ABOUT POLITICS POINT
About Us
Politik Points is an independent, nonpartisan platform seeking to promote political transparency and accountability using objective data-driven analysis.
Our mission is to provide voters with fair, fact-based scoring and insights to complement their decision-making process. We aim to foster engaged citizenship by equipping voters with resources to make well-informed choices.
The Politik Points scoring system synthesizes a politician's record into an easy-to-understand score reflecting key categories like policy expertise, ethics, bipartisanship, and leadership skills. This quantitative assessment is designed to help voters quickly compare politicians' competence and performance.
Our team includes political scientists, data analysts, journalists and civic technologists devoted to impartiality and rigor. We welcome public scrutiny of our methodology and results to constantly strengthen our impartiality.
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Our Mission
Our mission at Politik Points is to catalyze an enriching discovery process as you explore where candidates stand. We provide data-driven analysis to inform your opinions, not replace them.
Our Politik Point scores offer an objective snapshot of a politician's record. But many other factors matter when choosing who to support. Voters should conduct additional research on issues and stances important to them.
No single metric or ideology can perfectly determine a leader's fitness to govern. We aim to nurture thoughtful reflection so you can evaluate leaders from diverse perspectives.
Our goal is to spark an inquisitive pursuit of facts. We provide rigorous, impartial information so you can think critically and decide what matters most. Consider our scores a beginning, not an end. The journey of democracy is one we travel together.
Politik Point market caps
For the executive and legislative branches
- The hypothetical Politik Point market caps calculated below aim to quantify the overall competence and performance of each branch of government and each party within them.
- The total executive branch Politik Point market cap stands at 8212. This reflects the combined scores of the President, Vice President, and Cabinet secretaries. The President's score fluctuations likely have an outsized impact on the overall executive score.
- The total Politik Point market cap for the legislative branch is 9102. This measures the aggregated scores for all Senators and Representatives. The breakdown by party is:
- Senate Democrats: 2144
- Senate Republicans: 1915 House Democrats: 2595
- House Republicans: 2448
- Comparing the hypothetical totals, the legislative branch currently has a higher market cap than the executive branch. The Democratic Party also leads Republicans in both chambers.
- Tracking the market caps periodically provides a 30,000 foot view of perceived government competence. As leaders change, we can monitor resulting shifts in the quantitative data.