Whitney Westerfield

@KyWhitney · KY · S

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Posts45.5K
Engagement18M
Voting-record position0.172
CoverageJan 1, 2020 to May 16, 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 Uncategorized 28.7 pp above the party median

Topics
22
Over
4
Under
18

Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −28.7 pp to +28.7 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 28.7 pp above the party median.

Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
  1. Uncategorized Over-indexed +28.7 pp
  2. Government Operations Under-indexed −3.5 pp
  3. Macroeconomics Under-indexed −2.7 pp
  4. Education Under-indexed −2.4 pp
  5. Health Under-indexed −2.0 pp
  6. Defense Under-indexed −1.0 pp
  7. Agriculture Under-indexed −0.6 pp
  8. Social Welfare Under-indexed −0.6 pp
  9. Labor Under-indexed −0.6 pp
  10. Energy Under-indexed −0.5 pp
  11. Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce Under-indexed −0.4 pp
  12. Housing Under-indexed −0.4 pp
  13. Public Lands Under-indexed −0.3 pp
  14. Environment Under-indexed −0.3 pp

Bars share a symmetric scale of ±28.7 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
Uncategorized68.4%39.6%+28.7 ppOver-indexed31,115
Government Operations9.2%12.6%−3.5 ppUnder-indexed4,175
Macroeconomics0.8%3.5%−2.7 ppUnder-indexed342
Education1.7%4.2%−2.4 ppUnder-indexed786
Health2.3%4.2%−2.0 ppUnder-indexed1,036
Defense0.7%1.7%−1.0 ppUnder-indexed317
Agriculture0.3%0.9%−0.6 ppUnder-indexed124
Social Welfare1.6%2.3%−0.6 ppUnder-indexed747
Labor0.6%1.2%−0.6 ppUnder-indexed270
Energy0.3%0.8%−0.5 ppUnder-indexed135
Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce0.1%0.6%−0.4 ppUnder-indexed59
Housing1.1%1.4%−0.4 ppUnder-indexed480
Public Lands0.5%0.9%−0.3 ppUnder-indexed245
Environment0.4%0.7%−0.3 ppUnder-indexed188
Immigration0.3%0.5%−0.2 ppUnder-indexed130
Technology0.5%0.3%+0.2 ppOver-indexed243
Law and Crime3.8%4.0%−0.2 ppUnder-indexed1,727
Unclassified0.0%0.2%−0.2 ppUnder-indexed0
Civil Rights4.0%4.1%−0.2 ppUnder-indexed1,807
International Affairs0.6%0.8%−0.1 ppUnder-indexed287
Transportation1.3%1.1%+0.1 ppOver-indexed573
Culture1.6%1.4%+0.1 ppOver-indexed706
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Whitney Westerfield's interaction network

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