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Government Operations

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Posts in current filter39.7K
Filtered engagement45M
Ideology dots92

Topic volume over time

1,494 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 1,494 dated source rows.

Total
39.7K
Peak
3,526

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

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IntervalpostsSource intervalsSource rows
Jan 1, 2020–Jan 20, 20201332020
Jan 21, 2020–Feb 10, 20201752121
Feb 11, 2020–Mar 2, 20202812121
Mar 3, 2020–Mar 23, 20202122121
Mar 24, 2020–Apr 12, 20202122020
Apr 13, 2020–May 3, 20201922121
May 4, 2020–May 24, 20202082121
May 25, 2020–Jun 14, 20203362121
Jun 15, 2020–Jul 4, 20201782020
Jul 5, 2020–Jul 25, 20202182121
Jul 26, 2020–Aug 15, 20202872121
Aug 16, 2020–Sep 5, 20203392121
Sep 6, 2020–Sep 25, 20203022020
Sep 26, 2020–Oct 16, 20203472121
Oct 17, 2020–Nov 6, 20204672121
Nov 7, 2020–Nov 27, 20202672121
Nov 28, 2020–Dec 17, 20201622020
Dec 18, 2020–Jan 9, 20216042121
Jan 10, 2021–Jan 30, 20215162121
Jan 31, 2021–Feb 20, 20216412121
Feb 22, 2021–Mar 13, 20214352020
Mar 14, 2021–Apr 4, 20213062121
Apr 5, 2021–Apr 25, 20213612121
Apr 26, 2021–May 16, 20217482121
May 17, 2021–Jun 5, 20217702020
Jun 6, 2021–Jun 27, 20215582121
Jun 28, 2021–Jul 22, 2021562121
Jul 23, 2021–Aug 14, 20212702121
Aug 15, 2021–Sep 3, 20214282020
Sep 4, 2021–Sep 27, 20218472121
Oct 3, 2021–Oct 23, 20214582121
Oct 24, 2021–Nov 13, 20216742121
Nov 14, 2021–Dec 4, 20215132020
Dec 5, 2021–Dec 25, 20217172121
Dec 26, 2021–Jan 16, 20229072121
Jan 17, 2022–Feb 6, 20222,3012121
Feb 7, 2022–Feb 26, 20225742020
Feb 27, 2022–Mar 19, 20222552121
Mar 20, 2022–Apr 14, 20221812121
Apr 15, 2022–May 6, 20222192121
May 7, 2022–May 28, 20226472020
May 30, 2022–Jun 19, 20223,5262121
Jun 20, 2022–Jul 10, 20221,6562121
Jul 11, 2022–Jul 31, 20229802121
Aug 1, 2022–Aug 20, 20222,4342020
Aug 21, 2022–Sep 11, 20225392121
Sep 12, 2022–Oct 3, 20223802121
Oct 4, 2022–Oct 31, 20225712121
Nov 1, 2022–Nov 20, 20221,7732020
Nov 21, 2022–Dec 15, 20222182121
Dec 16, 2022–Jan 6, 20232952121
Jan 7, 2023–Jan 27, 20231,0292121
Jan 28, 2023–Feb 17, 20237922020
Feb 18, 2023–Mar 10, 20231,4042121
Mar 11, 2023–Apr 1, 20231,1822121
Apr 2, 2023–Apr 23, 20231,2602121
Apr 24, 2023–May 13, 20237422020
May 14, 2023–Jun 3, 20231,3602121
Jun 4, 2023–Aug 13, 20236242121
Aug 15, 2023–Jan 23, 2024252121
Jan 28, 2024–Mar 16, 2024282020
Mar 19, 2024–May 2, 2024322121
May 4, 2024–May 30, 2024332121
May 31, 2024–Jul 10, 2024452121
Jul 12, 2024–Aug 26, 2024542020
Aug 27, 2024–Oct 7, 2024872121
Oct 8, 2024–Nov 26, 20241402121
Dec 2, 2024–Feb 5, 2025482121
Feb 10, 2025–Jun 6, 2025252020
Jun 9, 2025–Jul 15, 2025322121
Jul 20, 2025–Oct 24, 2025262121
Nov 1, 2025–Jun 10, 2026222121
Total39,6641,4941,494

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.

39,664 posts 4 populated combinations

PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
20.8K
4,708
0
25.5K
Republican
12.7K
1,538
0
14.2K
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total33.4K6,246039.7K

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 20,765 posts.

Adjacent topics

Other high-volume topics in the same corpus context.

  • 8 records
  1. Unknown Topic (999)
    203.3K
  2. Civil Rights
    27.8K
  3. Law and Crime
    21.5K
  4. Education
    18.9K
  5. Health
    17.6K
  6. Macroeconomics
    8,172
  7. Culture
    6,853
  8. Social Welfare
    5,678

Ideology distribution

One dot per legislator with voting-record data. Dot size represents posts on this topic. 83 legislators shown.

Visible 83
Median ideology 0.140
Topic posts 39,664
Most active Gilda Cobb-Hunter
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeGilda Cobb-Hunter · Democratic · 10,507 topic posts · ideology 0.061Mandy Norrell · Democratic · 3,249 topic posts · ideology 0.262Leon Stavrinakis · Democratic · 2,135 topic posts · ideology -0.032Garry Smith · Republican · 1,849 topic posts · ideology 0.177Micah Caskey · Republican · 1,753 topic posts · ideology 0.132Nancy Mace · Republican · 1,737 topic posts · ideology 0.358Marlon Kimpson · Democratic · 1,646 topic posts · ideology -0.106Mia McLeod · Democratic · 1,589 topic posts · ideology -0.067Neal Collins · Republican · 1,589 topic posts · ideology 0.330Russell Fry · Republican · 1,269 topic posts · ideology 0.243Justin Bamberg · Democratic · 1,092 topic posts · ideology 0.160Marvin Pendarvis · Democratic · 986 topic posts · ideology 0.013Bill Taylor · Republican · 927 topic posts · ideology 0.219Mike Fanning · Democratic · 773 topic posts · ideology 0.172Todd Rutherford · Democratic · 599 topic posts · ideology -0.214Nathan Ballentine · Republican · 505 topic posts · ideology 0.110Sylleste Davis · Republican · 479 topic posts · ideology 0.066Thomas McElveen · Democratic · 445 topic posts · ideology 0.130Deon Tedder · Democratic · 416 topic posts · ideology -0.011Tommy Pope · Republican · 357 topic posts · ideology 0.206Gary Clary · Republican · 349 topic posts · ideology -0.031Sean Bennett · Republican · 346 topic posts · ideology 0.102Adam Morgan · Republican · 345 topic posts · ideology 0.124Shane Massey · Republican · 330 topic posts · ideology 0.208Roger Kirby · Democratic · 304 topic posts · ideology 0.140Chandra Dillard · Democratic · 266 topic posts · ideology 0.047Chris Murphy · Republican · 255 topic posts · ideology 0.074Tom Davis · Republican · 253 topic posts · ideology 0.193Shane Martin · Republican · 229 topic posts · ideology 0.226Ivory Thigpen · Democratic · 216 topic posts · ideology -0.165Cezar McKnight · Democratic · 212 topic posts · ideology 0.084Seth Rose · Democratic · 202 topic posts · ideology -0.288Terry Alexander · Democratic · 178 topic posts · ideology 0.078Beth Bernstein · Democratic · 175 topic posts · ideology 0.048Russell Ott · Democratic · 173 topic posts · ideology 0.119Tommy Stringer · Republican · 135 topic posts · ideology 0.258Gerald Malloy · Democratic · 117 topic posts · ideology 0.188Gary Simrill · Republican · 111 topic posts · ideology 0.094Chip Huggins · Republican · 108 topic posts · ideology 0.213Bobby Cox · Republican · 99 topic posts · ideology 0.190Raye Felder · Republican · 97 topic posts · ideology 0.085Stewart Jones · Republican · 76 topic posts · ideology 0.235Wes Climer · Republican · 75 topic posts · ideology 0.103Alan Clemmons · Republican · 73 topic posts · ideology 0.186Lawrence Grooms · Republican · 71 topic posts · ideology 0.025Jason Elliott · Republican · 66 topic posts · ideology -0.029Vincent Sheheen · Democratic · 65 topic posts · ideology 0.269Shannon Erickson · Republican · 54 topic posts · ideology 0.119Katrina Shealy · Republican · 53 topic posts · ideology 0.192Brandon Newton · Republican · 51 topic posts · ideology 0.040George Smith · Republican · 51 topic posts · ideology 0.121Jonathon Hill · Republican · 48 topic posts · ideology 0.159Jay Jordan · Republican · 44 topic posts · ideology 0.082Rj May · Republican · 43 topic posts · ideology 0.171Tom Young · Republican · 43 topic posts · ideology 0.179Chauncey Gregory · Republican · 41 topic posts · ideology 0.095Harvey Peeler · Republican · 39 topic posts · ideology 0.254John Matthews · Democratic · 32 topic posts · ideology 0.117Annie McDaniel · Democratic · 30 topic posts · ideology 0.064Melissa Oremus · Republican · 30 topic posts · ideology 0.204Steve Moss · Republican · 29 topic posts · ideology 0.289Stephen Goldfinch · Republican · 26 topic posts · ideology 0.232Steven Long · Republican · 24 topic posts · ideology 0.109Hugh Leatherman · Republican · 24 topic posts · ideology 0.134Jay Lucas · Republican · 24 topic posts · ideology 0.326Nikki Setzler · Democratic · 22 topic posts · ideology 0.162Mark Willis · Republican · 22 topic posts · ideology 0.183William Cogswell · Republican · 20 topic posts · ideology -0.080Anne Thayer · Republican · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.212Lonnie Hosey · Democratic · 16 topic posts · ideology 0.141Laurie Funderburk · Democratic · 9 topic posts · ideology 0.232Weston Newton · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.149Brad Hutto · Democratic · 6 topic posts · ideology 0.073Kevin Johnson · Democratic · 6 topic posts · ideology 0.128Mandy Kimmons · Republican · 6 topic posts · ideology 0.157Ronnie Cromer · Republican · 5 topic posts · ideology 0.235Darrell Jackson · Democratic · 4 topic posts · ideology -0.054Dick Harpootlian · Democratic · 3 topic posts · ideology -0.067Cal Forrest · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.300Rex Rice · Republican · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.338Scott Talley · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.196Richie Yow · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.245Bill Sandifer · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.369
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Seth RoseDemocratic-0.288202
Todd RutherfordDemocratic-0.214599
Ivory ThigpenDemocratic-0.165216
Marlon KimpsonDemocratic-0.1061,646
William CogswellRepublican-0.08020
Mia McLeodDemocratic-0.0671,589
Dick HarpootlianDemocratic-0.0673
Darrell JacksonDemocratic-0.0544
Leon StavrinakisDemocratic-0.0322,135
Gary ClaryRepublican-0.031349
Jason ElliottRepublican-0.02966
Deon TedderDemocratic-0.011416
Marvin PendarvisDemocratic0.013986
Lawrence GroomsRepublican0.02571
Brandon NewtonRepublican0.04051
Chandra DillardDemocratic0.047266
Beth BernsteinDemocratic0.048175
Gilda Cobb-HunterDemocratic0.06110,507
Annie McDanielDemocratic0.06430
Sylleste DavisRepublican0.066479
Brad HuttoDemocratic0.0736
Chris MurphyRepublican0.074255
Terry AlexanderDemocratic0.078178
Jay JordanRepublican0.08244
Cezar McKnightDemocratic0.084212
Raye FelderRepublican0.08597
Gary SimrillRepublican0.094111
Chauncey GregoryRepublican0.09541
Sean BennettRepublican0.102346
Wes ClimerRepublican0.10375
Steven LongRepublican0.10924
Nathan BallentineRepublican0.110505
John MatthewsDemocratic0.11732
Shannon EricksonRepublican0.11954
Russell OttDemocratic0.119173
George SmithRepublican0.12151
Adam MorganRepublican0.124345
Kevin JohnsonDemocratic0.1286
Thomas McElveenDemocratic0.130445
Micah CaskeyRepublican0.1321,753
Hugh LeathermanRepublican0.13424
Roger KirbyDemocratic0.140304
Lonnie HoseyDemocratic0.14116
Weston NewtonRepublican0.1497
Mandy KimmonsRepublican0.1576
Jonathon HillRepublican0.15948
Justin BambergDemocratic0.1601,092
Nikki SetzlerDemocratic0.16222
Rj MayRepublican0.17143
Mike FanningDemocratic0.172773
Garry SmithRepublican0.1771,849
Tom YoungRepublican0.17943
Mark WillisRepublican0.18322
Alan ClemmonsRepublican0.18673
Gerald MalloyDemocratic0.188117
Bobby CoxRepublican0.19099
Katrina ShealyRepublican0.19253
Tom DavisRepublican0.193253
Scott TalleyRepublican0.1961
Melissa OremusRepublican0.20430
Tommy PopeRepublican0.206357
Shane MasseyRepublican0.208330
Anne ThayerRepublican0.21217
Chip HugginsRepublican0.213108
Bill TaylorRepublican0.219927
Shane MartinRepublican0.226229
Laurie FunderburkDemocratic0.2329
Stephen GoldfinchRepublican0.23226
Stewart JonesRepublican0.23576
Ronnie CromerRepublican0.2355
Russell FryRepublican0.2431,269
Richie YowRepublican0.2451
Harvey PeelerRepublican0.25439
Tommy StringerRepublican0.258135
Mandy NorrellDemocratic0.2623,249
Vincent SheheenDemocratic0.26965
Steve MossRepublican0.28929
Cal ForrestRepublican0.3002
Jay LucasRepublican0.32624
Neal CollinsRepublican0.3301,589
Rex RiceRepublican0.3382
Nancy MaceRepublican0.3581,737
Bill SandiferRepublican0.3691

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 92 records
1–25 of 92
Lonnie HoseyDemocratic0.141100.0%
Dick HarpootlianDemocratic-0.06760.0%
Bill SandiferRepublican0.36950.0%
Rj MayRepublican0.17137.4%
Brad HuttoDemocratic0.07335.3%
Russell FryRepublican0.24334.3%
Todd RutherfordDemocratic-0.21429.3%
Tom YoungRepublican0.17927.7%
William CogswellRepublican-0.08027.4%
Steven LongRepublican0.10925.0%
Stewart JonesRepublican0.23523.9%
Jay JordanRepublican0.08223.4%
Shane MasseyRepublican0.20822.7%
George SmithRepublican0.12120.9%
Anne ThayerRepublican0.21220.7%
Raye FelderRepublican0.08520.3%
Chandra DillardDemocratic0.04719.7%
Adam MorganRepublican0.12419.6%
Bill TaylorRepublican0.21919.3%
Wes ClimerRepublican0.10318.7%
Seth RoseDemocratic-0.28818.3%
Mia McLeodDemocratic-0.06718.0%
Terry AlexanderDemocratic0.07817.9%
Roger KirbyDemocratic0.14017.2%
Rex RiceRepublican0.33816.7%

Post explorer

Browse high-engagement posts, recent posts, and representative samples assigned to this topic.

  • 10 matching posts

Cezar McKnight

@cezarmcknight

Democratic SC House

RT @KingJames: FUCK THIS MAN!!!! WE DEMAND CHANGE. SICK OF IT

Government Operations

Ivory Thigpen

@IvoryThigpen

Democratic SC House

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

Marvin Pendarvis

@Rep_Pendarvis

Democratic SC House

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

Leon Stavrinakis

@leonstav

Democratic SC House

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

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

@GCobbHunter

Democratic SC House

RT @jeffbercovici: Boy youd think a country that can equip every cop like a soldier could equip every doctor like a doctor

Government Operations

Cezar McKnight

@cezarmcknight

Democratic SC House

RT @BernieSanders: Some people ask: Why would you impeach and convict a president who has only a few days left in office? The answer: Prece&

Government Operations

Leon Stavrinakis

@leonstav

Democratic SC 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

Russell Fry

@RussellWFry

Republican SC House

RT @elonmusk: The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.

Government Operations

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

@GCobbHunter

Democratic SC House

RT @morningmika: I will be reaching out to head of twitter about their policies being violated every day by President Tump. Hope my call is&

Government Operations