RT @elonmusk: I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means
Ben Baker
@BenBakerMO · MO · H
Posts11.7K
Engagement11.6M
Voting-record position0.195
CoverageJan 4, 2020 to Jul 18, 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 Uncategorized 13.5 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 7
- Under
- 15
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −13.5 pp to +13.5 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 13.5 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +13.5 pp
- Civil Rights Over-indexed +6.9 pp
- Health Under-indexed −2.6 pp
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +2.2 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −1.8 pp
- Defense Under-indexed −1.0 pp
- Housing Under-indexed −0.9 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −0.9 pp
- Macroeconomics Over-indexed +0.9 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Energy Under-indexed −0.7 pp
- Agriculture Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- Education Under-indexed −0.5 pp
- Government Operations Over-indexed +0.5 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±13.5 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncategorized | 53.2% | 39.6% | +13.5 pp | Over-indexed | 6,195 |
| Civil Rights | 11.1% | 4.1% | +6.9 pp | Over-indexed | 1,289 |
| Health | 1.6% | 4.2% | −2.6 pp | Under-indexed | 188 |
| Law and Crime | 6.2% | 4.0% | +2.2 pp | Over-indexed | 720 |
| Social Welfare | 0.5% | 2.3% | −1.8 pp | Under-indexed | 58 |
| Defense | 0.7% | 1.7% | −1.0 pp | Under-indexed | 79 |
| Housing | 0.5% | 1.4% | −0.9 pp | Under-indexed | 62 |
| Culture | 0.5% | 1.4% | −0.9 pp | Under-indexed | 63 |
| Macroeconomics | 4.3% | 3.5% | +0.9 pp | Over-indexed | 506 |
| Labor | 0.5% | 1.2% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 53 |
| Energy | 0.0% | 0.8% | −0.7 pp | Under-indexed | 5 |
| Agriculture | 0.3% | 0.9% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 40 |
| Education | 3.6% | 4.2% | −0.5 pp | Under-indexed | 425 |
| Government Operations | 13.1% | 12.6% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 1,532 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.1% | 0.6% | −0.5 pp | Under-indexed | 7 |
| Public Lands | 0.4% | 0.9% | −0.5 pp | Under-indexed | 48 |
| International Affairs | 1.1% | 0.8% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 126 |
| Technology | 0.0% | 0.3% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 3 |
| Immigration | 0.3% | 0.5% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 38 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Environment | 0.8% | 0.7% | +0.1 pp | Over-indexed | 91 |
| Transportation | 1.1% | 1.1% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 123 |
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RT @elonmusk: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
RT @elonmusk: This is a battle for the future of civilization. If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.
RT @elonmusk: The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really<U+2026>
RT @mtaibbi: 1. Thread: THE TWITTER FILES
RT @elonmusk: The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
RT @elonmusk: Twitter is ALIVE
RT @elonmusk: Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed wit<U+2026>
RT @elonmusk: Here we go!! <U+0001F37F><U+0001F37F>
RT @bariweiss: THREAD: THE TWITTER FILES PART TWO. TWITTER<U+2019>S SECRET BLACKLISTS.