50.9% of matchups won
554 matchups
Elo 1542
tracked 2025/04/07 → 2026/08/06
mission: Public policy research · Public policy · nonprofits
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing41%
picked as helping wellbeing
356 matchups
68%
picked as hurting wellbeing
198 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Known for
- National Humanities Medal
- Hoover Tower creation
- Top 10 influential think tank
- Condoleezza Rice as director
- Major presidential influences
Based on 554 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/08/06. Full rankings ·
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