Public wellbeing report · Policies

PATHS Act

Extends DHS authority to use flexible contracts for R&D, enhancing innovation speed and AI tech while ensuring transparency.

#586
of 704 ranked policies
Top 84%
40.2% of matchups won 488 matchups Elo 1575 tracked 2025/03/14 → 2026/10/20

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Public sentiment

how often it gets picked, by matchup framing
38%
picked as helping wellbeing
448 matchups
62%
picked as hurting wellbeing
40 matchups

On balance people see it as hurting.

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Rating over time

Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-30

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Based on 488 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/20. Full rankings ·

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