International Affairs

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Posts in current filter3,429
Filtered engagement5.3M
Ideology dots92

Topic volume over time

634 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 634 dated source rows.

Total
3,429
Peak
246

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 1, 2020–Jan 9, 20202388
Jan 10, 2020–Jan 20, 20202499
Jan 27, 2020–Feb 5, 20203099
Feb 7, 2020–Feb 22, 20201999
Feb 25, 2020–Mar 18, 20201199
Mar 20, 2020–Apr 2, 20201388
Apr 4, 2020–Apr 21, 20201399
Apr 22, 2020–May 15, 20201499
May 16, 2020–May 27, 20201599
May 28, 2020–Jun 16, 20201999
Jun 17, 2020–Jun 29, 20201788
Jun 30, 2020–Jul 13, 20201599
Jul 16, 2020–Aug 1, 20202199
Aug 2, 2020–Aug 13, 20201299
Aug 14, 2020–Aug 23, 20201699
Aug 24, 2020–Sep 1, 20201788
Sep 3, 2020–Sep 12, 20201399
Sep 13, 2020–Sep 30, 20202299
Oct 1, 2020–Oct 16, 20202899
Oct 19, 2020–Oct 29, 20201699
Oct 30, 2020–Nov 19, 20201588
Nov 23, 2020–Dec 10, 20201499
Dec 12, 2020–Jan 2, 20212099
Jan 4, 2021–Jan 16, 20214099
Jan 17, 2021–Feb 9, 20213899
Feb 10, 2021–Feb 26, 20212788
Feb 27, 2021–Mar 22, 20213299
Mar 24, 2021–Apr 20, 20212599
Apr 24, 2021–May 11, 20213399
May 12, 2021–May 24, 20217899
May 25, 2021–Jun 12, 20216388
Jun 13, 2021–Jul 13, 20212999
Jul 14, 2021–Aug 13, 20212599
Aug 14, 2021–Aug 23, 20214499
Aug 25, 2021–Sep 4, 20219299
Sep 7, 2021–Oct 4, 20216399
Oct 6, 2021–Nov 6, 20216488
Nov 10, 2021–Nov 28, 20213699
Nov 29, 2021–Dec 19, 20219099
Dec 24, 2021–Jan 19, 20224699
Jan 20, 2022–Jan 30, 20229099
Feb 1, 2022–Feb 10, 20223188
Feb 11, 2022–Feb 22, 20223999
Feb 23, 2022–Mar 3, 202220499
Mar 4, 2022–Mar 12, 20225299
Mar 13, 2022–Mar 21, 20225499
Mar 23, 2022–Mar 30, 20224688
Apr 3, 2022–Apr 16, 20222499
Apr 17, 2022–May 9, 20222099
May 14, 2022–Jun 1, 20224799
Jun 5, 2022–Jun 26, 20227199
Jun 28, 2022–Jul 8, 202217588
Jul 10, 2022–Jul 27, 202210099
Jul 28, 2022–Aug 10, 202224699
Aug 12, 2022–Sep 4, 202213099
Sep 5, 2022–Sep 19, 20222299
Sep 24, 2022–Nov 4, 20222588
Nov 7, 2022–Nov 18, 20226299
Nov 20, 2022–Dec 20, 20222499
Dec 21, 2022–Jan 26, 20234199
Feb 2, 2023–Feb 21, 202320999
Feb 24, 2023–Mar 9, 20237088
Mar 10, 2023–Apr 4, 20239199
Apr 8, 2023–May 8, 20236899
May 9, 2023–May 24, 20239499
May 26, 2023–Jun 19, 20239799
Jun 21, 2023–Apr 18, 20241188
Apr 19, 2024–Sep 9, 20241199
Sep 15, 2024–Oct 24, 20241399
Oct 26, 2024–May 22, 20251199
Jun 13, 2025–Sep 16, 20251099
Sep 17, 2025–Mar 12, 2026999
Total3,429634634

State salience

Where International Affairs 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.

3,429 posts 4 populated combinations

Party by chamber. Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.
PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
1,256
163
0
1,419
Republican
1,908
102
0
2,010
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total3,16426503,429

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 1,908 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. 53 legislators shown.

Visible 53
Median ideology 0.130
Topic posts 3,429
Most active Garry Smith
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeGarry Smith · Republican · 698 topic posts · ideology 0.177Gilda Cobb-Hunter · Democratic · 521 topic posts · ideology 0.061Leon Stavrinakis · Democratic · 379 topic posts · ideology -0.032Micah Caskey · Republican · 348 topic posts · ideology 0.132Alan Clemmons · Republican · 308 topic posts · ideology 0.186Nancy Mace · Republican · 241 topic posts · ideology 0.358Sylleste Davis · Republican · 117 topic posts · ideology 0.066Marlon Kimpson · Democratic · 107 topic posts · ideology -0.106Ivory Thigpen · Democratic · 97 topic posts · ideology -0.165Mandy Norrell · Democratic · 80 topic posts · ideology 0.262Marvin Pendarvis · Democratic · 79 topic posts · ideology 0.013Russell Fry · Republican · 43 topic posts · ideology 0.243Tommy Stringer · Republican · 38 topic posts · ideology 0.258Justin Bamberg · Democratic · 32 topic posts · ideology 0.160Shane Martin · Republican · 31 topic posts · ideology 0.226Sean Bennett · Republican · 29 topic posts · ideology 0.102John Matthews · Democratic · 27 topic posts · ideology 0.117Cezar McKnight · Democratic · 25 topic posts · ideology 0.084Nathan Ballentine · Republican · 23 topic posts · ideology 0.110Shane Massey · Republican · 23 topic posts · ideology 0.208Gary Clary · Republican · 21 topic posts · ideology -0.031Terry Alexander · Democratic · 16 topic posts · ideology 0.078Mike Fanning · Democratic · 12 topic posts · ideology 0.172Tom Davis · Republican · 12 topic posts · ideology 0.193Bill Taylor · Republican · 12 topic posts · ideology 0.219Stewart Jones · Republican · 12 topic posts · ideology 0.235Neal Collins · Republican · 12 topic posts · ideology 0.330Deon Tedder · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology -0.011Beth Bernstein · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.048Thomas McElveen · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.130Bobby Cox · Republican · 6 topic posts · ideology 0.190Chip Huggins · Republican · 6 topic posts · ideology 0.213Mia McLeod · Democratic · 5 topic posts · ideology -0.067Annie McDaniel · Democratic · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.064Steven Long · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.109Adam Morgan · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.124Vincent Sheheen · Democratic · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.269Wes Climer · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.103Shannon Erickson · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.119Hugh Leatherman · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.134Jonathon Hill · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.159Roger Kirby · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.140Mark Willis · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.183Steve Moss · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.289Seth Rose · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.288Todd Rutherford · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.214Jason Elliott · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology -0.029Chandra Dillard · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology 0.047Chris Murphy · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.074Russell Ott · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology 0.119Mandy Kimmons · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.157Nikki Setzler · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology 0.162Ronnie Cromer · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.235
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Seth RoseDemocratic-0.2881
Todd RutherfordDemocratic-0.2141
Ivory ThigpenDemocratic-0.16597
Marlon KimpsonDemocratic-0.106107
Mia McLeodDemocratic-0.0675
Leon StavrinakisDemocratic-0.032379
Gary ClaryRepublican-0.03121
Jason ElliottRepublican-0.0291
Deon TedderDemocratic-0.0118
Marvin PendarvisDemocratic0.01379
Chandra DillardDemocratic0.0471
Beth BernsteinDemocratic0.0488
Gilda Cobb-HunterDemocratic0.061521
Annie McDanielDemocratic0.0645
Sylleste DavisRepublican0.066117
Chris MurphyRepublican0.0741
Terry AlexanderDemocratic0.07816
Cezar McKnightDemocratic0.08425
Sean BennettRepublican0.10229
Wes ClimerRepublican0.1033
Steven LongRepublican0.1095
Nathan BallentineRepublican0.11023
John MatthewsDemocratic0.11727
Shannon EricksonRepublican0.1193
Russell OttDemocratic0.1191
Adam MorganRepublican0.1245
Thomas McElveenDemocratic0.1307
Micah CaskeyRepublican0.132348
Hugh LeathermanRepublican0.1343
Roger KirbyDemocratic0.1402
Mandy KimmonsRepublican0.1571
Jonathon HillRepublican0.1593
Justin BambergDemocratic0.16032
Nikki SetzlerDemocratic0.1621
Mike FanningDemocratic0.17212
Garry SmithRepublican0.177698
Mark WillisRepublican0.1832
Alan ClemmonsRepublican0.186308
Bobby CoxRepublican0.1906
Tom DavisRepublican0.19312
Shane MasseyRepublican0.20823
Chip HugginsRepublican0.2136
Bill TaylorRepublican0.21912
Shane MartinRepublican0.22631
Stewart JonesRepublican0.23512
Ronnie CromerRepublican0.2351
Russell FryRepublican0.24343
Tommy StringerRepublican0.25838
Mandy NorrellDemocratic0.26280
Vincent SheheenDemocratic0.2694
Steve MossRepublican0.2892
Neal CollinsRepublican0.33012
Nancy MaceRepublican0.358241

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 92 records
1–25 of 92
Legislators concentrated on International Affairs
Alan ClemmonsRepublican0.18625.2%
Steven LongRepublican0.1095.2%
Ivory ThigpenDemocratic-0.1654.3%
John MatthewsDemocratic0.1173.9%
Stewart JonesRepublican0.2353.8%
Garry SmithRepublican0.1773.6%
Micah CaskeyRepublican0.1323.2%
Ronnie CromerRepublican0.2352.9%
Tommy StringerRepublican0.2582.5%
Nancy MaceRepublican0.3582.3%
Sylleste DavisRepublican0.0662.0%
Mandy KimmonsRepublican0.1571.8%
Terry AlexanderDemocratic0.0781.6%
Shane MasseyRepublican0.2081.6%
Russell FryRepublican0.2431.2%
Cezar McKnightDemocratic0.0841.1%
Leon StavrinakisDemocratic-0.0321.0%
Annie McDanielDemocratic0.0641.0%
Hugh LeathermanRepublican0.1340.9%
Sean BennettRepublican0.1020.8%
Jonathon HillRepublican0.1590.8%
Marlon KimpsonDemocratic-0.1060.8%
Wes ClimerRepublican0.1030.7%
Gilda Cobb-HunterDemocratic0.0610.7%
Shane MartinRepublican0.2260.7%

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Mandy Norrell

@MPowersNorrell

Democratic SC House

RT @ragipsoylu: Look at the size of anti-war protestors in St Petersburg, Russia. Wow https://t.co/dHg9Uwt9RQ

International Affairs

Terry Alexander

@_terryalexander

Democratic SC House

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

International Affairs

Democratic SC House

RT @JoeBiden: When Donald Trump says tonight you wont be safe in Joe Bidens America, look around and ask yourself: How safe do you feel i&

International Affairs

Garry Smith

@GarryRSmith

Republican SC House

RT @realDonaldTrump: The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We will be gi&

International Affairs

Democratic SC House

RT @OleksandraZubal: My daughter and I surviving the night in Ukraine. We are real people at war with crazy dictator and we need the world<U+2019><U+2026>

International Affairs

Steven Long

@StevenLongSC

Republican SC House

RT @realDonaldTrump: To the leaders of Iran - DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the&

International Affairs

Gary Clary

@garyclarysc

Republican SC House

RT @ProjectLincoln: The president "didn't hear" the man shout "White Power." The president "didn't see" the brief about Russia. The preside&

International Affairs

Micah Caskey

@MicahCaskey

Republican SC House

RT @elonmusk: Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at gunpoint.<U+2026>

International Affairs

Alan Clemmons

@RepAlanClemmons

Republican SC House

RT @SecPompeo: Today, I reported to Congress that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, given facts on the ground. The United State&

International Affairs

Garry Smith

@GarryRSmith

Republican SC House

RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: OMG=�=�=�JUST DECLASSIFIED: The Russia hoax was Hillarys plan, and the Obama-Biden White House was briefed on it. https:/&

International Affairs