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Mick Bates
@BatesMick · WV · H
Posts4,209
Engagement8.1M
Voting-record position0.067
CoverageJan 1, 2020 to Feb 22, 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 Uncategorized 31.8 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 5
- Under
- 17
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −31.8 pp to +31.8 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 31.8 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +31.8 pp
- Government Operations Under-indexed −6.4 pp
- Education Under-indexed −3.2 pp
- Law and Crime Under-indexed −3.0 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −1.8 pp
- Defense Under-indexed −1.5 pp
- Health Over-indexed +0.8 pp
- Housing Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Agriculture Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- International Affairs Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- Public Lands Over-indexed +0.5 pp
- Transportation Over-indexed +0.4 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±31.8 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncategorized | 71.5% | 39.6% | +31.8 pp | Over-indexed | 3,009 |
| Government Operations | 6.2% | 12.6% | −6.4 pp | Under-indexed | 261 |
| Education | 0.9% | 4.2% | −3.2 pp | Under-indexed | 39 |
| Law and Crime | 1.0% | 4.0% | −3.0 pp | Under-indexed | 42 |
| Civil Rights | 2.3% | 4.1% | −1.8 pp | Under-indexed | 97 |
| Defense | 0.2% | 1.7% | −1.5 pp | Under-indexed | 9 |
| Health | 5.0% | 4.2% | +0.8 pp | Over-indexed | 210 |
| Housing | 0.7% | 1.4% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 30 |
| Social Welfare | 1.6% | 2.3% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 66 |
| Agriculture | 0.3% | 0.9% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 13 |
| International Affairs | 0.2% | 0.8% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 8 |
| Labor | 0.6% | 1.2% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 26 |
| Public Lands | 1.4% | 0.9% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 58 |
| Transportation | 1.5% | 1.1% | +0.4 pp | Over-indexed | 65 |
| Environment | 0.3% | 0.7% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 12 |
| Immigration | 0.2% | 0.5% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 10 |
| Energy | 0.5% | 0.8% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 22 |
| Culture | 1.2% | 1.4% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 51 |
| Technology | 0.5% | 0.3% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 22 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.4% | 0.6% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 17 |
| Macroeconomics | 3.4% | 3.5% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 142 |
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RT @BrynnTannehill: I don't think anything I've seen so perfectly captures why there's no way the US is going to be getting on top of COVID&
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RT @paddingtonbear: Thank you Ma<U+2019>am, for everything.
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