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Unravelling Congressional Threads

As political Twitter declines, other competitor apps have emerged. We have seen elected officials posting on LinkedIn, analysts moving to private Discord servers, and TikTok influencers brought to the White House. However, in terms of replicating what used to be offered by Twitter, the best option may be Meta’s Threads (built on top of Instagram), which currently comes closest to the scope, depth and userbase that Twitter had.

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Simulating an alternative 2024 presidential race

Legislata offers scenario strategy workshops to help organizations test and develop strategies for what might happen in various situations. This helps organizations be prepared for when something unexpected happens and you and/or your competitors are scrambling to react.

We recently ran an exercise of the 2024 presidential primaries without Biden or Trump as frontrunner as a demonstration of this technique as well as a chance to generate interesting findings about American politics.

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How to use CrossPostBillBot to create your personal legislative tracker

The philosophy behind Legislata is that, when it comes to working in policy, there is no one size that fits all, even within the same organization.

As part of this approach, we’re building bots. These are mini-apps that can do a specific function for you within Legislata without requiring you to upgrade the overall tier of your workspace. They’re simple to add - all you need to do is add the right topic tag and the system will do the rest for you.

Here is how you can use one of the first bots, the CrossPostBillBot, to create a customized legislative tracker for you, your coalition, or your clients.

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Who does the California State Legislature follow on Twitter?

From New York to North Carolina, we’ve explored some of the most-followed Twitter accounts by local elected officials. Now, we’re heading west, to California. Let’s take a look at who the California State Legislature is following on Twitter.

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Who do Pennsylvania state politicians follow on Twitter?

Recently, we took a look at who Michigan legislators follow on Twitter to give you an idea of the voices that the state’s elected officials take an interest in, as the latest in our series on researching the Twitter ecosystems of states. Now it’s time for Pennsylvania.

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Who do Michigan state politicians follow on Twitter?

Recently, we took a look at who Delaware legislators follow on Twitter to give you an idea of the voices that the First State’s elected officials take an interest in, as the latest in our series on researching the Twitter ecosystems of states. Now it’s time for Michigan.

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Who do Delaware state politicians follow on Twitter?

Recently, we took a look at who New Jersey legislators follow on Twitter to give you an idea of the voices that the Garden State’s elected officials take an interest in, as the latest in our series on researching the Twitter ecosystems of states. Now it’s time for Delaware.

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Who does the New Jersey State Legislature follow on Twitter?

Recently, we took a look at who New Jersey legislators follow on Twitter to give you an idea of the voices that the Garden State’s elected officials take an interest in, as the latest in our series on researching the Twitter ecosystems of states.

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2024 Presidential Candidate signup review

We're covering the 2024 Presidential Race, with automatic updates of press releases, tweets, and other information on the candidates.

As part of the process, we've signed up for updates from all the major candidates. Here's the initial thoughts from someone who has worked in both politics and tech.

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Who does the North Carolina General Assembly follow on Twitter?

We’ve looked at who New York legislators follow on Twitter, to get a sense of whose voices the Empire State’s elected officials are most likely to see when they open the app. In this post, we’re going to head down to North Carolina to do the same for members of the General Assembly.

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How much time will Legislata save you? 

We built Legislata to save time for everyone who works in politics. If you’re a city councilor, state legislative aide, municipal candidate for office, journalist, advocate, or member of a local town party committee, this software gives you a place for your political email, political task management, and political contacts. Once we built it, we immediately wanted to know just how much time it could save.

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The State of #ripol in 2023

Who does the members of the Rhode Island General Assembly follow on Twitter? Check out our findings and jump to the data here.

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