Personal attacks
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0.39
agreement between talk and bills (0 to 1), in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans
Agreement 0.39 on a 0–1 scale; the average for State House Republicans is 0.53. Ranks 451st of 504, where 1st is the closest match.
How closely the mix of policy areas in Gramlich’s statements matches the mix in the bills Gramlich sponsors and cosponsors: 1 means the same areas in the same proportions, 0 means no overlap. Ranked among State House Republicans.
At a glance
6 measures against State House Republicans. Gramlich sits at +0.10 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State House Republicans. 0% of Gramlich’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (average 1.4%).
The measures on which Gramlich sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.
Talk-to-bills agreement
0.39
State House Republicans average 0.53 · ranks 451st of 504
CSIP ideology
+0.10
More liberal than 88% of State House Republicans · ± 0.06
Extreme labels
0%
State House Republicans average 1.4% · ranks 618th of 791
Itemized, 2026
$105.2K
State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 505th of 2,521
Credit claiming
3.6%
State House Republicans average 13% · ranks 605th of 791
Out of committee
68%
Arkansas House average 56% · ranks 24th of 81
Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Gramlich, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Gramlich is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Gramlich says
Gramlich stresses bipartisanship less than 64% of State House Republicans. Bipartisanship in 0.4% of 253 statements, against 1.8% for the average State House Republican; 512th of 791.
An AI model reads each of Gramlich’s 253 statements in the AR 2025–26 session (253 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.
Kinds of statement
Share of statements carrying each label, the AR 2025–26 session
0%80%
Gramlich
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion55 statements
22%
32%
529th of 791
Policy criticism11 statements
4%
9%
482nd of 791
Credit claiming9 statements
4%
13%
605th of 791
Personal attacks3 statements
1%
3%
372nd of 791
Bipartisanship1 statements
0%
2%
512th of 791
Show the data
| Row | Gramlich | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 22% | 32% |
| Policy criticism | 4% | 9% |
| Credit claiming | 4% | 13% |
| Personal attacks | 1% | 3% |
| Bipartisanship | 0% | 2% |
253
statements classified
253 posts on X.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 253 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Gramlich; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Gramlich does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Gramlich used no extreme labels in 253 statements. The peer average is 1.4%.
No extreme labels in this window.
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
No targets recorded.
What an extreme label is
Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.
Month by month
Share of statements per month, the AR 2025–26 session
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 22 | 0.0% | 9.1% | 22.7% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’25 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 10.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’25 | 3 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Apr ’25 | 7 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| May ’25 | 6 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jun ’25 | 8 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jul ’25 | 9 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Aug ’25 | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’25 | 22 | 9.1% | 4.5% | 18.2% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’25 | 14 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 21.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Nov ’25 | 6 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Dec ’25 | 3 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jan ’26 | 20 | 0.0% | 5.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’26 | 14 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 28.6% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’26 | 10 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Apr ’26 | 21 | 0.0% | 4.8% | 19.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| May ’26 | 28 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 21.4% | 0.0% | 10.7% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’26 | 3 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jul ’26 | 11 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 27.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 43.8% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’26 | 3 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Oct ’26 | 5 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
How to read the strips
Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the AR 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 10 months are hatched here.
In Gramlich’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Credit claiming
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Aug 29, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Health · Source
Bipartisanship
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Feb 13, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Education · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · target: heSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacksSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · target: James TalaricoSource
All 253 statements
Newest first, the AR 2025–26 session
The full feed
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 253 posts on X.
Policy
Education is what Gramlich talks about most: 53% of policy statements, 3.5 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.39 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 451st of 504).
Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Gramlich talks about. The bills Gramlich sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Gramlich talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the AR 2025–26 session
0%58%
Gramlich
Peers
Education29 statements
53%
15%
Science, Technology, Communications10 statements
18%
2%
Families5 statements
9%
4%
Agriculture and Food4 statements
7%
4%
Commerce4 statements
7%
4%
Show the data
| Row | Gramlich | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 53% | 15% |
| Science, Technology, Communications | 18% | 2% |
| Families | 9% | 4% |
| Agriculture and Food | 7% | 4% |
| Commerce | 7% | 4% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Gramlich’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Talks about · legislates on
Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 58%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.
Show the data
| Area | Talks about | State House Republicans, talks about | Legislates on | State House Republicans, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 53% | 15% | 17% | 9% |
| Science, Technology, Communications | 18% | 2% | 4% | 1% |
| Families | 9% | 4% | 0% | 2% |
| Agriculture and Food | 7% | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Commerce | 7% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
0.39
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 451st of 504.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Gramlich legislates on exactly the areas Gramlich talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Gramlich sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Gramlich sits at +0.10 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 88% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.04 to +0.16, which understates the uncertainty; from 104 donors and 287 roll calls.
CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.
+0.10
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +0.04 to +0.16. From 104 donors and 287 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Gramlich, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Gramlich’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.
Where Gramlich sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
State House Republicans2,917 · median +0.4
Arkansas House97 · median +0.1
All State House5,324 · median +0.1
Show the data
| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Gramlich |
|---|---|---|---|
| State House Republicans | 2917 | +0.4 | 12% |
| Arkansas House | 97 | +0.1 | 52% |
| All State House | 5324 | +0.1 | 51% |
How to read the strips
Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Gramlich in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Gramlich.
Money
Gramlich reported $105.2K in the 2026 cycle, 3.1 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 96% of itemized individual money came from Arkansas.
Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.
$105.2K
itemized in the 2026 cycle
From 27 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.
Where the money came from
Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.
- Individuals (itemized)54 squares$56.7K
- PACs and other committees43 squares$45.0K
- Party committees3 squares$3,500
Show the data
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (itemized) | $56.7K | 53.9% |
| PACs and other committees | $45.0K | 42.8% |
| Party committees | $3,500 | 3.3% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.
Receipts by cycle
Itemized contributions, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.
Show the data
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2022 cycle | $38.5K |
| 2024 cycle | $73.6K |
| 2026 cycle | $105.2K |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 96% came from Arkansas.
- Arkansas$54.4K
- Oklahoma$1,200
- California$500
- Missouri$500
- Texas$100
Small donations
State filings report no total for small gifts.
Not reported in state filings.
Where itemized donors live
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
Show the data
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | $54.4K |
| Oklahoma | $1,200 |
| California | $500 |
| Missouri | $500 |
| Texas | $100 |
| Alaska | No data |
| Maine | No data |
| Vermont | No data |
| New Hampshire | No data |
| Washington | No data |
| Idaho | No data |
| Montana | No data |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Minnesota | No data |
| Illinois | No data |
| Wisconsin | No data |
| Michigan | No data |
| New York | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Massachusetts | No data |
| Oregon | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Iowa | No data |
| Indiana | No data |
| Ohio | No data |
| Pennsylvania | No data |
| New Jersey | No data |
| Connecticut | No data |
| Utah | No data |
| Colorado | No data |
| Nebraska | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| West Virginia | No data |
| Virginia | No data |
| Maryland | No data |
| Delaware | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Kansas | No data |
| Tennessee | No data |
| North Carolina | No data |
| South Carolina | No data |
| District of Columbia | No data |
| Louisiana | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Alabama | No data |
| Georgia | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
| Florida | No data |
27
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
96%
from Arkansas
Of itemized individual dollars
How to read the map
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Arkansas. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- HEALTHCARE / MEDICAL$3,900 5 donors
- LOBBYIST$1,350 6 donors
- TEACHER / EDUCATION$850 3 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- CHOCTAW NATION HOUSE PAC$3,500
- REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARKANSAS (STATE) PAPER$3,500
- ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE HOUSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
- ARKANSAS REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
- BUILD STRENGTHEN & EMPOWER PAC$2,500
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA$1,300 8 donors
- CAPITOL ADVISORS GROUP$1,000 4 donors
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
No roll-call votes for the AR 2025–26 session.No roll-call votes are recorded for this official in this time window.
Legislation
Gramlich sponsored 41 bills in the AR 2025–26 session; 26 became law. Cosponsored 62 others. 68% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House average 56%; 24th of 81).
The bills Gramlich sponsored and cosponsored in the AR 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.
Bills by stage
Counts for the AR 2025–26 session
Show the data
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 41 | 41 | 28 | 26 | 26 |
| Cosponsored | 62 | 62 | 43 | 40 | 39 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Gramlich sponsored, ochre blocks bills Gramlich cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
68%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Arkansas House average 56%. Ranks 24th of 81.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Gramlich, by number of shared bills in the AR 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.
- Justin Boyd24
- Clint Penzo11
- Lee Johnson9
- Brandon Achor9
- Jim Petty7
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Gramlich’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| HB 1001 | TO REDUCE THE INCOME TAX RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, AND CORPORATIONS. | Cosponsor | May 1, 2026 | Became law | Taxation(model) | Notification that HB1001 is now Act 1 May 6, 2026 |
| HB 1103 | TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX CREDIT. | Cosponsor | Apr 21, 2026 | Passed both chambers | Taxation(model) | Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. Apr 28, 2026 |
| HB 1996 | TO AMEND THE CHILD LABOR LAWS ENACTED BY INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1914; TO ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVE TO CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS; AND TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS RELATED TO CHILD LABOR. | Sponsor | Apr 7, 2025 | In committee | Labor and Employment(model) | Recommended for study in the Interim by the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE Apr 16, 2025 |
| HB 1975 | TO CREATE THE CHILD CONTENT CREATION PROTECTION ACT. | Sponsor | Apr 2, 2025 | Became law | Labor and Employment(model) | Notification that HB1975 is now Act 982 Apr 22, 2025 |
| HB 1903 | TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH FLEXIBILITY REGARDING ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. | Cosponsor | Mar 31, 2025 | Became law | Education(model) | Notification that HB1903 is now Act 911 Apr 21, 2025 |
Online
A site that changed 3 times in 90 days. Gramlich’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.
The lab crawls Gramlich’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Gramlich posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 1
pages crawled
3changes in 90 days
- 1
pages crawled
2changes in 90 days
How to read the counts
“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.
Social accounts
Images Gramlich posted
No images from Gramlich’s posts have been described.
About the descriptions
Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
State floor speeches
56 turns, Feb 2, 2023 to Apr 15, 2025
Floor speeches
Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.
Methods and sources
How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.
The headline
The headline is the measure on which Gramlich is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.
The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.
A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).
Identifiers
- Profile id
- 417afb72-31e7-4152-bf79-0ba67e3cb63f
- Open States
- ocd-person/417afb72-31e7-4152-bf79-0ba67e3cb63f
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
Freshness of this profile’s data
- What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
- Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
- Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
- Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
- Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
- WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
- State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.
How the measures work
- What politicians say
- Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
- Extreme labels
- A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
- Policy areas and agreement
- Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
- Ideology (CSIP)
- Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
- Campaign money
- Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
- Votes and key votes
- Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
- Peers and ranks
- Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.
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