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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
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  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
What stays as-is
  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Topic · social

Political Accountability To Constituents

2169 posts · 149,862 engagement · first seen 6 Dec 2014 · last seen 22 Jul 2026

The obligation of elected officials and political representatives in New Zealand to answer for their decisions, conduct, and performance to the constituents and democratic institutions they serve.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 2023 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

27%
68%
Supportive 537 Critical 1385 Dismissive 4 Neutral / explainer 51 Mocking 46

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 2032 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

10%
82%
Positive 213 Neutral 149 Negative 1670

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • facebook
    54 posts · 74,281 engagement
    74,281
  • reddit
    78 posts · 20,190 engagement
    20,190
  • youtube
    1795 posts · 17,227 engagement
    17,227
  • twitter
    105 posts · 12,234 engagement
    12,234

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.