# Janet Mills

Janet Mills is the Democratic governor of Maine.

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

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-ME-janet-mills (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

25% of Mills’s statements criticize a policy, 1.8 times the Democratic governor average of 14%.

## What Mills says (Current term)

434 classified statements: 434 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 | Mills | Democratic governors average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.6% | 4.2% | 7 of 21 |
| Policy criticism | 25.4% | 14.2% | 1 of 21 |
| Policy discussion | 41.2% | 48.6% | 13 of 21 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.2% | 3.7% | 20 of 21 |
| Credit claiming | 26.3% | 25.9% | 11 of 21 |
| Extreme labels | 1.8% | 1.7% | 7 of 21 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 35% (Democratic governors 21%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 20% (Democratic governors 11%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (Democratic governors 20%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (Democratic governors 17%); Immigration 13% (Democratic governors 2.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.07), from 11,403 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of Democratic governors score lower.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-06-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2061467746815152213
- 2026-04-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2049832653189152925
- 2026-04-29 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2049534226488541391
- 2026-04-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2049588406074675527
- 2026-04-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2048925484428214404
- 2026-04-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2049206020010918097
- 2026-04-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2049272752507339209
- 2026-04-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2048777965878534213
- 2026-04-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2048830827656548368
- 2026-04-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JanetMillsforME/status/2048496338199789626

## Links

- Official site: https://www.maine.gov/governor
- Campaign site: https://janetmills.com/
- X: https://x.com/JanetMillsforME

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-ME-janet-mills