Quarterly windows (29 of 41 total) diluted PC1 explained variance ratio
from ~20% down to ~14.6%. The fix splits the vector collection loop into:
- pca_vecs: annual windows only (re.match r'^\d{4}$') -> M_pca used for SVD
- all_vecs: every window -> M used for projections onto derived axes
Centering for SVD and global_mean for projection both now use M_pca.mean(axis=0)
so axes are consistent. Falls back to all windows if no annual windows exist.
Replaces static ideology CSV as primary axis classification signal with
per-year motion projection + Dutch keyword classifier. Adds axis-swap
logic so left-right is conventionally on X when present. Adds Option C
UI expander showing top motions per axis pole.
The global PCA X-axis flip uses centroids averaged across all windows,
which can leave individual windows with left/right inverted (e.g. PvdA
appearing right of VVD in 2020). Mirror the existing per-window Y-axis
correction to also check and flip X values per window.
Replace hardcoded 'Links-Rechts' / 'Progressief-Conservatief' axis labels
with values from classify_axes(). Add per-year interpretation caption when
axis quality score is below the 0.65 correlation threshold.
classify_axes() correlates per-party PCA positions against party_ideologies.csv
to assign honest dynamic labels (Links-Rechts, Coalitie-Oppositie, etc.)
instead of always assuming the first PCA axis is left-right.
Add design for honest PCA axis labeling — validates each compass axis
against a party ideology reference CSV and labels dynamically (Links–Rechts,
Coalitie–Oppositie, or fallback) instead of hardcoding Left–Right always.
The global orientation check using party centroids averaged across all
windows was insufficient — individual windows (notably 2023) could still
have conservative parties above progressive ones on the Y-axis.
Added a per-window flip in compute_2d_axes (PCA branch) that checks
prog_avg_y vs cons_avg_y for each window independently and negates all
Y values in that window when cons > prog. Flipped window IDs are stored
in axis_def['y_flipped_windows'] for diagnostics.
Moved the canonical party set definitions outside the orientation try-
block so they are always in scope for the per-window correction.
Added test_per_window_y_orientation to cover the case where one window
is globally fine but locally inverted.
- Rename app to 'Motief: de stematlas' in Home.py
- Remove PCA variance caption from compass tab
- Hardcode db_path and window_size; remove sidebar inputs
- Change trajectories default to [CDA, D66, VVD]
- Move quiz to pages/1_Stemwijzer.py; wrap in st.form
- Remove quiz tab from main explorer
- Add pytest dev dep + fix test fixtures (_load_mp_vectors_for_window)
- Add test_pca_axis_orientation with proper PCA variance dominance
- Replace gtfs/bokeh deploy with motief/streamlit (port 8501)
- Update inventory to motief.sgeboers.nl
- Remove stale .drone.yml
- Add CI guard to forbid .env in repo
- Add env removal report and secrets rotation checklist
The mp_votes table contains both party-aggregate rows (e.g. 'PVV', 'NSC')
and individual MP rows (e.g. 'Aardema, M.'). Running SVD on both together
creates a block-diagonal vote matrix where party codes and individual MPs
occupy disjoint SVD dimensions — causing dim 0 to be zero for all 421 MPs.
Fix: _build_expanded_rows() converts every party-level vote to individual
MP votes using mp_metadata date ranges (active MPs on motion date). Motions
that already have individual MP records are kept as-is. A party name mapping
handles NSC/Nieuw Sociaal Contract and other canonical name variants.
Results for current_parliament: 517 individual MPs, all 8732 motions covered,
dim 0 std=23.1 (was 0.0 for all MPs). PVV/NSC/BBB on positive end, SP/GL/PvdD
on negative end — matches expected left-right political axis.
All 11 annual windows (2016-2026) re-run with the new pipeline.