RT @BarackObama: My statement on the death of George Floyd: https://t.co/Hg1k9JHT6R
Barbara Bessette
@bessette4mt · MT · H
Posts11.6K
Engagement2.7M
Voting-record position0.126
CoverageJan 1, 2020 to Jun 16, 2023
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 47.0 pp above the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 2
- Under
- 20
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −47.0 pp to +47.0 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 47.0 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +47.0 pp
- Government Operations Under-indexed −7.6 pp
- Health Under-indexed −4.0 pp
- Education Under-indexed −3.4 pp
- Civil Rights Under-indexed −3.4 pp
- Law and Crime Under-indexed −3.1 pp
- Social Welfare Under-indexed −2.4 pp
- Macroeconomics Under-indexed −1.7 pp
- Labor Under-indexed −1.5 pp
- Housing Under-indexed −1.4 pp
- Environment Under-indexed −1.2 pp
- Transportation Under-indexed −0.8 pp
- Defense Under-indexed −0.6 pp
- Public Lands Under-indexed −0.5 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±47.0 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncategorized | 80.6% | 33.6% | +47.0 pp | Over-indexed | 9,362 |
| Government Operations | 4.0% | 11.6% | −7.6 pp | Under-indexed | 470 |
| Health | 2.7% | 6.7% | −4.0 pp | Under-indexed | 316 |
| Education | 1.2% | 4.6% | −3.4 pp | Under-indexed | 139 |
| Civil Rights | 4.1% | 7.5% | −3.4 pp | Under-indexed | 477 |
| Law and Crime | 1.0% | 4.1% | −3.1 pp | Under-indexed | 114 |
| Social Welfare | 1.7% | 4.1% | −2.4 pp | Under-indexed | 195 |
| Macroeconomics | 0.1% | 1.8% | −1.7 pp | Under-indexed | 13 |
| Labor | 0.4% | 1.9% | −1.5 pp | Under-indexed | 43 |
| Housing | 0.9% | 2.3% | −1.4 pp | Under-indexed | 99 |
| Environment | 0.2% | 1.4% | −1.2 pp | Under-indexed | 26 |
| Transportation | 0.5% | 1.3% | −0.8 pp | Under-indexed | 61 |
| Defense | 0.1% | 0.7% | −0.6 pp | Under-indexed | 10 |
| Public Lands | 0.4% | 0.9% | −0.5 pp | Under-indexed | 42 |
| Energy | 0.1% | 0.5% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 7 |
| Culture | 1.0% | 1.4% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 112 |
| Agriculture | 0.8% | 0.4% | +0.4 pp | Over-indexed | 98 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 0.0% | 0.4% | −0.4 pp | Under-indexed | 1 |
| International Affairs | 0.1% | 0.4% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 9 |
| Technology | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
| Immigration | 0.2% | 0.4% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 21 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
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RT @PettyClegg: my boss turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and cant figure out how to turn the setting off, so sh&
RT @StanLewis_: Since aquariums are shut down, they let penguins wander around the place and it's honestly the news we need to see. https:/&
RT @AshleyKSmalls: This couldve been an email https://t.co/kn68z6eDhY
RT @seemathewombat: Im a Dr. Im about to separate from my family within my home for ?? months. So that I can keeping treating you, wh&
RT @_SJPeace_: Ok THIS IS EVERYTHING d My heart can't =- https://t.co/h8NNKr046j
RT @JackMa: The first shipment of masks and coronavirus test kits to the US is taking off from Shanghai. All the best to our friends in Ame&
RT @rifaatty: RT if planned parenthood was helpful to you or a friend in some way
RT @jesus_jimz: Three Wednesdays in January https://t.co/9dQgG0R0A8
RT @MalloryMcMorrow: Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standin<U+2026>