RT @elonmusk: If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.
@gwschmedes
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Posts1,760
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CoverageJan 27, 2021 to Feb 23, 2022
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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 Health 54.2 pp above the party median
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- 19
- Under
- 0
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −54.2 pp to +54.2 pp. Most distinctive topic: Health, 54.2 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Health Over-indexed +54.2 pp
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +16.3 pp
- Government Operations Over-indexed +6.6 pp
- Civil Rights Over-indexed +5.7 pp
- Education Over-indexed +4.4 pp
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +2.7 pp
- Macroeconomics Over-indexed +2.4 pp
- Social Welfare Over-indexed +2.3 pp
- Culture Over-indexed +1.6 pp
- Labor Over-indexed +0.7 pp
- Environment Over-indexed +0.7 pp
- Energy Over-indexed +0.5 pp
- International Affairs Over-indexed +0.5 pp
- Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce Over-indexed +0.5 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±54.2 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering. 3 topics match the party median exactly.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 54.2% | 0.0% | +54.2 pp | Over-indexed | 954 |
| Uncategorized | 16.3% | 0.0% | +16.3 pp | Over-indexed | 287 |
| Government Operations | 6.6% | 0.0% | +6.6 pp | Over-indexed | 117 |
| Civil Rights | 5.7% | 0.0% | +5.7 pp | Over-indexed | 101 |
| Education | 4.4% | 0.0% | +4.4 pp | Over-indexed | 77 |
| Law and Crime | 2.7% | 0.0% | +2.7 pp | Over-indexed | 47 |
| Macroeconomics | 2.4% | 0.0% | +2.4 pp | Over-indexed | 42 |
| Social Welfare | 2.3% | 0.0% | +2.3 pp | Over-indexed | 40 |
| Culture | 1.6% | 0.0% | +1.6 pp | Over-indexed | 28 |
| Labor | 0.7% | 0.0% | +0.7 pp | Over-indexed | 13 |
| Environment | 0.7% | 0.0% | +0.7 pp | Over-indexed | 12 |
| Energy | 0.5% | 0.0% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 9 |
| International Affairs | 0.5% | 0.0% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 9 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.5% | 0.0% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 8 |
| Technology | 0.3% | 0.0% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 6 |
| Agriculture | 0.3% | 0.0% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 5 |
| Housing | 0.1% | 0.0% | +0.1 pp | Over-indexed | 2 |
| Immigration | 0.1% | 0.0% | +0.1 pp | Over-indexed | 2 |
| Transportation | 0.1% | 0.0% | +0.1 pp | Over-indexed | 1 |
| Defense | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Public Lands | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
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RT @elonmusk: If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.
RT @elonmusk: If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.
RT @elonmusk: If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.
RT @elonmusk: If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.
RT @elonmusk: If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.
RT @elonmusk: If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.
RT @elonmusk: If you scare people enough, they will demand removal of freedom. This is the path to tyranny.
RT @RandPaul: If you think voter ID is racist, but a vaccine passport is just fine, you need some serious help thinking through public poli…
RT @RandPaul: “I told you so” doesn’t even begin to cover it here: