Posts on X
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2026 midterms · Candidate
Republican · Candidate · Governor of Florida · Challenger
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2,159
statements classified
On none of the five kinds of statement does Donalds sit outside the middle half of the 39 Republican candidates for governor.
An AI model reads each of Donalds’s posts on X and marks five kinds of statement; the rates are compared below.
What Donalds says
2,159 of Donalds’s statements are classified. On none of the five kinds of statement does Donalds sit outside the middle half of the 39 Republican candidates for governor.
An AI model reads Donalds’s posts on X and marks five kinds of statement; the rate is the share of statements with each label. The thin grey bar is the average of the 39 Republican candidates for governor with 50 or more statements, and the rank places Donalds among them (1st is the highest rate). A rate describes what was said, not whether it was right.
How often does Donalds make each kind of statement?
Share of statements: Donalds (thick bar) against the Republican candidates for governor average (thin grey bar)
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Donalds
Average
Rank
Personal attacks
5.0%
3.2%
11th of 39
Policy criticism
12%
12%
16th of 39
Policy discussion
43%
44%
18th of 39
Bipartisanship
1.2%
2.5%
27th of 39
Credit claiming
22%
19%
11th of 39
Show the data
| Row | Donalds | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.0% | 3.2% |
| Policy criticism | 12% | 12% |
| Policy discussion | 43% | 44% |
| Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Credit claiming | 22% | 19% |
2,159
statements classified
From their posts on X.
The five kinds of statement
Personal attacks. Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Policy criticism. Objects to a specific policy, law or court ruling with fact-based arguments, without personal attacks or emotional appeals.
Policy discussion. Discusses a specific public policy or policy area (health care, taxes, defense, …).
Bipartisanship. Emphasises working across the aisle, compromise or common ground between the parties.
Credit claiming. Claims credit for passing legislation, securing funding or grants, or other accomplishments in office.
Recent statements
Donalds’s 20 latest statements on file, newest first. The latest is from Oct 26, 2026.
Each statement is shown as written, with the labels the AI model gave it (or none). Five are shown; the rest are one click away. The lab keeps the latest 20 per candidate here.
Posts on X
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Posts on X
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Money
Candidates for governor report to their state, not to the Federal Election Commission.
No campaign-finance figures are on file for candidates for governor.
Online
Donalds’s posts on X from Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 26, 2026. Followers and the average likes and views per post, from the posts the lab has collected.
Engagement is what X reports for each collected post, averaged; it measures reach, not support.
Followers
Not on file
Likes per post
5.2K
Views per post
123.2K
The race
Florida Governor: Donalds advanced from the primary. Primary Aug 18, 2026. General election Nov 3, 2026.
Rated solid republican. Cook Political Report ratings, entered by the lab (last updated by the lab on Jun 24, 2026); a forecaster’s judgement about the general election, not the lab’s.
Who else is on the list?
Candidates recorded as advancing from the primary
- David JollyDChallenger · advanced
The race page compares every candidate’s statements and money · every race in Florida
Methods and sources
The headline. Each candidate’s headline is chosen by one rule for everyone. The peer group is the ranked candidates (50 or more statements) of the same party, for the same office and measured on the same record, widened to both parties when it has fewer than 10. Each kind of statement is scored by how far the candidate sits from the middle of the group (|percentile − 0.5|, ties counting half); the farthest leads if it is outside the middle half (above 0.25), scores within 0.03 tie and fall to a fixed order, and a high rate backed by fewer than 10 labelled statements cannot lead. Otherwise the headline is a plain count.
The statements. This candidate is measured on the posts on X the lab collects for the campaign. An AI model marks each statement for five kinds of statement; rates are shown from 10 statements and ranked from 50.
The race. Candidates come from FEC filings (House and Senate), the lab’s list of sitting members of Congress, and the lab’s list of candidates for governor. The lab records each primary’s result once it is official. House districts follow FEC filings; a sitting member is placed in the race for the seat they hold now.
Identifiers. The lab’s governor id FL-byron-donalds.
Money and reach. Campaign money is as reported to the FEC. Followers, likes and views are what X reports for the posts the lab collected, the latest from Oct 26, 2026.