Public wellbeing report · Policies

Local Radio Protection

Prevents extra fees on local radio, ensuring free music broadcasts without added costs to stations or businesses.

#306
of 704 ranked policies
Top 44%
56.3% of matchups won 969 matchups Elo 1666 tracked 2025/03/09 → 2026/09/25

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Public sentiment

how often it gets picked, by matchup framing
55%
picked as helping wellbeing
930 matchups
77%
picked as hurting wellbeing
39 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 969 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/25. Full rankings ·

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