Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom · MT · S

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Posts165
Engagement15.6K
Voting-record position0.173
CoverageJan 10, 2020 to Dec 21, 2022
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 32.5 pp above the party median

Topics
22
Over
2
Under
20

Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −32.5 pp to +32.5 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 32.5 pp above the party median.

Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
  1. Uncategorized Over-indexed +32.5 pp
  2. Housing Over-indexed +23.8 pp
  3. Government Operations Under-indexed −9.2 pp
  4. Health Under-indexed −6.7 pp
  5. Education Under-indexed −4.6 pp
  6. Law and Crime Under-indexed −4.1 pp
  7. Civil Rights Under-indexed −3.8 pp
  8. Social Welfare Under-indexed −3.5 pp
  9. Environment Under-indexed −1.4 pp
  10. Culture Under-indexed −1.4 pp
  11. Transportation Under-indexed −1.3 pp
  12. Labor Under-indexed −1.3 pp
  13. Macroeconomics Under-indexed −1.2 pp
  14. Public Lands Under-indexed −0.9 pp

Bars share a symmetric scale of ±32.5 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.

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Complete topic-share comparison with the party median
TopicLegislator shareParty medianDifferenceDirectionPosts
Uncategorized66.1%33.6%+32.5 ppOver-indexed109
Housing26.1%2.3%+23.8 ppOver-indexed43
Government Operations2.4%11.6%−9.2 ppUnder-indexed4
Health0.0%6.7%−6.7 ppUnder-indexed0
Education0.0%4.6%−4.6 ppUnder-indexed0
Law and Crime0.0%4.1%−4.1 ppUnder-indexed0
Civil Rights3.6%7.5%−3.8 ppUnder-indexed6
Social Welfare0.6%4.1%−3.5 ppUnder-indexed1
Environment0.0%1.4%−1.4 ppUnder-indexed0
Culture0.0%1.4%−1.4 ppUnder-indexed0
Transportation0.0%1.3%−1.3 ppUnder-indexed0
Labor0.6%1.9%−1.3 ppUnder-indexed1
Macroeconomics0.6%1.8%−1.2 ppUnder-indexed1
Public Lands0.0%0.9%−0.9 ppUnder-indexed0
Defense0.0%0.7%−0.7 ppUnder-indexed0
Energy0.0%0.5%−0.5 ppUnder-indexed0
Agriculture0.0%0.4%−0.4 ppUnder-indexed0
Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce0.0%0.4%−0.4 ppUnder-indexed0
Immigration0.0%0.4%−0.4 ppUnder-indexed0
International Affairs0.0%0.4%−0.4 ppUnder-indexed0
Technology0.0%0.2%−0.2 ppUnder-indexed0
Unclassified0.0%0.0%−0.0 ppUnder-indexed0
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Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

RT @BarackObama: Sometimes it takes the wisdom and resilience of those who have been marginalized for all of us to remember the importance&

Civil Rights

Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

RT @GovernorBullock: Time and again, dark money groups have tried to attack Montanas campaign finance laws  because those laws work. Im&

Government Operations

Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

Im happy to see @GovernorBullock and @LtGovMikeCooney recognizing the importance of the EITC bill I carried in 2017. EITC is the #1 poverty reduction program that puts money directly in the pockets of working families. #taxhelpmontana #mtleg #mtpol #mtnews #VITA https://t.co/knhsgzoJ9k

Social Welfare

Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

RT @brycebennett: Perhaps the only jobs we create this session will be for lawyers... #mtleg #mtpol https://t.co/P4YIIkmYO1

Labor

Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

@NPR What about Zoey Zephyr a trans woman winning this election in the Montana House?

Civil Rights

Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

RT @chopracfpb: On June 14, the @CFPB will be visiting Great Falls, Montana for a discussion about challenges faced by rural Montanans and<U+2026>

Housing

Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

Unlike this guy I have lost countless hours of sleep wondering how I can pay my mortgage and my kids education. We are better than this. Dont let Billionaires run our state. https://t.co/fSYqMaZqHk

Housing

Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

The best thing that<U+2019>s ever happened to me on Twitter @JohnCena https://t.co/4CH3oKutiN

Uncategorized

Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

@KyleSchmauch Went ice fishing for several hours at Fresno Reservoir in the late 1990<U+2019>s at -37 with no ice house. This was before everyone had the weather on their phone so we had no idea what the temps were until we got to Blackies(?) tavern just off the lake.

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Tom Jacobson

@JacobsonTom

Democratic MT Senate

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