# Tim Walz

Tim Walz is the Democratic governor of Minnesota.

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

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-MN-tim-walz (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

29% of Walz’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom tenth of Democratic governors (average 49%).

## What Walz says (Current term)

269 classified statements: 269 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 | Walz | Democratic governors average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 8.2% | 4.2% | 4 of 21 |
| Policy criticism | 18.6% | 14.2% | 5 of 21 |
| Policy discussion | 29.4% | 48.6% | 20 of 21 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.6% | 3.7% | 13 of 21 |
| Credit claiming | 6.7% | 25.9% | 19 of 21 |
| Extreme labels | 1.1% | 1.7% | 12 of 21 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 22% (Democratic governors 21%); Economics and Public Finance 19% (Democratic governors 20%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (Democratic governors 5.6%); Education 14% (Democratic governors 12%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (Democratic governors 17%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.04), from 10,388 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% 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/Tim_Walz/status/2114519884902326680
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2113680208540946879
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2113680213012046155
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2110806282508935573
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2104972686715695152
- 2026-08-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2091653683670884443
- 2026-08-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2089332567786783108
- 2026-08-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2087383683586052353
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2087242115906683316
- 2026-08-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/2086962941614579733

## Links

- Official site: https://mn.gov/governor
- X: https://x.com/Tim_Walz

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-MN-tim-walz