PolicyNote Adds Social Listening Tools to Keep You Ahead of Policy Decisions

Being in “the room where it happens” doesn’t always mean shaking hands in a hearing room or walking the halls of a statehouse anymore.

Today, lawmakers, executives, and stakeholders are taking to X, Bluesky, and Truth Social to shape public narratives, signal priorities, and even preview legislative moves before they appear on an official docket.

PolicyNote’s new social listening features put these conversations directly into your workflow, giving government affairs professionals a clearer window into what’s coming and a better way to report and act on it.

Track Mentions Where They Actually Happen

PolicyNote surfaces posts from U.S. federal and state legislators and executives across X, Bluesky, and Truth Social. This allows you to monitor:

• Direct mentions of your organization, staff, or board members
• References to your products, campaigns, or competitors
• Key issues, legislation, and emerging topics you care about

The AI Assistant can even suggest relevant people and topics to track, helping you set up comprehensive monitoring in minutes.

Turn Data Into Actionable Insight

Social listening in PolicyNote goes beyond collecting posts. From the Discover page, you can now generate social media reports just as easily as you build policy reports today. These reports include the number of posts, the number of stakeholders who posted, and the percentage change in posting volume over time. 

You can create dynamic visualizations, including:

• Trend over time: Track posting patterns and spikes in activity
• Party breakdown over time: See which side of the aisle is driving conversation
• Most vocal stakeholders: Identify the lawmakers speaking loudest on your issues

By combining these analytics with your existing policy reports, you can brief internal teams or coalition partners using a single, familiar workflow.

Like policy data, you can create alerts for social listening insights and be notified when legislators are talking about people, issues, and other items you care about.

Why it Matters for Government Affairs

With PolicyNote’s new capabilities, you can spot emerging threats and opportunities earlier, identify potential allies, gauge the momentum of an issue over time, and refine your talking points and strategy. 

Danielle Leach, a consultant to nonprofit policy teams, puts it plainly: “Social media is a window into what stakeholders feel about issues, policy, or legislation. It can also flag potential opportunities for policy solutions.”

With PolicyNote’s new social features, you can capture those signals, build smarter coalitions, and influence legislation before it happens, all without leaving the platform you already rely on.