You’ll see each leader’s performance grade based on their role and key evaluation categories. Once the RateYourGov mobile app is released, verified residents will be able to rate leaders — and those ratings will help shape the final grades in real time. Below are RateYourGov’s current performance grades for President Obama and President Trump.
| Criteria |
Pres. Obama
2013–17
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Pres. Trump
2017–19
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|---|---|---|
| 🎓 Overall Grade | B | C |
| 💼 Jobs & Economy | B | B |
| 🟰 Equity & Access | D | F |
| 💸 Affordability | A | B |
| 📊 Fiscal Stability | C | D |
This demo uses the same rating system that verified residents will use to rate Presidents in the RateYourGov mobile app — with categories designed specifically for the role. Submit your rating now and instantly see how others are scoring them.
| Category | Pres. Obama | Pres. Trump | Obama Avg (🔒) | Trump Avg (🔒) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 National Leadership & Crisis Management | 🔒 | 🔒 | ||
| ⚖️ Legislative Effectiveness & Policy Impact | 🔒 | 🔒 | ||
| 💰 Economic Management | 🔒 | 🔒 | ||
| 🌍 Global Leadership & Foreign Relations | 🔒 | 🔒 | ||
| 🔎 Public Trust & Ethical Governance | 🔒 | 🔒 | ||
| 🏅 Average Rating | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 |
This demo allows anyone to submit ratings using only basic information, providing a preview of how the system works. In the full launch, only verified residents will be able to rate in order to maintain accuracy and trust.
School safety. Policies on pregnancy, Choice & Life. These aren’t easy conversations — but they’re too important to ignore. Share how you feel, safely and anonymously.
This is an open-access demo poll. Full version results will be shown for verified residents.
Your Perspective Matters
RateYourGov is built to combine verified residents feedback with insights from those who’ve worked behind the scenes. If you're a former or current member of Congress, congressional staffer, civic journalist, policymaker, or public servant, we’d love your perspective. Help build the government citizens deserve.
| What It Helps Build |
|---|
| 📱 Mobile-first experience and access to leader profiles, verified ratings, and poll summaries |
| 📊 Advanced rating breakdowns, alignment polls, national/state-level analysis, and party-level insights |
| 📈 Crisis & Sentiment Polls, Election Hub - compare candidates side-by-side, trends & shifts in public trust |
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Demographic and equity-related metrics are sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS).
Legislative bill data, bill summaries, and vote information are partially sourced from the Congress.gov API, provided by the Library of Congress. Accessed 2025.
Volden, Craig, and Alan E. Wiseman. 2014. Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress: The Lawmakers. New York: Cambridge University Press; updated at www.thelawmakers.org.
Volden, Craig, and Alan E. Wiseman. 2018. “Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Senate,” Journal of Politics 80(2): 731–735; updated at www.thelawmakers.org.
Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2021). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com.
Additional data sources include the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) from the St. Louis Federal Reserve, and the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO).
Congressional ideology and bipartisanship scores sourced from GovTrack.us. Accessed 2025.