RT @BarackObama: I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real changeand pulled together&
Heather Edelson
@heather_edelson · MN · H
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Voting-record position—
CoverageJan 1, 2020 to Jun 19, 2023
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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 Law and Crime 6.0 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 10
- Under
- 12
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −6.0 pp to +6.0 pp. Most distinctive topic: Law and Crime, 6.0 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +6.0 pp
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +5.1 pp
- Education Over-indexed +4.7 pp
- Government Operations Under-indexed −1.5 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −1.2 pp
- Environment Over-indexed +1.0 pp
- Immigration Over-indexed +0.7 pp
- Agriculture Over-indexed +0.5 pp
- Civil Rights Over-indexed +0.4 pp
- Macroeconomics Under-indexed −0.3 pp
- Transportation Under-indexed −0.3 pp
- Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce Under-indexed −0.3 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −0.3 pp
- Energy Under-indexed −0.2 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±6.0 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law and Crime | 10.0% | 4.1% | +6.0 pp | Over-indexed | 1,054 |
| Uncategorized | 38.6% | 33.6% | +5.1 pp | Over-indexed | 4,057 |
| Education | 9.3% | 4.6% | +4.7 pp | Over-indexed | 975 |
| Government Operations | 10.2% | 11.6% | −1.5 pp | Under-indexed | 1,067 |
| Labor | 0.6% | 1.9% | −1.2 pp | Under-indexed | 66 |
| Environment | 2.4% | 1.4% | +1.0 pp | Over-indexed | 249 |
| Immigration | 1.0% | 0.4% | +0.7 pp | Over-indexed | 110 |
| Agriculture | 0.9% | 0.4% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 94 |
| Civil Rights | 7.9% | 7.5% | +0.4 pp | Over-indexed | 826 |
| Macroeconomics | 1.5% | 1.8% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 157 |
| Transportation | 1.0% | 1.3% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 106 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.1% | 0.4% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 14 |
| Social Welfare | 3.8% | 4.1% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 402 |
| Energy | 0.3% | 0.5% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 28 |
| Culture | 1.2% | 1.4% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 129 |
| Housing | 2.4% | 2.3% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 257 |
| Technology | 0.1% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 6 |
| International Affairs | 0.4% | 0.4% | +0.1 pp | Over-indexed | 45 |
| Health | 6.6% | 6.7% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 697 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Defense | 0.7% | 0.7% | +0.0 pp | Over-indexed | 76 |
| Public Lands | 0.9% | 0.9% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 92 |
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RT @NASA: It's here<U+2013>the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field. Previewed by @POTUS on July 11,<U+2026>
RT @josepgoded: The cleaning staff at our hospitals are hardly ever mentioned and they also deserve a tribute! https://t.co/25ij79UtIs
RT @JoeBiden: Today is a reminder, a painful one, that democracy is fragile. To preserve it requires people of good will, leaders with the&
RT @StephenKing: 1919. https://t.co/v37DFMFmbQ
RT @KamalaHarris: I have a message for all the little girls and boys out there who dream of growing up to be superheroes: Superheroes walk&
RT @RexChapman: If youve had a rough week check out Little Man snoozing with his very good boy.d=6< https://t.co/hWGDgWQdB1
RT @ASlavitt: A distillery in DuLuth, Minnesota, seeing an opportunity, converted the distillery from making alcohol to making hand sanitiz&
RT @DanRather: Um, wow. What a read. https://t.co/HDfIHrgdIQ
RT @KamalaHarris: I join President-elect @JoeBiden in calling for the assault on the Capitol and our nations public servants to end, and a&