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Culture

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Posts in current filter6,853
Filtered engagement2.4M
Ideology dots92

Topic volume over time

747 intervals combined into 72 contiguous bins from 747 dated source rows.

Total
6,853
Peak
866

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

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IntervalpostsSource intervalsSource rows
Jan 3, 2020–Jan 20, 2020171010
Jan 21, 2020–Feb 4, 2020181010
Feb 7, 2020–Feb 23, 2020171111
Feb 25, 2020–Mar 21, 2020151010
Mar 26, 2020–Apr 15, 2020131010
Apr 17, 2020–May 10, 2020181111
May 11, 2020–Jun 2, 2020151010
Jun 6, 2020–Jun 26, 2020251111
Jun 29, 2020–Jul 16, 2020261010
Jul 17, 2020–Jul 29, 2020261010
Jul 31, 2020–Aug 28, 2020201111
Aug 29, 2020–Sep 13, 2020181010
Sep 17, 2020–Oct 7, 2020131010
Oct 8, 2020–Oct 30, 2020121111
Oct 31, 2020–Nov 16, 2020111010
Nov 17, 2020–Dec 5, 2020141111
Dec 6, 2020–Dec 19, 2020191010
Dec 20, 2020–Jan 18, 2021271010
Jan 21, 2021–Feb 12, 2021461111
Feb 14, 2021–Mar 1, 2021391010
Mar 4, 2021–Mar 15, 2021341010
Mar 17, 2021–Apr 9, 2021461111
Apr 15, 2021–May 6, 2021541010
May 7, 2021–May 27, 2021991111
May 30, 2021–Jun 16, 20211111010
Jun 17, 2021–Jun 29, 2021881010
Jul 2, 2021–Jul 31, 2021151111
Aug 4, 2021–Aug 17, 2021441010
Aug 18, 2021–Sep 8, 2021601010
Sep 11, 2021–Sep 27, 2021681111
Oct 6, 2021–Oct 19, 2021891010
Oct 20, 2021–Nov 11, 2021991111
Nov 12, 2021–Nov 24, 2021661010
Nov 25, 2021–Dec 13, 2021751010
Dec 14, 2021–Dec 30, 20211301111
Dec 31, 2021–Jan 17, 20221681010
Jan 18, 2022–Jan 27, 20228661010
Jan 28, 2022–Feb 7, 20227231111
Feb 8, 2022–Feb 17, 20225511010
Feb 18, 2022–Mar 4, 20221111111
Mar 5, 2022–Apr 12, 2022301010
Apr 14, 2022–May 9, 2022261010
May 10, 2022–Jun 9, 2022811111
Jun 10, 2022–Jun 24, 20223751010
Jun 25, 2022–Jul 16, 20223671010
Jul 17, 2022–Aug 1, 20221251111
Aug 2, 2022–Aug 21, 20223991010
Aug 23, 2022–Sep 23, 2022391111
Sep 24, 2022–Oct 16, 2022441010
Oct 18, 2022–Nov 3, 2022441010
Nov 4, 2022–Nov 21, 2022651111
Nov 22, 2022–Dec 19, 2022411010
Dec 23, 2022–Jan 10, 2023451010
Jan 11, 2023–Feb 4, 20231341111
Feb 5, 2023–Feb 25, 2023561010
Feb 26, 2023–Mar 12, 20231511111
Mar 15, 2023–Apr 6, 20231261010
Apr 9, 2023–Apr 21, 20231331010
Apr 24, 2023–May 8, 2023921111
May 9, 2023–May 20, 20231211010
May 21, 2023–Jun 3, 20231991010
Jun 5, 2023–Jun 18, 20231011111
Jun 19, 2023–Nov 10, 2023151010
Nov 26, 2023–Mar 10, 2024111111
Mar 15, 2024–Apr 29, 2024161010
May 12, 2024–Jul 23, 2024111010
Jul 26, 2024–Sep 8, 2024221111
Sep 11, 2024–Sep 30, 2024191010
Oct 10, 2024–Nov 1, 2024191010
Nov 3, 2024–Jan 20, 2025171111
Jan 28, 2025–May 28, 2025121010
Jun 22, 2025–May 17, 2026111111
Total6,853747747

State salience

Where Culture 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.

6,853 posts 4 populated combinations

PartyHouseSenateChamber unknownTotal
Democratic
3,658
1,236
0
4,894
Republican
1,683
276
0
1,959
Independent
0
0
0
0
Party unknown
0
0
0
0
Total5,3411,51206,853

Cell bars use a shared scale with a maximum of 3,658 posts.

Adjacent topics

Other high-volume topics in the same corpus context.

  • 8 records
  1. Unknown Topic (999)
    203.3K
  2. Government Operations
    39.7K
  3. Civil Rights
    27.8K
  4. Law and Crime
    21.5K
  5. Education
    18.9K
  6. Health
    17.6K
  7. Macroeconomics
    8,172
  8. Social Welfare
    5,678

Ideology distribution

One dot per legislator with voting-record data. Dot size represents posts on this topic. 63 legislators shown.

Visible 63
Median ideology 0.140
Topic posts 6,853
Most active Gilda Cobb-Hunter
-2.0-1.5-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.52.0More liberalMore conservativeGilda Cobb-Hunter · Democratic · 1,545 topic posts · ideology 0.061Leon Stavrinakis · Democratic · 1,231 topic posts · ideology -0.032Mike Fanning · Democratic · 679 topic posts · ideology 0.172Mandy Norrell · Democratic · 330 topic posts · ideology 0.262Garry Smith · Republican · 275 topic posts · ideology 0.177Neal Collins · Republican · 272 topic posts · ideology 0.330Marvin Pendarvis · Democratic · 269 topic posts · ideology 0.013Bill Taylor · Republican · 228 topic posts · ideology 0.219Micah Caskey · Republican · 206 topic posts · ideology 0.132Nathan Ballentine · Republican · 169 topic posts · ideology 0.110Marlon Kimpson · Democratic · 165 topic posts · ideology -0.106Thomas McElveen · Democratic · 144 topic posts · ideology 0.130Nancy Mace · Republican · 136 topic posts · ideology 0.358Sean Bennett · Republican · 124 topic posts · ideology 0.102Justin Bamberg · Democratic · 114 topic posts · ideology 0.160Gerald Malloy · Democratic · 109 topic posts · ideology 0.188Gary Simrill · Republican · 70 topic posts · ideology 0.094Shane Martin · Republican · 69 topic posts · ideology 0.226Vincent Sheheen · Democratic · 67 topic posts · ideology 0.269Sylleste Davis · Republican · 61 topic posts · ideology 0.066Mia McLeod · Democratic · 49 topic posts · ideology -0.067Tommy Stringer · Republican · 49 topic posts · ideology 0.258John McCravy · Republican · 42 topic posts · ideology 0.162Roger Kirby · Democratic · 38 topic posts · ideology 0.140Bobby Cox · Republican · 38 topic posts · ideology 0.190Cezar McKnight · Democratic · 36 topic posts · ideology 0.084Tom Davis · Republican · 32 topic posts · ideology 0.193Chris Murphy · Republican · 29 topic posts · ideology 0.074Shane Massey · Republican · 21 topic posts · ideology 0.208Nikki Setzler · Democratic · 20 topic posts · ideology 0.162Chip Huggins · Republican · 20 topic posts · ideology 0.213Todd Rutherford · Democratic · 19 topic posts · ideology -0.214Russell Ott · Democratic · 18 topic posts · ideology 0.119Alan Clemmons · Republican · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.186Harvey Peeler · Republican · 17 topic posts · ideology 0.254Deon Tedder · Democratic · 16 topic posts · ideology -0.011Gary Clary · Republican · 15 topic posts · ideology -0.031Chandra Dillard · Democratic · 15 topic posts · ideology 0.047Adam Morgan · Republican · 15 topic posts · ideology 0.124Beth Bernstein · Democratic · 10 topic posts · ideology 0.048Shannon Erickson · Republican · 9 topic posts · ideology 0.119Hugh Leatherman · Republican · 9 topic posts · ideology 0.134Tommy Pope · Republican · 8 topic posts · ideology 0.206Seth Rose · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology -0.288Brandon Newton · Republican · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.040Laurie Funderburk · Democratic · 7 topic posts · ideology 0.232Jason Elliott · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology -0.029Russell Fry · Republican · 4 topic posts · ideology 0.243Stewart Jones · Republican · 3 topic posts · ideology 0.235Ivory Thigpen · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology -0.165Kevin Johnson · Democratic · 2 topic posts · ideology 0.128Darrell Jackson · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology -0.054Annie McDaniel · Democratic · 1 topic post · ideology 0.064Chauncey Gregory · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.095George Smith · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.121Jonathon Hill · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.159Tom Young · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.179Mark Willis · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.183Katrina Shealy · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.192Melissa Oremus · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.204Steve Moss · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.289Jay Lucas · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.326Rex Rice · Republican · 1 topic post · ideology 0.338
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Legislators shown in the chart, ordered from most liberal to most conservative
LegislatorPartyIdeologyTopic posts
Seth RoseDemocratic-0.2887
Todd RutherfordDemocratic-0.21419
Ivory ThigpenDemocratic-0.1652
Marlon KimpsonDemocratic-0.106165
Mia McLeodDemocratic-0.06749
Darrell JacksonDemocratic-0.0541
Leon StavrinakisDemocratic-0.0321,231
Gary ClaryRepublican-0.03115
Jason ElliottRepublican-0.0294
Deon TedderDemocratic-0.01116
Marvin PendarvisDemocratic0.013269
Brandon NewtonRepublican0.0407
Chandra DillardDemocratic0.04715
Beth BernsteinDemocratic0.04810
Gilda Cobb-HunterDemocratic0.0611,545
Annie McDanielDemocratic0.0641
Sylleste DavisRepublican0.06661
Chris MurphyRepublican0.07429
Cezar McKnightDemocratic0.08436
Gary SimrillRepublican0.09470
Chauncey GregoryRepublican0.0951
Sean BennettRepublican0.102124
Nathan BallentineRepublican0.110169
Shannon EricksonRepublican0.1199
Russell OttDemocratic0.11918
George SmithRepublican0.1211
Adam MorganRepublican0.12415
Kevin JohnsonDemocratic0.1282
Thomas McElveenDemocratic0.130144
Micah CaskeyRepublican0.132206
Hugh LeathermanRepublican0.1349
Roger KirbyDemocratic0.14038
Jonathon HillRepublican0.1591
Justin BambergDemocratic0.160114
John McCravyRepublican0.16242
Nikki SetzlerDemocratic0.16220
Mike FanningDemocratic0.172679
Garry SmithRepublican0.177275
Tom YoungRepublican0.1791
Mark WillisRepublican0.1831
Alan ClemmonsRepublican0.18617
Gerald MalloyDemocratic0.188109
Bobby CoxRepublican0.19038
Katrina ShealyRepublican0.1921
Tom DavisRepublican0.19332
Melissa OremusRepublican0.2041
Tommy PopeRepublican0.2068
Shane MasseyRepublican0.20821
Chip HugginsRepublican0.21320
Bill TaylorRepublican0.219228
Shane MartinRepublican0.22669
Laurie FunderburkDemocratic0.2327
Stewart JonesRepublican0.2353
Russell FryRepublican0.2434
Harvey PeelerRepublican0.25417
Tommy StringerRepublican0.25849
Mandy NorrellDemocratic0.262330
Vincent SheheenDemocratic0.26967
Steve MossRepublican0.2891
Jay LucasRepublican0.3261
Neal CollinsRepublican0.330272
Rex RiceRepublican0.3381
Nancy MaceRepublican0.358136

Most concentrated voices

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

  • 92 records
1–25 of 92
John McCravyRepublican0.16285.7%
Gerald MalloyDemocratic0.1889.9%
Vincent SheheenDemocratic0.2699.3%
Rex RiceRepublican0.3388.3%
Mike FanningDemocratic0.1726.3%
Bill TaylorRepublican0.2194.7%
Gary SimrillRepublican0.0944.7%
Sean BennettRepublican0.1023.5%
Leon StavrinakisDemocratic-0.0323.4%
Tommy StringerRepublican0.2583.3%
Hugh LeathermanRepublican0.1342.8%
Thomas McElveenDemocratic0.1302.3%
Bobby CoxRepublican0.1902.3%
Nathan BallentineRepublican0.1102.2%
Marvin PendarvisDemocratic0.0132.2%
Roger KirbyDemocratic0.1402.2%
Neal CollinsRepublican0.3302.1%
Nikki SetzlerDemocratic0.1622.1%
Gilda Cobb-HunterDemocratic0.0612.0%
Micah CaskeyRepublican0.1321.9%
Harvey PeelerRepublican0.2541.9%
Chris MurphyRepublican0.0741.7%
Cezar McKnightDemocratic0.0841.6%
Russell OttDemocratic0.1191.5%
Shane MartinRepublican0.2261.5%

Post explorer

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

  • 10 matching posts

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

@GCobbHunter

Democratic SC House

RT @RexChapman: Incredible Chadwick Boseman tribute by Senegalese artist Boubou. Best thing youll see today... https://t.co/Sj0dGFHX2I

Culture

Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Democratic SC Senate

RT @Lakers: Family is Forever 🖤 https://t.co/OkjOI6oplm

Culture

Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Democratic SC Senate

RT @Lakers: Family is Forever 🖤 https://t.co/OkjOI6oplm

Culture

Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Democratic SC Senate

RT @Lakers: Family is Forever 🖤 https://t.co/OkjOI6oplm

Culture

Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Democratic SC Senate

RT @Lakers: Family is Forever 🖤 https://t.co/OkjOI6oplm

Culture

Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Democratic SC Senate

RT @Lakers: Family is Forever 🖤 https://t.co/OkjOI6oplm

Culture

Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Democratic SC Senate

RT @Lakers: Family is Forever 🖤 https://t.co/OkjOI6oplm

Culture

Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Democratic SC Senate

RT @Lakers: Family is Forever 🖤 https://t.co/OkjOI6oplm

Culture

Thomas McElveen

@ThomasMcElveen

Democratic SC Senate

RT @Lakers: Family is Forever 🖤 https://t.co/OkjOI6oplm

Culture

Gilda Cobb-Hunter

@GCobbHunter

Democratic SC House

RT @LanceUSA70: This high school student, Christopher Justice, does a great job at explaining the Confederate flag and its problems. https:…

Culture