RT @rebecca_mehra: I went to the grocery store this afternoon. As I was walking in I heard a woman yell to me from her car. I walked over a&
Sheila Ruth
@SheilaRuthD44B · MD · H
Posts10.3K
Engagement686.7K
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CoverageJan 1, 2020 to Aug 19, 2024
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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 10.0 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 10
- Under
- 12
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −10.0 pp to +10.0 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 10.0 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +10.0 pp
- Environment Over-indexed +4.0 pp
- Transportation Over-indexed +3.1 pp
- Labor Over-indexed +3.1 pp
- Government Operations Over-indexed +2.9 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −2.8 pp
- Health Under-indexed −2.7 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −2.0 pp
- Education Under-indexed −1.0 pp
- Culture Under-indexed −0.8 pp
- Housing Over-indexed +0.6 pp
- Defense Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +0.5 pp
- International Affairs Under-indexed −0.3 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±10.0 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncategorized | 43.5% | 33.6% | +10.0 pp | Over-indexed | 4,471 |
| Environment | 5.4% | 1.4% | +4.0 pp | Over-indexed | 555 |
| Transportation | 4.4% | 1.3% | +3.1 pp | Over-indexed | 450 |
| Labor | 5.0% | 1.9% | +3.1 pp | Over-indexed | 509 |
| Government Operations | 14.6% | 11.6% | +2.9 pp | Over-indexed | 1,496 |
| Civil Rights | 4.7% | 7.5% | −2.8 pp | Under-indexed | 484 |
| Health | 4.0% | 6.7% | −2.7 pp | Under-indexed | 407 |
| Social Welfare | 2.0% | 4.1% | −2.0 pp | Under-indexed | 210 |
| Education | 3.6% | 4.6% | −1.0 pp | Under-indexed | 365 |
| Culture | 0.6% | 1.4% | −0.8 pp | Under-indexed | 58 |
| Housing | 2.9% | 2.3% | +0.6 pp | Over-indexed | 296 |
| Defense | 0.1% | 0.7% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 14 |
| Law and Crime | 4.5% | 4.1% | +0.5 pp | Over-indexed | 464 |
| International Affairs | 0.0% | 0.4% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 3 |
| Energy | 0.8% | 0.5% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 81 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.2% | 0.4% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 17 |
| Immigration | 0.6% | 0.4% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 57 |
| Agriculture | 0.6% | 0.4% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 63 |
| Technology | 0.1% | 0.2% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 9 |
| Macroeconomics | 1.7% | 1.8% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 178 |
| Public Lands | 0.9% | 0.9% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 88 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
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RT @thehill: .@RepSwalwell: "Can anyone on the Republican side say unequivocally black lives matter?" Rep.�@MattGaetz: "Unequivocally, all&