# Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom is the Democratic governor of California.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Governor of California
- Current term: Current term

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-CA-gavin-newsom (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

18% of Newsom’s statements contain a personal attack, 4.3 times the Democratic governor average of 4.2%.

## What Newsom says (Current term)

1,469 classified statements: 1,469 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the Democratic governors average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Newsom | Democratic governors average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 18.0% | 4.2% | 1 of 21 |
| Policy criticism | 16.7% | 14.2% | 9 of 21 |
| Policy discussion | 35.6% | 48.6% | 16 of 21 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 3.7% | 16 of 21 |
| Credit claiming | 6.6% | 25.9% | 20 of 21 |
| Extreme labels | 4.5% | 1.7% | 2 of 21 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 27% (Democratic governors 17%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (Democratic governors 20%); Health 13% (Democratic governors 21%); Armed Forces and National Security 12% (Democratic governors 5.2%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.4% (Democratic governors 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.94 (standard error 0.03), from 8,579 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of Democratic governors score lower.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2114756656945144056
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2114197036073697308
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2114442831779828000
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2113785039116755204
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2113787555766296598
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2113833342122828054
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2114041887237750976
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2113449747495444603
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2113700091274133834
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2113709938786832439

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gov.ca.gov
- Campaign site: https://gavinnewsom.com/
- X: https://x.com/GavinNewsom

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-CA-gavin-newsom