# Kathy Hochul

Kathy Hochul is the Democratic governor of New York.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Governor of New York
- Current term: Current term

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-NY-kathy-hochul (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

9.9% of Hochul’s statements contain a personal attack, 2.4 times the Democratic governor average of 4.2%.

## What Hochul says (Current term)

665 classified statements: 665 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 | Hochul | Democratic governors average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.9% | 4.2% | 3 of 21 |
| Policy criticism | 20.0% | 14.2% | 4 of 21 |
| Policy discussion | 55.5% | 48.6% | 7 of 21 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.8% | 3.7% | 18 of 21 |
| Credit claiming | 31.7% | 25.9% | 8 of 21 |
| Extreme labels | 4.4% | 1.7% | 3 of 21 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 24% (Democratic governors 20%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (Democratic governors 5.6%); Health 16% (Democratic governors 21%); Families 11% (Democratic governors 4.3%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 10% (Democratic governors 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.02), from 26,994 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% 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 · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2114544639118024745
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2114721601392427109
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2114828372581011945
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2114160383971991577
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2114191892921667955
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2114375437115924801
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2114410620200358202
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2114486072541680096
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2113787971002601883
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/KathyHochul/status/2113788078351384865

## Links

- Official site: https://www.governor.ny.gov
- Campaign site: https://kathyhochul.com/
- X: https://x.com/KathyHochul

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-NY-kathy-hochul