Defense

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Posts in current filter1,939
Filtered engagement1.5M
Ideology dots64

Topic volume over time

338 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 338 dated source rows.

Total
1,939
Peak
134

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 2, 2020–Jan 8, 2020644
Jan 9, 2020–Jan 20, 2020655
Jan 21, 2020–Feb 2, 20201155
Feb 3, 2020–Feb 11, 2020644
Feb 12, 2020–Feb 23, 2020855
Feb 28, 2020–Mar 5, 2020655
Mar 6, 2020–Mar 18, 2020644
Mar 21, 2020–Mar 26, 2020655
Mar 27, 2020–Apr 5, 2020655
Apr 7, 2020–Apr 15, 2020444
Apr 20, 2020–Apr 30, 20202055
May 1, 2020–May 15, 20202155
May 16, 2020–May 24, 2020955
May 25, 2020–May 28, 20201044
May 29, 2020–Jun 6, 2020855
Jun 7, 2020–Jun 16, 2020655
Jun 17, 2020–Jun 27, 2020844
Jun 28, 2020–Jul 6, 2020755
Jul 8, 2020–Jul 21, 2020855
Jul 23, 2020–Jul 29, 2020644
Jul 30, 2020–Aug 14, 2020655
Aug 15, 2020–Sep 2, 2020655
Sep 4, 2020–Sep 11, 20202144
Sep 14, 2020–Oct 10, 2020655
Oct 18, 2020–Nov 12, 20201455
Nov 20, 2020–Dec 17, 2020655
Dec 31, 2020–Jan 10, 20211144
Jan 11, 2021–Jan 28, 20211255
Jan 29, 2021–Feb 18, 20212955
Feb 25, 2021–Mar 19, 20211144
Mar 20, 2021–Apr 11, 20211855
Apr 14, 2021–May 2, 20211455
May 13, 2021–May 21, 20216944
May 22, 2021–Jun 1, 20217255
Jun 6, 2021–Jun 28, 20214055
Jul 4, 2021–Aug 13, 20211755
Aug 15, 2021–Aug 18, 20214344
Aug 20, 2021–Aug 26, 20213455
Aug 27, 2021–Aug 31, 202110555
Sep 11, 2021–Sep 24, 20214644
Sep 27, 2021–Oct 18, 20214955
Oct 22, 2021–Nov 11, 20212855
Nov 12, 2021–Dec 1, 20212644
Dec 10, 2021–Jan 11, 20224855
Jan 18, 2022–Jan 26, 20223255
Jan 30, 2022–Feb 9, 20221044
Feb 11, 2022–Feb 16, 20223155
Feb 17, 2022–Feb 24, 20221355
Feb 26, 2022–Mar 24, 20221455
Apr 2, 2022–May 15, 20221044
May 19, 2022–Jun 7, 202213455
Jun 8, 2022–Jun 24, 20225055
Jun 27, 2022–Aug 3, 202211744
Aug 13, 2022–Aug 26, 202210355
Aug 27, 2022–Sep 13, 20221655
Sep 16, 2022–Oct 13, 20221044
Oct 14, 2022–Oct 24, 20221355
Oct 26, 2022–Nov 21, 20227155
Nov 23, 2022–Dec 17, 20222244
Dec 19, 2022–Dec 31, 2022555
Jan 12, 2023–Feb 5, 20233555
Feb 6, 2023–Feb 18, 20233755
Feb 20, 2023–Mar 6, 20232144
Mar 15, 2023–Mar 29, 20237055
Mar 30, 2023–Apr 3, 20234955
Apr 19, 2023–Apr 25, 20232844
May 1, 2023–May 18, 20233055
May 20, 2023–May 30, 20235655
May 31, 2023–Jun 8, 20232844
Jun 13, 2023–Feb 14, 20242055
Mar 21, 2024–Aug 29, 2024855
Aug 30, 2024–Jul 16, 2025755
Total1,939338338

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.

1,939 posts 4 populated combinations

Party by chamber. Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.
PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
578
251
0
829
Republican
591
519
0
1,110
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total1,16977001,939

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 591 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. 37 legislators shown.

Visible 37
Median ideology 0.038
Topic posts 1,939
Most active Candice Pierucci
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeCandice Pierucci · Republican · 311 topic posts · ideology 0.287Elizabeth Weight · Democratic · 253 topic posts · ideology -0.003Kathleen Riebe · Democratic · 193 topic posts · ideology -0.145Todd Weiler · Republican · 193 topic posts · ideology 0.065Stuart Adams · Republican · 139 topic posts · ideology 0.207Carol Moss · Democratic · 90 topic posts · ideology -0.082Brian King · Democratic · 82 topic posts · ideology -0.127John Johnson · Republican · 62 topic posts · ideology 0.051Adam Robertson · Republican · 62 topic posts · ideology 0.143Stephen Handy · Republican · 62 topic posts · ideology 0.207Jeff Stenquist · Republican · 61 topic posts · ideology -0.052Karen Kwan · Democratic · 60 topic posts · ideology -0.196Deidre Henderson · Republican · 55 topic posts · ideology 0.236Daniel Thatcher · Republican · 42 topic posts · ideology 0.110Marie Poulson · Democratic · 34 topic posts · ideology -0.171Derek Kitchen · Democratic · 25 topic posts · ideology -0.269Mark Wheatley · Democratic · 25 topic posts · ideology -0.163Lowry Snow · Republican · 22 topic posts · ideology 0.235Michael Winder · Republican · 21 topic posts · ideology 0.014Kera Birkeland · Republican · 20 topic posts · ideology 0.219Joel Briscoe · Democratic · 18 topic posts · ideology -0.296Luz Escamilla · Democratic · 18 topic posts · ideology -0.095Karen Mayne · Democratic · 15 topic posts · ideology -0.107Angela Romero · Democratic · 14 topic posts · ideology -0.239Lyle Hillyard · Republican · 13 topic posts · ideology 0.098Don Ipson · Republican · 11 topic posts · ideology 0.270Mike McKell · Republican · 9 topic posts · ideology 0.038Craig Hall · Republican · 8 topic posts · ideology -0.006Cory Maloy · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.030Jake Anderegg · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.177Timothy Hawkes · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.223Stephanie Pitcher · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology -0.211Marsha Judkins · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.145James Dunnigan · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology -0.228Val Potter · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.116Norm Thurston · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.137Marc Roberts · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.281
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Joel BriscoeDemocratic-0.29618
Derek KitchenDemocratic-0.26925
Angela RomeroDemocratic-0.23914
James DunniganRepublican-0.2281
Stephanie PitcherDemocratic-0.2112
Karen KwanDemocratic-0.19660
Marie PoulsonDemocratic-0.17134
Mark WheatleyDemocratic-0.16325
Kathleen RiebeDemocratic-0.145193
Brian KingDemocratic-0.12782
Karen MayneDemocratic-0.10715
Luz EscamillaDemocratic-0.09518
Carol MossDemocratic-0.08290
Jeff StenquistRepublican-0.05261
Craig HallRepublican-0.0068
Elizabeth WeightDemocratic-0.003253
Michael WinderRepublican0.01421
Cory MaloyRepublican0.0305
Mike McKellRepublican0.0389
John JohnsonRepublican0.05162
Todd WeilerRepublican0.065193
Lyle HillyardRepublican0.09813
Daniel ThatcherRepublican0.11042
Val PotterRepublican0.1161
Norm ThurstonRepublican0.1371
Adam RobertsonRepublican0.14362
Marsha JudkinsRepublican0.1452
Jake AndereggRepublican0.1774
Stephen HandyRepublican0.20762
Stuart AdamsRepublican0.207139
Kera BirkelandRepublican0.21920
Timothy HawkesRepublican0.2234
Lowry SnowRepublican0.23522
Deidre HendersonRepublican0.23655
Don IpsonRepublican0.27011
Marc RobertsRepublican0.2811
Candice PierucciRepublican0.287311

Most concentrated voices

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

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Legislators concentrated on Defense
Adam RobertsonRepublican0.14316.8%
Don IpsonRepublican0.2708.7%
Lyle HillyardRepublican0.0987.9%
Stuart AdamsRepublican0.2074.2%
Val PotterRepublican0.1164.2%
Candice PierucciRepublican0.2873.3%
Daniel ThatcherRepublican0.1102.3%
Stephen HandyRepublican0.2072.2%
Marc RobertsRepublican0.2811.4%
Elizabeth WeightDemocratic-0.0031.3%
Kera BirkelandRepublican0.2191.3%
Kathleen RiebeDemocratic-0.1451.0%
Deidre HendersonRepublican0.2360.9%
Carol MossDemocratic-0.0820.9%
Marie PoulsonDemocratic-0.1710.8%
Mark WheatleyDemocratic-0.1630.8%
Lowry SnowRepublican0.2350.7%
Jake AndereggRepublican0.1770.7%
Karen MayneDemocratic-0.1070.6%
Michael WinderRepublican0.0140.6%
Joel BriscoeDemocratic-0.2960.6%
Karen KwanDemocratic-0.1960.6%
John JohnsonRepublican0.0510.6%
Cory MaloyRepublican0.0300.5%
Jeff StenquistRepublican-0.0520.5%

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Brian King

@RepBrianKing

Democratic UT House

RT @ProjectLincoln: Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead Ameri&

Defense

Brian King

@RepBrianKing

Democratic UT House

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

Defense

Derek Kitchen

@derekkitchen

Democratic UT Senate

RT @Twitter: we're removing Fleets on August 3, working on some new stuff we're sorry or you're welcome

Defense

Brian King

@RepBrianKing

Democratic UT 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

Angela Romero

@RepAngelaRomero

Democratic UT House

RT @ByMikeBaker: Another huge crowd tonight in Portland, including a new "wall" on the front lines: a Wall of Vets. Here's a look at the l&

Defense

Carol Moss

@RepCarolMoss

Democratic UT House

RT @JeffreyGoldberg: New, from @TheAtlantic: Trump skipped a visit to an American military cemetery in France after calling the dead "loser&

Defense

Carol Moss

@RepCarolMoss

Democratic UT House

RT @SteveSchmidtSES: Putin put contracts on American soldiers. He paid bounties for dead American soldiers and Trump did nothing. This is a&

Defense

Carol Moss

@RepCarolMoss

Democratic UT House

RT @JoeBiden: Heres my promise to you: If I have the honor of serving as the next commander in chief, I will ensure that our American hero&

Defense

Carol Moss

@RepCarolMoss

Democratic UT House

RT @juliettekayyem: This narrative  that the President will beat COVID-19 because he is strong and a fighter  is 200000 plus insults. Tho&

Defense

Kathleen Riebe

@Mskriebe

Democratic UT Senate

RT @RepJasonCrow: I grew up a hunter and served as an Army Ranger. I didn’t take my deer hunting rifle to Afghanistan, nor did I take my…

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