Presidential audit scorecard showing scoring categories and comparison bars.

Scores & Comparisons

Compare presidential audit scores across achievement, democratic strengthening, oath fulfillment, corruption, democratic damage, and net legacy. Scores are designed to make judgment more transparent, not to replace the full written audits.

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How to Read the Scores

Each president is evaluated in five separate categories. Three categories are assets, where higher scores are better. Two categories are liabilities, where lower scores are better.

Asset Scores

Higher scores are better.
Achievement, Democratic Strengthening, and Oath of Office measure positive presidential performance, public service, constitutional duty, and durable contribution.

Liability Scores

Lower scores are better.
Corruption and Democratic Damage measure misuse of power, institutional harm, attacks on rights, weakened accountability, or damage to public trust.

Net Legacy

Net Legacy combines asset and liability scores into one comparison number. It is useful for overview, but it should always be read alongside the written audit and methodology.

Main Score Chart

This live score table is pulled from the Presidential Audits master data system. Click any column header to sort by that category.

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Pres. Num.	President	Achievement	Democratic Strengthening	Oath of Office	Corruption	Democratic Damage	Net Legacy	Years	Party / Alignment	Volume
1	George Washington	98	96	96	8	52	230	1789–1797	Independent	Volume 2
2	John Adams	82	84	88	6	42	206	1797–1801	Federalist	Volume 2
3	Thomas Jefferson	92	86	84	12	58	192	1801–1809	Democratic-Republican	Volume 2
4	James Madison	74	72	78	8	54	162	1809–1817	Democratic-Republican	Volume 2
5	James Monroe	87	78	86	8	50	193	1817–1825	Democratic-Republican	Volume 2
6	John Quincy Adams	64	62	84	18	34	158	1825–1829	National Republican aligned	Volume 2
7	Andrew Jackson	78	50	55	28	88	67	1829–1837	Democratic	Volume 2
8	Martin Van Buren	58	66	75	14	67	118	1837–1841	Democratic	Volume 3
9	William Henry Harrison	10	38	68	2	12	102	1841	Whig	Volume 3
10	John Tyler	72	68	78	12	63	143	1841–1845	Whig / Unaffiliated	Volume 3
11	James K. Polk	92	62	74	14	80	134	1845–1849	Democratic	Volume 3
12	Zachary Taylor	54	70	82	24	48	134	1849–1850	Whig	Volume 3
13	Millard Fillmore	59	52	67	11	78	89	1850–1853	Whig	Volume 3
14	Franklin Pierce	45	32	56	20	83	30	1853–1857	Democratic	Volume 3
15	James Buchanan	35	22	34	36	88	-33	1857–1861	Democratic	Volume 3
16	Abraham Lincoln	98	94	96	15	42	231	1861–1865	Republican / National Union	Volume 3
17	Andrew Johnson	32	16	30	28	94	-44	1865–1869	National Union / Democratic	Volume 3
18	Ulysses S. Grant	86	90	84	46	36	178	1869–1877	Republican	Volume 3
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	61	56	75	10	70	112	1877–1881	Republican	Volume 4
20	James A. Garfield	38	58	82	10	18	150	1881	Republican	Volume 4
21	Chester A. Arthur	72	78	84	18	55	161	1881–1885	Republican	Volume 4
22	Grover Cleveland (1st term)	68	62	78	12	55	141	1885–1889	Democratic	Volume 4
23	Benjamin Harrison	70	64	78	18	54	140	1889–1893	Republican	Volume 4
24	Grover Cleveland (2nd term)	68	62	78	12	55	141	1893–1897	Democratic	Volume 4
25	William McKinley	84	64	79	18	70	139	1897–1901	Republican	Volume 4
26	Theodore Roosevelt	94	86	90	18	52	200	1901–1909	Republican	Volume 4
27	William Howard Taft	78	76	88	12	38	192	1909–1913	Republican	Volume 4
28	Woodrow Wilson	88	76	78	18	82	142	1913–1921	Democratic	Volume 5
29	Warren G. Harding	60	54	64	78	46	54	1921–1923	Republican	Volume 5
30	Calvin Coolidge	70	68	84	8	42	172	1923–1929	Republican	Volume 5
31	Herbert Hoover	52	50	78	8	60	112	1929–1933	Republican	Volume 5
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	98	92	86	18	62	196	1933–1945	Democratic	Volume 5
33	Harry S. Truman	88	82	86	18	48	190	1945–1953	Democratic	Volume 5
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	88	82	90	10	32	218	1953–1961	Republican	Volume 5
35	John F. Kennedy	76	78	82	28	55	153	1961–1963	Democratic	Volume 5
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	93	88	78	22	72	165	1963–1969	Democratic	Volume 5
37	Richard Nixon	82	52	24	92	88	-22	1969–1974	Republican	Volume 5
38	Gerald Ford	58	82	86	8	30	188	1974–1977	Republican	Volume 6
39	Jimmy Carter	70	82	91	6	26	211	1977–1981	Democratic	Volume 6
40	Ronald Reagan	82	68	74	42	56	126	1981–1989	Republican	Volume 6
41	George H. W. Bush	76	74	86	14	34	188	1989–1993	Republican	Volume 6
42	Bill Clinton	84	72	65	52	45	124	1993–2001	Democratic	Volume 6
43	George W. Bush	68	52	64	36	82	66	2001–2009	Republican	Volume 6
44	Barack Obama	84	78	86	16	42	190	2009–2017	Democratic	Volume 6
45	Donald Trump (45th)	70	28	36	76	92	-34	2017–2021	Republican	Volume 6
46	Joe Biden	82	78	80	24	42	174	2021–2025	Democratic	Volume 6
47	Donald Trump (47th)							3025-Present	Republican

Scores will be added as each audit page is loaded. Achievement, Democratic Strengthening, and Oath of Office are asset categories where higher scores are better. Corruption and Democratic Damage are liability categories where lower scores are better.

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Achievement Leaders

Compare presidents by durable accomplishments, crisis management, policy outcomes, and major national contributions.

Democratic Strengthening

Compare presidents by institutional strengthening, rights protection, trust-building, and support for constitutional norms.

Oath of Office

Compare fidelity to constitutional duty, lawful execution of office, restraint, and stewardship of public trust.

Corruption

Compare misuse of public office, conflicts of interest, improper personal or factional benefit, and abuse of public trust.

Democratic Damage

Compare harm to democratic systems, rights, institutions, accountability, lawful transfer of power, and civic trust.

Net Legacy

Compare the combined score after assets and liabilities are considered together. Net Legacy is a starting point, not a substitute for the full audit.

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Scores Are a Doorway, Not the Whole Audit

Scores help readers compare presidents quickly, but they do not replace the full written analysis. A president may show strong achievement while also carrying serious democratic damage. Another may show limited corruption while still producing weak results. The full audit explains the evidence, context, uncertainty, and reasoning behind each score.

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Score Updates and Revisions

Scores may be revised when new evidence, corrected source information, or improved consistency across presidents requires an update. Revisions are tracked publicly so readers can see what changed and why.

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