RT @elonmusk: <U+0001F680><U+0001F4AB><U+2665><U+FE0F> Yesss!!! <U+2665><U+FE0F><U+0001F4AB><U+0001F680> https://t.co/0T9HzUHuh6
David Ray
@DavidARay · AR · H
Posts12.2K
Engagement2.7M
Voting-record position0.142
CoverageJan 2, 2021 to Nov 26, 2024
Voting-record position is available for 3,335 of 5,927 legislators. Missing values are shown, not hidden.
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 Macroeconomics 14.2 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 11
- Under
- 11
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −14.2 pp to +14.2 pp. Most distinctive topic: Macroeconomics, 14.2 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Macroeconomics Over-indexed +14.2 pp
- Uncategorized Under-indexed −7.2 pp
- Education Over-indexed +2.7 pp
- Government Operations Over-indexed +2.5 pp
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +2.5 pp
- Health Under-indexed −2.4 pp
- Social Welfare Over-indexed +1.3 pp
- Environment Over-indexed +0.9 pp
- Civil Rights Over-indexed +0.8 pp
- Defense Under-indexed −0.8 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- Public Lands Under-indexed −0.5 pp
- Labor Over-indexed +0.5 pp
- Agriculture Under-indexed −0.5 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±14.2 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macroeconomics | 17.7% | 3.5% | +14.2 pp | Over-indexed | 2,159 |
| Uncategorized | 32.5% | 39.6% | −7.2 pp | Under-indexed | 3,958 |
| Education | 6.9% | 4.2% | +2.7 pp | Over-indexed | 837 |
| Government Operations | 15.2% | 12.6% | +2.5 pp | Over-indexed | 1,849 |
| Law and Crime | 6.4% | 4.0% | +2.5 pp | Over-indexed | 785 |
| Health | 1.8% | 4.2% | −2.4 pp | Under-indexed | 219 |
| Social Welfare | 3.5% | 2.3% | +1.3 pp | Over-indexed | 431 |
| Environment | 1.6% | 0.7% | +0.9 pp | Over-indexed | 192 |
| Civil Rights | 4.9% | 4.1% | +0.8 pp | Over-indexed | 600 |
| Defense | 0.9% | 1.7% | −0.8 pp | Under-indexed | 110 |
| Culture | 0.8% | 1.4% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 102 |
| Public Lands | 0.3% | 0.9% | −0.5 pp | Under-indexed | 41 |
| Labor | 1.7% | 1.2% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 207 |
| Agriculture | 0.4% | 0.9% | −0.5 pp | Under-indexed | 47 |
| Transportation | 1.6% | 1.1% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 195 |
| Immigration | 0.2% | 0.5% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 21 |
| Housing | 1.2% | 1.4% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 150 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Technology | 0.2% | 0.3% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 19 |
| International Affairs | 0.7% | 0.8% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 88 |
| Energy | 0.8% | 0.8% | +0.1 pp | Over-indexed | 99 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.6% | 0.6% | +0.0 pp | Over-indexed | 74 |
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RT @elonmusk: Despite Tesla doing more for the environment than any company ever! https://t.co/ImxrhnRepj
RT @BryanDeanWright: This may become the most infamous — and devastating — press conference ever held by an American President. https://t.…
RT @SpeakerMcCarthy: No more proxy voting. Effective immediately, Members of Congress have to show up to work if they want their vote to co<U+2026>
RT @caroljsroth: “Unrealized capital gains” is not a thing; do not normalize it. Call it out for what they are proposing: unlawful seizure…
RT @DailyCaller: Sen. Rand Paul: "No Democrat will honestly ask whether Bernie Sanders incited the shooter that nearly killed Steve Scali…
RT @caroljsroth: <U+201C>Unrealized capital gains<U+201D> is not a thing; do not normalize it. Call it out for what they are proposing: unlawful seizure<U+2026>
RT @Schneider_CM: Sen. Barack Obama in 2005 vigorously defending the filibuster, which he now decries as a “Jim Crow relic:” https://t.co/h…
RT @TimMurtaugh: This is a good day to remind you that the Biden-Harris 2025 budget plan contained a tax on UNREALIZED capital gains. That…
RT @ConanOBrien: The White House now says it<U+2019>s only a recession if you see a salamander wearing a top hat.