56.6% of matchups won
396 matchups
Elo 1342
tracked 2025/05/17 → 2026/10/17
mission: Social justice and prison abolition · Activism and academia · philosophers · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing63%
picked as helping wellbeing
322 matchups
27%
picked as hurting wellbeing
74 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
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bell hooks
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34.1% wins · American author and activist (1952–2021)
02
Maya Angelou
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58.0% wins · American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)
03
Susan George
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56.8% wins · American and French political and social scientist, activist and...
04
Bill Ayers
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71.4% wins · professor and activist
05
Barbara Lee
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64.5% wins · American politician (born 1946)
Known for
- Lenin Peace Prize
- Acquitted of all charges
- Co-founder of Critical Resistance
- Named Woman of the Year by Time
- Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame
Based on 396 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/17. Full rankings ·
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