb 5, 2021361010
Feb 8, 2021–Feb 20, 20213199
Feb 22, 2021–Mar 13, 2021461010
Mar 14, 2021–Mar 28, 20213499
Mar 29, 2021–Apr 15, 2021411010
Apr 16, 2021–May 22, 20215499
May 24, 2021–Jun 10, 20211791010
Jun 11, 2021–Jun 29, 20214699
Jul 2, 2021–Aug 14, 2021451010
Aug 15, 2021–Aug 24, 20214199
Aug 25, 2021–Sep 5, 20212261010
Sep 6, 2021–Sep 23, 20217999
Sep 26, 2021–Oct 22, 20215999
Oct 26, 2021–Nov 25, 20211071010
Nov 26, 2021–Dec 14, 20217699
Dec 16, 2021–Jan 5, 20221291010
Jan 6, 2022–Jan 28, 20229999
Jan 29, 2022–Feb 16, 2022461010
Feb 17, 2022–Mar 1, 20226199
Mar 2, 2022–Mar 15, 2022361010
Mar 16, 2022–Apr 5, 20223099
Apr 9, 2022–Apr 26, 2022241010
Apr 27, 2022–May 18, 20222299
May 20, 2022–Jun 20, 20222721010
Jun 22, 2022–Jul 8, 202234399
Jul 11, 2022–Aug 4, 20221101010
Aug 10, 2022–Aug 28, 202225099
Aug 30, 2022–Sep 22, 2022241010
Sep 29, 2022–Oct 24, 20223999
Oct 27, 2022–Nov 14, 20222001010
Nov 16, 2022–Dec 7, 20223899
Dec 8, 2022–Dec 28, 2022291010
Dec 29, 2022–Jan 19, 20236499
Jan 21, 2023–Feb 2, 20231331010
Feb 3, 2023–Feb 13, 202313099
Feb 14, 2023–Feb 27, 20231061010
Feb 28, 2023–Mar 11, 202315799
Mar 12, 2023–Mar 25, 20231261010
Mar 28, 2023–Apr 15, 20239699
Apr 19, 2023–May 1, 20231411010
May 5, 2023–May 27, 20238099
May 28, 2023–Jun 9, 20232801010
Jun 11, 2023–Nov 10, 20239999
Jan 28, 2024–Aug 27, 2024111010
Aug 29, 2024–Oct 18, 20241299
Oct 24, 2024–Nov 15, 2024391010
Nov 16, 2024–Jul 31, 20251299
Aug 19, 2025–Apr 23, 2026111010
Total4,836683683

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.

4,836 posts 4 populated combinations

PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
1,492
575
0
2,067
Republican
2,531
238
0
2,769
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total4,02381304,836

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 2,531 posts.

Adjacent topics

Other high-volume topics in the same corpus context.

  • 8 records
  1. Unknown Topic (999)
    203.3K
  2. Government Operations
    39.7K
  3. Civil Rights
    27.8K
  4. Law and Crime
    21.5K
  5. Education
    18.9K
  6. Health
    17.6K
  7. Macroeconomics
    8,172
  8. Culture
    6,853

Ideology distribution

One dot per legislator with voting-record data. Dot size represents posts on this topic. 61 legislators shown.

Visible 61
Median ideology 0.134
Topic posts 4,836
Most active Gilda Cobb-Hunter
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeGilda Cobb-Hunter · Democratic · 763 topic posts · ideology 0.061Garry Smith · Republican · 510 topic posts · ideology 0.177Nancy Mace · Republican · 356 topic posts · ideology 0.358Micah Caskey · Republican · 327 topic posts · ideology 0.132Bobby Cox · Republican · 309 topic posts · ideology 0.190Leon Stavrinakis · Democratic · 270 topic posts · ideology -0.032Mandy Norrell · Democratic · 246 topic posts · ideology 0.262Sylleste Davis · Republican · 242 topic posts · ideology 0.066Thomas McElveen · Democratic · 201 topic posts · ideology 0.130Neal Collins · Republican · 184 topic posts · ideology 0.330Marlon Kimpson · Democratic · 136 topic posts · ideology -0.106Bill Taylor · Republican · 121 topic posts · ideology 0.219Shannon Erickson · Republican · 99 topic posts · ideology 0.119Mike Fanning · Democratic · 91 topic posts · ideology 0.172Sean Bennett · Republican · 81 topic posts · ideology 0.102Chip Huggins · Republican · 78 topic posts · ideology 0.213Tommy Pope · Republican · 67 topic posts · ideology 0.206Nikki Setzler · Democratic · 61 topic posts · ideology 0.162Chris Murphy · Republican · 54 topic posts · ideology 0.074Roger Kirby · Democratic · 46 topic posts · ideology 0.140Shane Martin · Republican · 45 topic posts · ideology 0.226Tommy Stringer · Republican · 44 topic posts · ideology 0.258Justin Bamberg · Democratic · 41 topic posts · ideology 0.160Marvin Pendarvis · Democratic · 38 topic posts · ideology 0.013Gerald Malloy · Democratic · 36 topic posts · ideology 0.188Nathan Ballentine · Republican · 33 topic posts · ideology 0.110Cezar McKnight · Democratic · 30 topic posts · ideology 0.084John Matthews · Democratic · 30 topic posts · ideology 0.117Tom Davis · Republican · 29 topic posts · ideology 0.193Alan Clemmons · Republican · 24 topic posts · ideology 0.186Lawrence Grooms · Republican · 23 topic posts · ideology 0.025Russell Fry · Republican · 23 topic posts · ideology 0.243Katrina Shealy · Republican · 18 topic posts · ideology 0.192Mia McLeod · Democratic · 17 topic posts · ideology -0.067Hugh Leatherman · Republican · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.134Brandon Newton · Republican · 15 topic posts · ideology 0.040Gary Clary · Republican · 13 topic posts · ideology -0.031Shane Massey · Republican · 11 topic posts · ideology 0.208Laurie Funderburk · Democratic · 11 topic posts · ideology 0.232Deon Tedder · Democratic · 9 topic posts · ideology -0.011Chandra Dillard · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.047Beth Bernstein · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.048Russell Ott · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.119Todd Rutherford · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology -0.214Adam Morgan · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.124John McCravy · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.162Terry Alexander · Democratic · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.078Wes Climer · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.103Jonathon Hill · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.159Tom Young · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.179Stewart Jones · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.235George Smith · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.121Vincent Sheheen · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.269Ivory Thigpen · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology -0.165Chauncey Gregory · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.095Mandy Kimmons · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.157Mark Willis · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.183Harvey Peeler · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.254William Cogswell · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology -0.080Gary Simrill · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.094Rex Rice · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.338
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Todd RutherfordDemocratic-0.2147
Ivory ThigpenDemocratic-0.1652
Marlon KimpsonDemocratic-0.106136
William CogswellRepublican-0.0801
Mia McLeodDemocratic-0.06717
Leon StavrinakisDemocratic-0.032270
Gary ClaryRepublican-0.03113
Deon TedderDemocratic-0.0119
Marvin PendarvisDemocratic0.01338
Lawrence GroomsRepublican0.02523
Brandon NewtonRepublican0.04015
Chandra DillardDemocratic0.0478
Beth BernsteinDemocratic0.0488
Gilda Cobb-HunterDemocratic0.061763
Sylleste DavisRepublican0.066242
Chris MurphyRepublican0.07454
Terry AlexanderDemocratic0.0785
Cezar McKnightDemocratic0.08430
Gary SimrillRepublican0.0941
Chauncey GregoryRepublican0.0952
Sean BennettRepublican0.10281
Wes ClimerRepublican0.1035
Nathan BallentineRepublican0.11033
John MatthewsDemocratic0.11730
Shannon EricksonRepublican0.11999
Russell OttDemocratic0.1198
George SmithRepublican0.1213
Adam MorganRepublican0.1247
Thomas McElveenDemocratic0.130201
Micah CaskeyRepublican0.132327
Hugh LeathermanRepublican0.13417
Roger KirbyDemocratic0.14046
Mandy KimmonsRepublican0.1572
Jonathon HillRepublican0.1595
Justin BambergDemocratic0.16041
John McCravyRepublican0.1627
Nikki SetzlerDemocratic0.16261
Mike FanningDemocratic0.17291
Garry SmithRepublican0.177510
Tom YoungRepublican0.1794
Mark WillisRepublican0.1832
Alan ClemmonsRepublican0.18624
Gerald MalloyDemocratic0.18836
Bobby CoxRepublican0.190309
Katrina ShealyRepublican0.19218
Tom DavisRepublican0.19329
Tommy PopeRepublican0.20667
Shane MasseyRepublican0.20811
Chip HugginsRepublican0.21378
Bill TaylorRepublican0.219121
Shane MartinRepublican0.22645
Laurie FunderburkDemocratic0.23211
Stewart JonesRepublican0.2354
Russell FryRepublican0.24323
Harvey PeelerRepublican0.2542
Tommy StringerRepublican0.25844
Mandy NorrellDemocratic0.262246
Vincent SheheenDemocratic0.2693
Neal CollinsRepublican0.330184
Rex RiceRepublican0.3381
Nancy MaceRepublican0.358356

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 92 records
1–25 of 92
Bobby CoxRepublican0.19018.6%
John McCravyRepublican0.16214.3%
Rex RiceRepublican0.3388.3%
Nikki SetzlerDemocratic0.1626.4%
Hugh LeathermanRepublican0.1345.3%
John MatthewsDemocratic0.1174.4%
Sylleste DavisRepublican0.0664.2%
Chip HugginsRepublican0.2134.0%
Mandy KimmonsRepublican0.1573.6%
Nancy MaceRepublican0.3583.4%
Gerald MalloyDemocratic0.1883.3%
Shannon EricksonRepublican0.1193.3%
Thomas McElveenDemocratic0.1303.2%
Chris MurphyRepublican0.0743.2%
Micah CaskeyRepublican0.1323.0%
Tommy StringerRepublican0.2582.9%
Garry SmithRepublican0.1772.6%
Roger KirbyDemocratic0.1402.6%
Tom YoungRepublican0.1792.6%
Bill TaylorRepublican0.2192.5%
Katrina ShealyRepublican0.1922.4%
Sean BennettRepublican0.1022.3%
Tommy PopeRepublican0.2062.2%
Lawrence GroomsRepublican0.0252.0%
Alan ClemmonsRepublican0.1862.0%

Post explorer

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  • 10 matching posts

Chip Huggins

@ChipHugginsSC

Republican SC House

RT @elonmusk: https://t.co/4K0ruu7UMS

Defense

Cezar McKnight

@cezarmcknight

Democratic SC House

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

Defense

Alan Clemmons

@RepAlanClemmons

Republican SC House

RT @realDonaldTrump: I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our shi&

Defense

Cezar McKnight

@cezarmcknight

Democratic SC House

RT @GrahamBrookie: For those keeping score at home: The President refused to invoke the Defense Production Act to mobilize and save lives&

Defense

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

@GCobbHunter

Democratic SC House

RT @adamcbest: Boulder: AR-15 Orlando: AR-15 Parkland: AR-15 Las Vegas: AR-15 Aurora, CO: AR-15 Sandy Hook: AR-15 Waffle House: AR-15 San B…

Defense

Leon Stavrinakis

@leonstav

Democratic SC House

RT @RVAT2020: NEW: Testimonial ad from Trump's Former DHS Chief of Staff @MilesTaylorUSA, declaring his support for Joe Biden and describin&

Defense

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

@GCobbHunter

Democratic SC 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

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

@GCobbHunter

Democratic SC House

RT @votevets: NEW  PREBUTTAL TO TRUMP RNC SPEECH: The first combat death under Trump happened when he ordered a Navy SEAL team into Yemen&

Defense

Marlon Kimpson

@KimpsonForSC

Democratic SC Senate

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

Defense

Cezar McKnight

@cezarmcknight

Democratic SC House

RT @ProjectLincoln: American soldiers lives are in danger and Trump has done nothing to stop it. Add America First to the laundry list&

Defense