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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
  • 12-week heatmap & outlet matrix — show the 12 weeks ending at the selected week (they slide back with the picker, they aren’t a fixed snapshot).
  • 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

2948 posts · 251,952 engagement · first seen 6 Dec 2014 · last seen 9 Sep 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 1687 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

30%
65%
Supportive 510 Critical 1096 Dismissive 2 Neutral / explainer 52 Mocking 27

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 1687 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.

9%
84%
Positive 148 Neutral 114 Negative 1425

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
    74 posts · 147,372 engagement
    147,372
  • reddit
    62 posts · 15,245 engagement
    15,245
  • youtube
    1486 posts · 12,290 engagement
    12,290
  • twitter
    65 posts · 9,851 engagement
    9,851

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.