RT @JennMcClellanVA: I<U+2019>m asking for your vote today, February 21st, because I<U+2019>ll always stand up for you. Polls are open from 6 am - 7 pm,<U+2026>
Dave Marsden
@SenDaveMarsden · VA · S
Posts2,016
Engagement34.8K
Voting-record position-0.288
CoverageJan 17, 2020 to Jan 4, 2025
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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 Government Operations 15.4 pp above the party median
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Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −15.4 pp to +15.4 pp. Most distinctive topic: Government Operations, 15.4 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Government Operations Over-indexed +15.4 pp
- Uncategorized Under-indexed −14.3 pp
- Environment Over-indexed +12.9 pp
- Transportation Over-indexed +5.1 pp
- Health Under-indexed −4.9 pp
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +4.5 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −2.3 pp
- Energy Over-indexed +1.5 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −1.2 pp
- Education Under-indexed −1.2 pp
- Agriculture Over-indexed +1.1 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −1.1 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −1.0 pp
- Housing Under-indexed −0.8 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±15.4 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government Operations | 27.0% | 11.6% | +15.4 pp | Over-indexed | 545 |
| Uncategorized | 19.3% | 33.6% | −14.3 pp | Under-indexed | 389 |
| Environment | 14.3% | 1.4% | +12.9 pp | Over-indexed | 288 |
| Transportation | 6.3% | 1.3% | +5.1 pp | Over-indexed | 128 |
| Health | 1.8% | 6.7% | −4.9 pp | Under-indexed | 36 |
| Law and Crime | 8.6% | 4.1% | +4.5 pp | Over-indexed | 173 |
| Civil Rights | 5.2% | 7.5% | −2.3 pp | Under-indexed | 105 |
| Energy | 2.0% | 0.5% | +1.5 pp | Over-indexed | 40 |
| Social Welfare | 2.9% | 4.1% | −1.2 pp | Under-indexed | 58 |
| Education | 3.4% | 4.6% | −1.2 pp | Under-indexed | 69 |
| Agriculture | 1.5% | 0.4% | +1.1 pp | Over-indexed | 30 |
| Culture | 0.3% | 1.4% | −1.1 pp | Under-indexed | 7 |
| Labor | 0.8% | 1.9% | −1.0 pp | Under-indexed | 17 |
| Housing | 1.4% | 2.3% | −0.8 pp | Under-indexed | 29 |
| Public Lands | 1.4% | 0.9% | +0.6 pp | Over-indexed | 29 |
| Immigration | 0.9% | 0.4% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 18 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.0% | 0.4% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| International Affairs | 0.0% | 0.4% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Defense | 1.0% | 0.7% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 20 |
| Technology | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 1 |
| Macroeconomics | 1.7% | 1.8% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 34 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
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RT @HollySeiboldVA: I am beyond grateful to the voters of the 35th District for electing me to the Virginia House of Delegates. Virginia r<U+2026>
RT @AmbassadorRice: #ThankYouNurses for all you do every day of every year to care for us and our loved ones. Thank you especially for the&
RT @ffxfirerescue: If you live in Burke & Fairfax Station areas you might see or smell smoke in your neighborhood. The U.S. Forest Service&
RT @VAYD: It is with a heavy heart that I share with you all that yesterday evening, we lost Shawn Soares after a car accident in Richmond,<U+2026>
Gov Youngkin hopes people don't notice he's standing with Andrew Wheeler<U+2014>Pres Trump<U+2019>s EPA admin. Wheeler decimated the climate with his horrific pro-pollution, pro-deregulation, pro-contamination of water policies. You don<U+2019>t have to take my word for it: https://t.co/IbGzB6Fans https://t.co/dyL4cRpwAi
<U+201C>Guns are getting into the wrong hands and people are dying. This is a growing trend in the Commonwealth and it has got to stop.<U+201D> Thank you to my @VASenateDems colleagues and to gun safety advocates like @MomsDemand for joining us in Richmond to support legislation like SB901 https://t.co/m8qVPGv9e4 https://t.co/6N4LbISOCl
Thank you to my friend, U.S. Senator @timkaine for endorsing our re-election campaign in the June 20th Democratic Primary! Today is the last day to #VoteEarly in-person, polling locations are open today until 5:00pm, find a Fairfax County location at https://t.co/PvC2dt4mKJ https://t.co/lZmiulyOFJ
This afternoon, one of our campaign staffers was rear-ended and their car was totaled. An ambulance took Victor to the hospital, and our team waited with him while he was under observation for non-life threatening injuries. Thank you for the well wishes, we are all headed home! https://t.co/w8prHs7ehd
RT @jlock: Happy (Special) Election Day! <U+0001F5F3><U+FE0F><U+0001F973> If eligible, go vote for @AaronRouseVaBch (VA Beach & Norfolk), @HollySeiboldVA (Vienna, Oakto<U+2026>