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Steve Berch
@SteveBerch15A · ID · H
Posts8,455
Engagement320.8K
Voting-record position-0.028
CoverageJan 1, 2020 to Jan 3, 2025
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 Government Operations 16.8 pp above the party median
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Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −16.8 pp to +16.8 pp. Most distinctive topic: Government Operations, 16.8 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Government Operations Over-indexed +16.8 pp
- Housing Over-indexed +4.9 pp
- Uncategorized Under-indexed −3.7 pp
- Health Under-indexed −3.6 pp
- Education Over-indexed +2.7 pp
- Macroeconomics Over-indexed +2.5 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −1.9 pp
- Public Lands Over-indexed +1.7 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −1.4 pp
- Law and Crime Under-indexed −1.2 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −0.9 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −0.9 pp
- Transportation Under-indexed −0.8 pp
- Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce Over-indexed +0.7 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±16.8 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government Operations | 28.5% | 11.6% | +16.8 pp | Over-indexed | 2,406 |
| Housing | 7.2% | 2.3% | +4.9 pp | Over-indexed | 609 |
| Uncategorized | 29.9% | 33.6% | −3.7 pp | Under-indexed | 2,524 |
| Health | 3.1% | 6.7% | −3.6 pp | Under-indexed | 260 |
| Education | 7.3% | 4.6% | +2.7 pp | Over-indexed | 620 |
| Macroeconomics | 4.4% | 1.8% | +2.5 pp | Over-indexed | 368 |
| Social Welfare | 2.2% | 4.1% | −1.9 pp | Under-indexed | 184 |
| Public Lands | 2.6% | 0.9% | +1.7 pp | Over-indexed | 222 |
| Civil Rights | 6.0% | 7.5% | −1.4 pp | Under-indexed | 509 |
| Law and Crime | 2.9% | 4.1% | −1.2 pp | Under-indexed | 241 |
| Labor | 0.9% | 1.9% | −0.9 pp | Under-indexed | 79 |
| Culture | 0.5% | 1.4% | −0.9 pp | Under-indexed | 43 |
| Transportation | 0.5% | 1.3% | −0.8 pp | Under-indexed | 39 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 1.1% | 0.4% | +0.7 pp | Over-indexed | 89 |
| Defense | 0.2% | 0.7% | −0.5 pp | Under-indexed | 20 |
| Immigration | 0.1% | 0.4% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 8 |
| International Affairs | 0.1% | 0.4% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 9 |
| Agriculture | 0.5% | 0.4% | +0.1 pp | Over-indexed | 44 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Technology | 0.2% | 0.2% | +0.0 pp | Over-indexed | 19 |
| Energy | 0.5% | 0.5% | +0.0 pp | Over-indexed | 43 |
| Environment | 1.4% | 1.4% | +0.0 pp | Over-indexed | 119 |
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