How to read the political intelligence stack

Step 1: start on the command board and read the movement shelves first. That tells you what is rising, falling, or reversing.

Step 2: open the state board that is moving. Use it to see which geographies and actors are driving the current signal.

Step 3: move into actors or representation only after you know which state and narrative matter. That prevents random browsing and keeps the review focused.

Step 4: use archive for comparison work, not for your first read. Archive is where you confirm whether a move is structural or temporary.

Command: macro view of the current signal set, hot movers, archive controls, and priority alerts.

Areas: district and area concentration. Use this when you need to know where narrative or agitation intensity is clustering geographically.

Actors: candidate, party, and public-operator visibility. Use this to identify who is speaking, who is being cited, and who is staying active across windows.

Representation: official MLA and MP rosters overlaid with signal counts, constituency-linked activity, and opposition pressure around each officeholder.

Archive: dated drops for comparison work. Analysts should use this to isolate changes instead of reading one live snapshot in isolation.

Signals: raw observed public items in the current selected window. More signals means more visible conversation, not automatic approval or disapproval.

Signals, last 24h: short-window acceleration. This is the first metric to check when you want freshness rather than accumulated volume.

Active actors: distinct tracked people or entities showing observable presence in the feed. This helps separate concentrated messaging from broad participation.

Opposition pressure: matched signals where opposition-aligned actors are surfacing around a legislator, constituency, or ruling formation. This is a directional indicator, not a vote-share model.

Pressure index: a weighted read that combines opposition-linked signal count with the number of distinct opposition actors involved. Use it as a prioritization marker, not as a final forecast.