Government Operations

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Filtered engagement21.1M
Ideology dots91

Topic volume over time

1,307 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 1,307 dated source rows.

Total
28.3K
Peak
2,605

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 18, 20201191818
Jan 19, 2020–Feb 5, 20202141818
Feb 6, 2020–Feb 23, 20202141818
Feb 24, 2020–Mar 12, 20201261818
Mar 13, 2020–Mar 31, 20201461818
Apr 1, 2020–Apr 19, 2020771818
Apr 20, 2020–May 9, 2020971919
May 11, 2020–May 28, 20201931818
May 29, 2020–Jun 15, 2020881818
Jun 16, 2020–Jul 6, 2020751818
Jul 7, 2020–Jul 25, 20201011818
Jul 26, 2020–Aug 13, 20201131818
Aug 14, 2020–Aug 31, 20201491818
Sep 1, 2020–Sep 19, 20201291919
Sep 20, 2020–Oct 7, 20201671818
Oct 8, 2020–Oct 26, 20201231818
Oct 27, 2020–Nov 13, 20202311818
Nov 14, 2020–Dec 2, 20201021818
Dec 3, 2020–Dec 20, 20201001818
Dec 21, 2020–Jan 11, 20211451919
Jan 12, 2021–Jan 30, 20211311818
Jan 31, 2021–Feb 19, 20212711818
Feb 21, 2021–Mar 10, 20212131818
Mar 11, 2021–Mar 29, 20211981818
Mar 30, 2021–Apr 19, 20212521818
Apr 20, 2021–May 7, 20212751818
May 9, 2021–May 27, 20215171919
May 28, 2021–Jun 16, 20218061818
Jun 17, 2021–Jul 7, 20211151818
Jul 8, 2021–Jul 30, 2021701818
Jul 31, 2021–Aug 23, 20211581818
Aug 24, 2021–Sep 11, 20215381818
Sep 12, 2021–Oct 7, 20212271919
Oct 8, 2021–Oct 26, 20214671818
Oct 27, 2021–Nov 14, 20214111818
Nov 15, 2021–Dec 3, 20214531818
Dec 4, 2021–Dec 22, 20213831818
Dec 23, 2021–Jan 11, 20228191818
Jan 12, 2022–Jan 29, 20221,8921818
Jan 30, 2022–Feb 17, 20226401919
Feb 18, 2022–Mar 7, 20224081818
Mar 8, 2022–Mar 25, 20223281818
Mar 26, 2022–Apr 12, 20222871818
Apr 13, 2022–Apr 30, 20222071818
May 1, 2022–May 18, 20222711818
May 19, 2022–Jun 8, 20221,0541919
Jun 9, 2022–Jun 27, 20222,3331818
Jun 28, 2022–Jul 15, 20222,6051818
Jul 17, 2022–Aug 3, 20221,6901818
Aug 4, 2022–Aug 22, 20221,6111818
Aug 23, 2022–Sep 10, 20223231818
Sep 11, 2022–Sep 29, 20222851818
Sep 30, 2022–Oct 25, 20221981919
Oct 26, 2022–Nov 12, 20224901818
Nov 13, 2022–Dec 3, 20222031818
Dec 4, 2022–Dec 23, 20221141818
Dec 26, 2022–Jan 14, 20235881818
Jan 15, 2023–Feb 1, 20235251818
Feb 2, 2023–Feb 20, 20234701919
Feb 21, 2023–Mar 10, 20236221818
Mar 11, 2023–Mar 29, 20234901818
Mar 30, 2023–Apr 18, 20233921818
Apr 19, 2023–May 8, 20234191818
May 9, 2023–May 28, 20234111818
May 29, 2023–Jun 21, 20232691818
Aug 25, 2023–Apr 28, 2024201919
May 9, 2024–Aug 31, 2024341818
Sep 15, 2024–Nov 1, 2024471818
Nov 2, 2024–Mar 7, 2025381818
Mar 14, 2025–Jun 23, 2025221818
Jun 24, 2025–Sep 1, 2025181818
Sep 2, 2025–Mar 29, 2026231919
Total28,3401,3071,307

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.

28,340 posts 4 populated combinations

Party by chamber. Post count by party and chamber for this topic. Unknown values remain visible.
PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
12.9K
5,375
0
18.3K
Republican
8,895
1,185
0
10.1K
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total21.8K6,560028.3K

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 12,885 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. 82 legislators shown.

Visible 82
Median ideology -0.114
Topic posts 28,340
Most active Emanuel Welch
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeEmanuel Welch · Democratic · 3,678 topic posts · ideology -0.345Robert Peters · Democratic · 2,204 topic posts · ideology -0.422Kelly Cassidy · Democratic · 1,950 topic posts · ideology -0.643Will Guzzardi · Democratic · 1,769 topic posts · ideology -0.401Tim Butler · Republican · 1,662 topic posts · ideology 0.144Allen Skillicorn · Republican · 1,632 topic posts · ideology -0.122Marcus Evans · Democratic · 1,078 topic posts · ideology -0.291Grant Wehrli · Republican · 1,025 topic posts · ideology -0.103Michael Zalewski · Democratic · 921 topic posts · ideology -0.192Adam Niemerg · Republican · 901 topic posts · ideology 0.280Avery Bourne · Republican · 885 topic posts · ideology 0.231Ann Williams · Democratic · 709 topic posts · ideology -0.551Jeff Keicher · Republican · 698 topic posts · ideology -0.058Dan McConchie · Republican · 544 topic posts · ideology -0.144Barbara Hernandez · Democratic · 514 topic posts · ideology -0.070Katie Stuart · Democratic · 457 topic posts · ideology -0.048Tom Demmer · Republican · 438 topic posts · ideology 0.122Andy Manar · Democratic · 431 topic posts · ideology 0.123Robert Martwick · Democratic · 422 topic posts · ideology -0.181Doris Turner · Democratic · 392 topic posts · ideology 0.123Sue Rezin · Republican · 385 topic posts · ideology 0.075Stephanie Kifowit · Democratic · 361 topic posts · ideology -0.165Don Harmon · Democratic · 325 topic posts · ideology -0.262David McSweeney · Republican · 312 topic posts · ideology -0.125Elgie Sims · Democratic · 305 topic posts · ideology -0.229Mark Batinick · Republican · 282 topic posts · ideology -0.063Jaime Andrade · Democratic · 273 topic posts · ideology -0.490Deanne Mazzochi · Republican · 249 topic posts · ideology -0.214Chris Bos · Republican · 226 topic posts · ideology -0.159Laura Murphy · Democratic · 209 topic posts · ideology -0.117Elizabeth Hernandez · Democratic · 207 topic posts · ideology -0.222Michael Hastings · Democratic · 194 topic posts · ideology -0.069Patricia Pelt · Democratic · 190 topic posts · ideology -0.349Kimberly Lightford · Democratic · 189 topic posts · ideology -0.343Maurice West · Democratic · 179 topic posts · ideology 0.003John Cabello · Republican · 156 topic posts · ideology -0.001Jacqueline Collins · Democratic · 147 topic posts · ideology -0.206Joe Sosnowski · Republican · 146 topic posts · ideology 0.044Melinda Bush · Democratic · 143 topic posts · ideology -0.081Theresa Mah · Democratic · 137 topic posts · ideology -0.312Fred Crespo · Democratic · 125 topic posts · ideology -0.239Janet Rohr · Democratic · 115 topic posts · ideology -0.103Edgar Gonzalez · Democratic · 114 topic posts · ideology -0.188Chapin Rose · Republican · 100 topic posts · ideology 0.148Linda Holmes · Democratic · 87 topic posts · ideology -0.117Jim Oberweis · Republican · 78 topic posts · ideology -0.083David Welter · Republican · 72 topic posts · ideology 0.051Natalie Manley · Democratic · 67 topic posts · ideology -0.083Ryan Spain · Republican · 61 topic posts · ideology 0.078Frances Hurley · Democratic · 50 topic posts · ideology -0.058Robyn Gabel · Democratic · 48 topic posts · ideology -0.403Ann Gillespie · Democratic · 45 topic posts · ideology -0.167Patrick Windhorst · Republican · 44 topic posts · ideology 0.199William Cunningham · Democratic · 38 topic posts · ideology -0.111Cristina Castro · Democratic · 29 topic posts · ideology -0.211Jason Barickman · Republican · 28 topic posts · ideology 0.083Win Stoller · Republican · 27 topic posts · ideology 0.134Jehan Gordon-Booth · Democratic · 26 topic posts · ideology -0.090Keith Wheeler · Republican · 26 topic posts · ideology -0.060Sam Yingling · Democratic · 25 topic posts · ideology -0.074Rita Mayfield · Democratic · 24 topic posts · ideology -0.117Seth Lewis · Republican · 18 topic posts · ideology -0.133Carol Ammons · Democratic · 17 topic posts · ideology -0.379Andrew Chesney · Republican · 15 topic posts · ideology 0.158Anna Moeller · Democratic · 13 topic posts · ideology -0.181Thomas Bennett · Republican · 13 topic posts · ideology 0.219La Ford · Democratic · 12 topic posts · ideology -0.337Dave Syverson · Republican · 12 topic posts · ideology -0.009Kelly Burke · Democratic · 11 topic posts · ideology -0.162Chuck Weaver · Republican · 11 topic posts · ideology 0.134Charles Meier · Republican · 11 topic posts · ideology 0.160D. Davidsmeyer · Republican · 11 topic posts · ideology 0.230Napoleon Harris · Democratic · 10 topic posts · ideology -0.215Sara Feigenholtz · Democratic · 8 topic posts · ideology -0.586Tony McCombie · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.070Andre Thapedi · Democratic · 4 topic posts · ideology -0.209Omar Aquino · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology -0.369Bill Cunningham · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology -0.111Brad Halbrook · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.187Dan Brady · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology -0.042Kathleen Willis · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.137Pat McGuire · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.122
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Kelly CassidyDemocratic-0.6431,950
Sara FeigenholtzDemocratic-0.5868
Ann WilliamsDemocratic-0.551709
Jaime AndradeDemocratic-0.490273
Robert PetersDemocratic-0.4222,204
Robyn GabelDemocratic-0.40348
Will GuzzardiDemocratic-0.4011,769
Carol AmmonsDemocratic-0.37917
Omar AquinoDemocratic-0.3693
Patricia PeltDemocratic-0.349190
Emanuel WelchDemocratic-0.3453,678
Kimberly LightfordDemocratic-0.343189
La FordDemocratic-0.33712
Theresa MahDemocratic-0.312137
Marcus EvansDemocratic-0.2911,078
Don HarmonDemocratic-0.262325
Fred CrespoDemocratic-0.239125
Elgie SimsDemocratic-0.229305
Elizabeth HernandezDemocratic-0.222207
Napoleon HarrisDemocratic-0.21510
Deanne MazzochiRepublican-0.214249
Cristina CastroDemocratic-0.21129
Andre ThapediDemocratic-0.2094
Jacqueline CollinsDemocratic-0.206147
Michael ZalewskiDemocratic-0.192921
Edgar GonzalezDemocratic-0.188114
Robert MartwickDemocratic-0.181422
Anna MoellerDemocratic-0.18113
Ann GillespieDemocratic-0.16745
Stephanie KifowitDemocratic-0.165361
Kelly BurkeDemocratic-0.16211
Chris BosRepublican-0.159226
Dan McConchieRepublican-0.144544
Kathleen WillisDemocratic-0.1371
Seth LewisRepublican-0.13318
David McSweeneyRepublican-0.125312
Allen SkillicornRepublican-0.1221,632
Pat McGuireDemocratic-0.1221
Linda HolmesDemocratic-0.11787
Laura MurphyDemocratic-0.117209
Rita MayfieldDemocratic-0.11724
Bill CunninghamDemocratic-0.1113
William CunninghamDemocratic-0.11138
Grant WehrliRepublican-0.1031,025
Janet RohrDemocratic-0.103115
Jehan Gordon-BoothDemocratic-0.09026
Jim OberweisRepublican-0.08378
Natalie ManleyDemocratic-0.08367
Melinda BushDemocratic-0.081143
Sam YinglingDemocratic-0.07425
Barbara HernandezDemocratic-0.070514
Michael HastingsDemocratic-0.069194
Mark BatinickRepublican-0.063282
Keith WheelerRepublican-0.06026
Jeff KeicherRepublican-0.058698
Frances HurleyDemocratic-0.05850
Katie StuartDemocratic-0.048457
Dan BradyRepublican-0.0422
Dave SyversonRepublican-0.00912
John CabelloRepublican-0.001156
Maurice WestDemocratic0.003179
Joe SosnowskiRepublican0.044146
David WelterRepublican0.05172
Tony McCombieRepublican0.0707
Sue RezinRepublican0.075385
Ryan SpainRepublican0.07861
Jason BarickmanRepublican0.08328
Tom DemmerRepublican0.122438
Andy ManarDemocratic0.123431
Doris TurnerDemocratic0.123392
Chuck WeaverRepublican0.13411
Win StollerRepublican0.13427
Tim ButlerRepublican0.1441,662
Chapin RoseRepublican0.148100
Andrew ChesneyRepublican0.15815
Charles MeierRepublican0.16011
Brad HalbrookRepublican0.1873
Patrick WindhorstRepublican0.19944
Thomas BennettRepublican0.21913
D. DavidsmeyerRepublican0.23011
Avery BourneRepublican0.231885
Adam NiemergRepublican0.280901

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 91 records
1–25 of 91
Legislators concentrated on Government Operations
Andre ThapediDemocratic-0.20966.7%
Ryan SpainRepublican0.07850.4%
Avery BourneRepublican0.23142.9%
Win StollerRepublican0.13437.5%
Kathleen WillisDemocratic-0.13733.3%
Jason BarickmanRepublican0.08328.6%
Tony McCombieRepublican0.07028.0%
Andrew ChesneyRepublican0.15827.3%
Jim OberweisRepublican-0.08326.3%
Sam YinglingDemocratic-0.07424.8%
D. DavidsmeyerRepublican0.23024.4%
Tom DemmerRepublican0.12224.1%
Dave SyversonRepublican-0.00923.5%
Will GuzzardiDemocratic-0.40121.4%
Deanne MazzochiRepublican-0.21418.8%
Grant WehrliRepublican-0.10318.4%
Chris BosRepublican-0.15918.3%
Dan McConchieRepublican-0.14417.0%
Katie StuartDemocratic-0.04816.9%
Edgar GonzalezDemocratic-0.18815.9%
Jeff KeicherRepublican-0.05815.7%
Mark BatinickRepublican-0.06315.2%
Adam NiemergRepublican0.28015.2%
Theresa MahDemocratic-0.31214.7%
Robert MartwickDemocratic-0.18114.4%

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Emanuel Welch

@RepChrisWelch

Democratic IL House

RT @JoeBiden: America, Im honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you&

Government Operations

Robert Peters

@RobertJPeters

Democratic IL Senate

RT @SaudiaSakari: America is NEVER going back to the place you knew before March. Know that.

Government Operations

Emanuel Welch

@RepChrisWelch

Democratic IL House

RT @JoeBiden: I have the great honor to announce that Ive picked @KamalaHarris  a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the cou&

Government Operations

Emanuel Welch

@RepChrisWelch

Democratic IL House

RT @JoeBiden: I won't be president until January 20th, but my message today to everyone is this: wear a mask.

Government Operations

Grant Wehrli

@GrantWehrli

Republican IL House

RT @elonmusk: For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the<U+2026>

Government Operations

Marcus Evans

@Repevans33

Democratic IL House

RT @CNN: BREAKING: JOE BIDEN WINS Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, CNN projects, after a victory in Pennsylvania&

Government Operations

Grant Wehrli

@GrantWehrli

Republican IL House

RT @elonmusk: In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division &amp; ha<U+2026>

Government Operations

Andrew Chesney

@AndrewChesneyIL

Republican IL House

RT @joerogan: The great and powerful @elonmusk. If it wasn't for him we'd be fucked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for…

Government Operations

Maurice West

@MauriceAWestII

Democratic IL House

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

Emanuel Welch

@RepChrisWelch

Democratic IL House

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