RT @ndelriego: This thread will be dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. As a parent, my heart is broken seeing<U+2026>
Eric Lesser
@EricLesser · MA · S
Posts14K
Engagement1.8M
Voting-record position-0.238
CoverageJan 1, 2020 to Jan 25, 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 Transportation 8.7 pp above the party median
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- Under
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Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −8.7 pp to +8.7 pp. Most distinctive topic: Transportation, 8.7 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Transportation Over-indexed +8.7 pp
- Government Operations Under-indexed −5.6 pp
- Social Welfare Over-indexed +3.2 pp
- Housing Over-indexed +3.1 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −2.9 pp
- Law and Crime Under-indexed −2.5 pp
- Education Over-indexed +1.6 pp
- Culture Over-indexed +1.4 pp
- Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce Over-indexed +1.4 pp
- Macroeconomics Over-indexed +1.3 pp
- Agriculture Over-indexed +1.2 pp
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +1.0 pp
- Labor Over-indexed +0.9 pp
- Technology Over-indexed +0.3 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±8.7 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation | 10.0% | 1.3% | +8.7 pp | Over-indexed | 1,396 |
| Government Operations | 6.0% | 11.6% | −5.6 pp | Under-indexed | 843 |
| Social Welfare | 7.3% | 4.1% | +3.2 pp | Over-indexed | 1,016 |
| Housing | 5.4% | 2.3% | +3.1 pp | Over-indexed | 754 |
| Civil Rights | 4.6% | 7.5% | −2.9 pp | Under-indexed | 642 |
| Law and Crime | 1.5% | 4.1% | −2.5 pp | Under-indexed | 216 |
| Education | 6.1% | 4.6% | +1.6 pp | Over-indexed | 860 |
| Culture | 2.8% | 1.4% | +1.4 pp | Over-indexed | 394 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 1.7% | 0.4% | +1.4 pp | Over-indexed | 244 |
| Macroeconomics | 3.2% | 1.8% | +1.3 pp | Over-indexed | 444 |
| Agriculture | 1.7% | 0.4% | +1.2 pp | Over-indexed | 232 |
| Uncategorized | 34.6% | 33.6% | +1.0 pp | Over-indexed | 4,836 |
| Labor | 2.7% | 1.9% | +0.9 pp | Over-indexed | 384 |
| Technology | 0.5% | 0.2% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 73 |
| Health | 7.0% | 6.7% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 978 |
| Defense | 1.0% | 0.7% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 136 |
| Environment | 1.6% | 1.4% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 220 |
| Public Lands | 1.0% | 0.9% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 146 |
| Immigration | 0.5% | 0.4% | +0.1 pp | Over-indexed | 66 |
| Energy | 0.4% | 0.5% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 61 |
| International Affairs | 0.3% | 0.4% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 46 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
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RT @BarackObama: Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way f&
RT @MichelleObama: Like so many of you, Im pained by these recent tragedies. And Im exhausted by a heartbreak that never seems to stop. R&
RT @ZelenskyyUa: To the world: what is the point of saying <U+00AB>never again<U+00BB> for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the s<U+2026>
RT @staceyabrams: While today’s terrible display of terror and meanness shakes us, let’s remember: @ossoff, Jewish son of an immigrant & @R…
RT @JoeBiden: We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health sec&
RT @JoeBiden: Power can't be taken or asserted, it flows from the people, and it's their will that determines who will be the President of&
RT @BarackObama: Parents, you deserve a break Michelles got storytime handled every Monday. Shes one of the best, I promise. (And I con&
RT @davidhogg111: Yeah this time is gonna be different. This is in front of the NRA convention in Houston. https://t.co/3BLhKK1St9
RT @NaomiBiden: 11.07.20 https://t.co/HHVJMmIoAW