52.0% of matchups won
4,394 matchups
Elo 1717
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/02/12
mission: Promote democracy and human rights · Politics and Literature · politicians · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing49%
picked as helping wellbeing
3,101 matchups
59%
picked as hurting wellbeing
1,293 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Lech Walesa
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48.4% wins · statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland
02
Jan Hus
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38.1% wins · Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369–1415)
03
Klaus Iohannis
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68.1% wins · President of Romania from 2014 to 2025
04
Petr Kellner
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37.6% wins · Czech businessman (1964-2021)
05
Lech Kaczyński
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53.0% wins · Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice,...
Known for
- Last president of Czechoslovakia
- First president of Czech Republic
- Key role in Velvet Revolution
- Advocated for NATO expansion
- Received multiple international awards
Based on 4,394 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/02/12. Full rankings ·
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