RT @BarackObama: I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real changeand pulled together&
Jason Knight
@Rep_Jason · RI · H
Posts3,501
Engagement2M
Voting-record position-0.211
CoverageJan 8, 2020 to Jun 18, 2023
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 Law and Crime 17.0 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 5
- Under
- 17
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −17.0 pp to +17.0 pp. Most distinctive topic: Law and Crime, 17.0 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +17.0 pp
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +10.2 pp
- Health Under-indexed −5.3 pp
- Education Under-indexed −3.7 pp
- Government Operations Over-indexed +2.1 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −1.9 pp
- Transportation Over-indexed +1.8 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −1.4 pp
- Housing Under-indexed −1.3 pp
- Environment Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Public Lands Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- Defense Over-indexed +0.5 pp
- Agriculture Under-indexed −0.4 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±17.0 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law and Crime | 21.0% | 4.1% | +17.0 pp | Over-indexed | 736 |
| Uncategorized | 43.8% | 33.6% | +10.2 pp | Over-indexed | 1,533 |
| Health | 1.4% | 6.7% | −5.3 pp | Under-indexed | 50 |
| Education | 0.9% | 4.6% | −3.7 pp | Under-indexed | 30 |
| Government Operations | 13.7% | 11.6% | +2.1 pp | Over-indexed | 479 |
| Civil Rights | 5.6% | 7.5% | −1.9 pp | Under-indexed | 195 |
| Transportation | 3.1% | 1.3% | +1.8 pp | Over-indexed | 107 |
| Culture | 0.0% | 1.4% | −1.4 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Housing | 1.0% | 2.3% | −1.3 pp | Under-indexed | 36 |
| Environment | 0.7% | 1.4% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 26 |
| Public Lands | 0.2% | 0.9% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 8 |
| Labor | 1.3% | 1.9% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 44 |
| Defense | 1.3% | 0.7% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 44 |
| Agriculture | 0.0% | 0.4% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.0% | 0.4% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Immigration | 0.0% | 0.4% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Energy | 0.2% | 0.5% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 6 |
| International Affairs | 0.1% | 0.4% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 4 |
| Technology | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Macroeconomics | 1.8% | 1.8% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 62 |
| Social Welfare | 4.0% | 4.1% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 141 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
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RT @JoeBiden: The hard truth is that it didnt have to be this bad, but Donald Trump ignored the experts and refused to take action. He has&
RT @Yankees: https://t.co/UIlxqBtWyk
RT @GeorgeTakei: It's odd to me, as a survivor of American internment camps, how people somehow believe this country is immune from the all…
RT @WhiteHouse: You have 12 days left to apply for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness under the temporary changes. Take these two simple<U+2026>
RT @PressSec: America has been waiting for this day for a long time https://t.co/aiTiAIZzxk
RT @SCOTUSblog: If you didnt listen to oral arguments, tl; dr: There is no chance the Supreme Court is going to invalidate Obamacare. At t&
Today I introduced the bill to ban assault weapons. It<U+2019>s time to get this done. (41 co-sponsors and the endorsement of every general officer for those counting at home) https://t.co/W04WccwN2k
This is overzealous. @GovRaimondo , please direct RISP and Cap. Police to take them down. The Statehouse should be accessible to all. @RISpeaker and @SenatorRuggerio please take note. https://t.co/3GFYhDlcZM
Seeing the same old tired arguments from the gun crowd on magazines and assault weapons. Nobody needs them and Rhode Islanders don<U+2019>t want them. Post the bills and lets vote! @RIHouseofReps