# Gretchen Whitmer

Gretchen Whitmer is the Democratic governor of Michigan.

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

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-MI-gretchen-whitmer (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

0% of Whitmer’s statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom tenth of Democratic governors (average 4.2%).

## What Whitmer says (Current term)

421 classified statements: 421 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 | Whitmer | Democratic governors average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 4.2% | 20 of 21 |
| Policy criticism | 16.6% | 14.2% | 10 of 21 |
| Policy discussion | 61.5% | 48.6% | 6 of 21 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.1% | 3.7% | 3 of 21 |
| Credit claiming | 30.2% | 25.9% | 9 of 21 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.7% | 11 of 21 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 29% (Democratic governors 20%); Health 25% (Democratic governors 21%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 20% (Democratic governors 11%); Education 15% (Democratic governors 12%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 10% (Democratic governors 4.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.01), from 133,297 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% 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/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114510272497140051
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114743993284391066
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114807921024401535
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114814112144478220
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114824344891207871
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114847763569758499
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114860801626427724
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114481678848532744
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114501840691953820
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/2114027094456062122

## Links

- Official site: https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer
- Campaign site: https://gretchenwhitmer.com/
- X: https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-MI-gretchen-whitmer