RT @elonmusk: Every parent should watch this
Bart Hester
@BartHester · AR · S
Posts1,639
Engagement3.5M
Voting-record position0.125
CoverageJan 2, 2020 to Mar 10, 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 Education 11.9 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 10
- Under
- 12
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −11.9 pp to +11.9 pp. Most distinctive topic: Education, 11.9 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Education Over-indexed +11.9 pp
- Uncategorized Under-indexed −9.1 pp
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +3.5 pp
- Defense Over-indexed +3.2 pp
- Housing Over-indexed +1.7 pp
- International Affairs Over-indexed +1.7 pp
- Social Welfare Over-indexed +1.6 pp
- Civil Rights Over-indexed +1.6 pp
- Health Over-indexed +1.2 pp
- Government Operations Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Energy Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- Immigration Over-indexed +0.6 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±11.9 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 16.1% | 4.2% | +11.9 pp | Over-indexed | 264 |
| Uncategorized | 30.5% | 39.6% | −9.1 pp | Under-indexed | 500 |
| Law and Crime | 7.5% | 4.0% | +3.5 pp | Over-indexed | 123 |
| Defense | 4.9% | 1.7% | +3.2 pp | Over-indexed | 80 |
| Housing | 3.1% | 1.4% | +1.7 pp | Over-indexed | 51 |
| International Affairs | 2.4% | 0.8% | +1.7 pp | Over-indexed | 40 |
| Social Welfare | 3.9% | 2.3% | +1.6 pp | Over-indexed | 64 |
| Civil Rights | 5.7% | 4.1% | +1.6 pp | Over-indexed | 94 |
| Health | 5.4% | 4.2% | +1.2 pp | Over-indexed | 89 |
| Government Operations | 11.9% | 12.6% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 195 |
| Energy | 0.1% | 0.8% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 1 |
| Culture | 0.7% | 1.4% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 12 |
| Labor | 0.5% | 1.2% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 9 |
| Immigration | 1.2% | 0.5% | +0.6 pp | Over-indexed | 19 |
| Public Lands | 0.4% | 0.9% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 7 |
| Environment | 0.2% | 0.7% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 4 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.2% | 0.6% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 3 |
| Transportation | 0.8% | 1.1% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 13 |
| Macroeconomics | 3.2% | 3.5% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 52 |
| Agriculture | 0.6% | 0.9% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 10 |
| Technology | 0.5% | 0.3% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 9 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
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RT @elonmusk: This is insane!
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