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Jim Merritt
@Jim_Merritt · IN · S
Posts9,275
Engagement607.8K
Voting-record position-0.053
CoverageJan 3, 2020 to Aug 17, 2025
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Voice fingerprint
Percentage-point difference between this legislator’s topic share and the party median. Bars left are under-indexed; bars right are over-indexed.
Most distinctive Uncategorized 34.8 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 4
- Under
- 18
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −34.8 pp to +34.8 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 34.8 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +34.8 pp
- Government Operations Under-indexed −9.2 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −2.9 pp
- Education Under-indexed −2.9 pp
- Macroeconomics Under-indexed −2.6 pp
- Health Over-indexed +2.3 pp
- Defense Under-indexed −1.5 pp
- Energy Over-indexed +1.5 pp
- Housing Under-indexed −1.2 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −1.0 pp
- Environment Over-indexed +1.0 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Agriculture Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −0.6 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±34.8 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncategorized | 74.5% | 39.6% | +34.8 pp | Over-indexed | 6,908 |
| Government Operations | 3.5% | 12.6% | −9.2 pp | Under-indexed | 321 |
| Civil Rights | 1.2% | 4.1% | −2.9 pp | Under-indexed | 113 |
| Education | 1.3% | 4.2% | −2.9 pp | Under-indexed | 122 |
| Macroeconomics | 0.9% | 3.5% | −2.6 pp | Under-indexed | 82 |
| Health | 6.5% | 4.2% | +2.3 pp | Over-indexed | 607 |
| Defense | 0.2% | 1.7% | −1.5 pp | Under-indexed | 15 |
| Energy | 2.3% | 0.8% | +1.5 pp | Over-indexed | 209 |
| Housing | 0.3% | 1.4% | −1.2 pp | Under-indexed | 25 |
| Social Welfare | 1.2% | 2.3% | −1.0 pp | Under-indexed | 115 |
| Environment | 1.6% | 0.7% | +1.0 pp | Over-indexed | 152 |
| Labor | 0.5% | 1.2% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 42 |
| Agriculture | 0.2% | 0.9% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 20 |
| Culture | 0.8% | 1.4% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 75 |
| International Affairs | 0.2% | 0.8% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 15 |
| Public Lands | 0.3% | 0.9% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 25 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.0% | 0.6% | −0.5 pp | Under-indexed | 4 |
| Transportation | 0.7% | 1.1% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 63 |
| Immigration | 0.1% | 0.5% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 9 |
| Law and Crime | 3.7% | 4.0% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 347 |
| Technology | 0.1% | 0.3% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 6 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
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RT @Mike_Pence: This is an outrage and our hearts are with the entire Pelosi family. <U+2066>We pray Paul will make a full recovery. There can be<U+2026>
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RT @CoachAllenIU: Proud of our fight!! I love this team. https://t.co/K4PHDkPnmv