Government Operations

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Posts in current filter29.6K
Filtered engagement16.6M
Ideology dots60

Topic volume over time

1,278 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 1,278 dated source rows.

Total
29.6K
Peak
2,354

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 17, 2020821717
Jan 18, 2020–Feb 4, 20201511818
Feb 5, 2020–Feb 24, 2020821818
Feb 25, 2020–Mar 13, 2020741818
Mar 14, 2020–Mar 30, 2020751717
Mar 31, 2020–Apr 19, 2020671818
Apr 20, 2020–May 8, 20201151818
May 9, 2020–May 26, 20201471818
May 27, 2020–Jun 12, 20202641717
Jun 13, 2020–Jun 30, 20201431818
Jul 1, 2020–Jul 18, 20201441818
Jul 19, 2020–Aug 5, 20201381818
Aug 6, 2020–Aug 22, 20201461717
Aug 23, 2020–Sep 9, 20201431818
Sep 10, 2020–Sep 27, 20201711818
Sep 28, 2020–Oct 15, 20202621818
Oct 16, 2020–Nov 1, 20202091717
Nov 2, 2020–Nov 19, 20202701818
Nov 20, 2020–Dec 9, 2020711818
Dec 10, 2020–Dec 28, 2020661818
Dec 29, 2020–Jan 14, 20211651717
Jan 15, 2021–Feb 1, 20211551818
Feb 2, 2021–Feb 19, 20212641818
Feb 20, 2021–Mar 10, 20214591818
Mar 11, 2021–Mar 27, 20211961717
Mar 28, 2021–Apr 16, 20211811818
Apr 17, 2021–May 9, 20212071818
May 10, 2021–May 29, 20215381818
May 30, 2021–Jun 16, 20212371717
Jun 18, 2021–Jul 9, 20211221818
Jul 10, 2021–Aug 3, 2021871818
Aug 4, 2021–Aug 23, 20211531818
Aug 24, 2021–Sep 12, 20212171717
Sep 13, 2021–Oct 7, 20214831818
Oct 8, 2021–Oct 26, 20218641818
Oct 27, 2021–Nov 13, 20211,0481818
Nov 14, 2021–Dec 3, 20213901717
Dec 4, 2021–Dec 22, 20213431818
Dec 23, 2021–Jan 13, 20221,0251818
Jan 14, 2022–Jan 31, 20221,8431818
Feb 1, 2022–Feb 17, 20221,0311717
Feb 18, 2022–Mar 7, 20226941818
Mar 8, 2022–Mar 25, 20224581818
Mar 26, 2022–Apr 15, 20222721818
Apr 16, 2022–May 2, 20223751717
May 3, 2022–May 20, 20226061818
May 21, 2022–Jun 8, 20222,3541818
Jun 9, 2022–Jun 27, 20221,4041818
Jun 28, 2022–Jul 15, 20221,7301717
Jul 16, 2022–Aug 5, 20222,0561818
Aug 6, 2022–Aug 25, 20222,0731818
Aug 26, 2022–Sep 12, 20221781818
Sep 13, 2022–Oct 4, 20222031717
Oct 12, 2022–Oct 29, 20223311818
Oct 30, 2022–Nov 18, 20225511818
Nov 20, 2022–Dec 14, 20221051818
Dec 15, 2022–Jan 7, 20231581717
Jan 8, 2023–Jan 26, 20234481818
Jan 27, 2023–Feb 13, 20233231818
Feb 14, 2023–Mar 3, 20232441818
Mar 4, 2023–Mar 22, 20235041717
Mar 23, 2023–Apr 12, 20234131818
Apr 13, 2023–May 3, 20235171818
May 4, 2023–May 29, 20232221818
May 30, 2023–Jun 19, 20232501717
Jun 21, 2023–Dec 9, 2023191818
Dec 19, 2023–Jul 22, 2024441818
Jul 26, 2024–Sep 30, 2024761818
Oct 6, 2024–Oct 30, 2024531717
Oct 31, 2024–Jan 29, 2025661818
Feb 4, 2025–Aug 7, 2025241818
Aug 10, 2025–Jun 3, 2026281818
Total29,6071,2781,278

State salience

Where Government Operations 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.

29,607 posts 4 populated combinations

Party by chamber. Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.
PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
11K
11.7K
0
22.7K
Republican
5,078
1,879
0
6,957
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total16.1K13.5K029.6K

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 11,663 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. 58 legislators shown.

Visible 58
Median ideology -0.015
Topic posts 29,607
Most active Zach Wahls
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeZach Wahls · Democratic · 8,154 topic posts · ideology -0.160Charles Isenhart · Democratic · 1,917 topic posts · ideology -0.148Ashley Hinson · Republican · 1,454 topic posts · ideology 0.288Rob Hogg · Democratic · 1,451 topic posts · ideology -0.179Liz Bennett · Democratic · 1,322 topic posts · ideology -0.172Liz Mathis · Democratic · 1,196 topic posts · ideology -0.029Chris Hall · Democratic · 1,114 topic posts · ideology 0.020Mary Wolfe · Democratic · 1,006 topic posts · ideology -0.033Pat Grassley · Republican · 962 topic posts · ideology 0.192Chad Ingels · Republican · 951 topic posts · ideology 0.193Sharon Steckman · Democratic · 926 topic posts · ideology 0.060Randy Feenstra · Republican · 903 topic posts · ideology 0.286Jennifer Konfrst · Democratic · 874 topic posts · ideology -0.123Brian Meyer · Democratic · 766 topic posts · ideology -0.173Bob Kressig · Democratic · 737 topic posts · ideology -0.043Art Staed · Democratic · 694 topic posts · ideology -0.186Mariannette Miller-Meeks · Republican · 564 topic posts · ideology 0.231Eddie Andrews · Republican · 521 topic posts · ideology 0.028Amy Nielsen · Democratic · 431 topic posts · ideology -0.156Joe Bolkcom · Democratic · 402 topic posts · ideology -0.478Todd Prichard · Democratic · 326 topic posts · ideology 0.218Carter Nordman · Republican · 324 topic posts · ideology 0.040John Wills · Republican · 317 topic posts · ideology 0.288Nate Boulton · Democratic · 288 topic posts · ideology -0.056Ako Abdul-Samad · Democratic · 223 topic posts · ideology -0.198Carrie Koelker · Republican · 213 topic posts · ideology 0.193Brooke Boden · Republican · 207 topic posts · ideology 0.059Linda Upmeyer · Republican · 189 topic posts · ideology 0.191Janet Petersen · Democratic · 171 topic posts · ideology -0.212Beth Wessel-Kroeschell · Democratic · 116 topic posts · ideology -0.278Chris Hagenow · Republican · 103 topic posts · ideology 0.040Mary Mascher · Democratic · 83 topic posts · ideology -0.393Marti Anderson · Democratic · 72 topic posts · ideology -0.222Dan Zumbach · Republican · 72 topic posts · ideology 0.166Cindy Winckler · Democratic · 64 topic posts · ideology -0.097Tracy Ehlert · Democratic · 60 topic posts · ideology -0.102Charlie McConkey · Democratic · 42 topic posts · ideology 0.057Mark Smith · Democratic · 39 topic posts · ideology -0.041Jake Chapman · Republican · 39 topic posts · ideology 0.101John Forbes · Democratic · 38 topic posts · ideology -0.089Jack Whitver · Republican · 37 topic posts · ideology -0.042Monica Kurth · Democratic · 36 topic posts · ideology -0.123Kirsten Running-Marquardt · Democratic · 25 topic posts · ideology -0.159Charles Schneider · Republican · 25 topic posts · ideology -0.140Dave Williams · Democratic · 23 topic posts · ideology 0.018Jacob Bossman · Republican · 23 topic posts · ideology 0.041Bruce Bearinger · Democratic · 22 topic posts · ideology 0.193Wes Breckenridge · Democratic · 21 topic posts · ideology 0.176Ann Meyer · Republican · 20 topic posts · ideology 0.131Amy Sinclair · Republican · 13 topic posts · ideology 0.223Craig Johnson · Republican · 9 topic posts · ideology 0.177Garrett Gobble · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology -0.056Timi Brown-Powers · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology -0.002Jason Schultz · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.262Ross Wilburn · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology -0.260Pam Jochum · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.089Timothy Kacena · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology 0.009Dan Dawson · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.078
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Joe BolkcomDemocratic-0.478402
Mary MascherDemocratic-0.39383
Beth Wessel-KroeschellDemocratic-0.278116
Ross WilburnDemocratic-0.2602
Marti AndersonDemocratic-0.22272
Janet PetersenDemocratic-0.212171
Ako Abdul-SamadDemocratic-0.198223
Art StaedDemocratic-0.186694
Rob HoggDemocratic-0.1791,451
Brian MeyerDemocratic-0.173766
Liz BennettDemocratic-0.1721,322
Zach WahlsDemocratic-0.1608,154
Kirsten Running-MarquardtDemocratic-0.15925
Amy NielsenDemocratic-0.156431
Charles IsenhartDemocratic-0.1481,917
Charles SchneiderRepublican-0.14025
Jennifer KonfrstDemocratic-0.123874
Monica KurthDemocratic-0.12336
Tracy EhlertDemocratic-0.10260
Cindy WincklerDemocratic-0.09764
Pam JochumDemocratic-0.0891
John ForbesDemocratic-0.08938
Garrett GobbleRepublican-0.0567
Nate BoultonDemocratic-0.056288
Bob KressigDemocratic-0.043737
Jack WhitverRepublican-0.04237
Mark SmithDemocratic-0.04139
Mary WolfeDemocratic-0.0331,006
Liz MathisDemocratic-0.0291,196
Timi Brown-PowersDemocratic-0.0027
Timothy KacenaDemocratic0.0091
Dave WilliamsDemocratic0.01823
Chris HallDemocratic0.0201,114
Eddie AndrewsRepublican0.028521
Carter NordmanRepublican0.040324
Chris HagenowRepublican0.040103
Jacob BossmanRepublican0.04123
Charlie McConkeyDemocratic0.05742
Brooke BodenRepublican0.059207
Sharon SteckmanDemocratic0.060926
Dan DawsonRepublican0.0781
Jake ChapmanRepublican0.10139
Ann MeyerRepublican0.13120
Dan ZumbachRepublican0.16672
Wes BreckenridgeDemocratic0.17621
Craig JohnsonRepublican0.1779
Linda UpmeyerRepublican0.191189
Pat GrassleyRepublican0.192962
Carrie KoelkerRepublican0.193213
Bruce BearingerDemocratic0.19322
Chad IngelsRepublican0.193951
Todd PrichardDemocratic0.218326
Amy SinclairRepublican0.22313
Mariannette Miller-MeeksRepublican0.231564
Jason SchultzRepublican0.2623
Randy FeenstraRepublican0.286903
Ashley HinsonRepublican0.2881,454
John WillsRepublican0.288317

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 60 records
1–25 of 60
Legislators concentrated on Government Operations
Mark SmithDemocratic-0.04145.3%
Linda UpmeyerRepublican0.19132.5%
Jack WhitverRepublican-0.04229.1%
Ashley HinsonRepublican0.28827.0%
Carter NordmanRepublican0.04026.1%
Craig JohnsonRepublican0.17725.7%
Randy FeenstraRepublican0.28625.2%
Dave WilliamsDemocratic0.01824.2%
Chris HagenowRepublican0.04024.1%
Cindy WincklerDemocratic-0.09724.0%
Pat GrassleyRepublican0.19223.2%
Todd PrichardDemocratic0.21822.6%
Dan ZumbachRepublican0.16622.4%
Jake ChapmanRepublican0.10122.3%
Chris HallDemocratic0.02020.8%
Monica KurthDemocratic-0.12320.2%
Mary MascherDemocratic-0.39319.3%
Mary WolfeDemocratic-0.03319.0%
Liz BennettDemocratic-0.17218.2%
Brooke BodenRepublican0.05917.7%
Beth Wessel-KroeschellDemocratic-0.27817.4%
Jacob BossmanRepublican0.04116.5%
Joe BolkcomDemocratic-0.47816.4%
Zach WahlsDemocratic-0.16015.8%
John WillsRepublican0.28815.7%

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Liz Mathis

@LizMathis1

Democratic IA Senate

RT @BarackObama: I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real changeand pulled together&

Government Operations

Brian Meyer

@brianjmeyer

Democratic IA House

RT @MittRomney: Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying t&

Government Operations

Rob Hogg

@SenatorRobHogg

Democratic IA Senate

RT @cindymccain: My husband John lived by a code: country first. We are Republicans, yes, but Americans foremost. There's only one candidat&

Government Operations

Brian Meyer

@brianjmeyer

Democratic IA House

RT @cindymccain: My husband John lived by a code: country first. We are Republicans, yes, but Americans foremost. There's only one candidat&

Government Operations

Zach Wahls

@ZachWahls

Democratic IA Senate

RT @KamalaHarris: .@JoeBiden can unify the American people because he's spent his life fighting for us. And as president, he'll build an Am&

Government Operations

Brian Meyer

@brianjmeyer

Democratic IA House

RT @vanitaguptaCR: I want you to use my words against me. If theres a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year&

Government Operations

Zach Wahls

@ZachWahls

Democratic IA Senate

RT @GovWhitmer: This is exactly the rhetoric that has put me, my family, and other government officials lives in danger while we try to sa&

Government Operations

Mary Wolfe

@RepMaryWolfe

Democratic IA House

RT @SenGianaris: When Trump glorifies one, we inevitably get the other. If you dont see how uplifting the McCloskeys emboldens people lik&

Government Operations

Brian Meyer

@brianjmeyer

Democratic IA House

RT @bessbell: This election is a tough call because one candidate was endorsed by both the Taliban and the KKK and the other was endorsed b&

Government Operations

Democratic IA House

RT @RepKatiePorter: When I came to Congress, I knew I had a responsibility to pull back the curtain for the American people and expose corr&

Government Operations