Est. 1994
The Policy Agendas
Project
What America pays attention to — in the news, across political institutions, and from the public — measured at scale, with one topic-coding scheme applied to the records of political activity since 1993.
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Live · Senate 2026 · Maine
Top policy topics
Which policy topics the race is covered on — articles naming each candidate in the state and national press, past year · click a topic for the articles
Top 3 policy issues
What the coverage is actually about, behind the coded topic — named from the headlines · state press · click for the articles
Words the race is covered in — state press
platnericegrahamdebatetrumpdemocratic
Campaign rather than policy — Jackson 81% · Collins 63%
Live data — State and national news coverage. Every article is coded to one policy topic; campaign coverage — the race itself rather than an issue — is its own topic. An article naming both candidates counts for both · all races →