# Andy Beshear

Andy Beshear is the Democratic governor of Kentucky.

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

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-KY-andy-beshear (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

9.1% of Beshear’s statements use bipartisan language, 2.4 times the Democratic governor average of 3.7%.

## What Beshear says (Current term)

724 classified statements: 724 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 | Beshear | Democratic governors average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.6% | 4.2% | 12 of 21 |
| Policy criticism | 16.0% | 14.2% | 11 of 21 |
| Policy discussion | 36.3% | 48.6% | 15 of 21 |
| Bipartisanship | 9.1% | 3.7% | 2 of 21 |
| Credit claiming | 10.9% | 25.9% | 18 of 21 |
| Extreme labels | 0.1% | 1.7% | 17 of 21 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 29% (Democratic governors 21%); Economics and Public Finance 28% (Democratic governors 20%); Agriculture and Food 12% (Democratic governors 6.8%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 11% (Democratic governors 4.2%); Education 9.9% (Democratic governors 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.04), from 7,384 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% 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/AndyBeshearKY/status/2114728503560335390
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2114761193151943009
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2114788462704681461
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2114335233654812687
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2114433513726353845
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2114477169099350068
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2113968835048943970
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2114064838263456043
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2113332615377805671
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2113346503062491595

## Links

- Official site: https://governor.ky.gov
- Campaign site: https://andybeshear.com/
- X: https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-KY-andy-beshear