Presidential Rubric

http://www.presidentialrubric.com

Here at Cerebral Element, we’re sick of partisan politics.  We’re tired of political bickering and each ’side’ blaming the other ’side’ for some atrocity or another.

There has been enough biased diatribe from both sides.

We like data – We’re data guys (which is Latin for nerds).  So we want to put together a list of interesting data points with reliable sources and show how these data points moved during the terms of each of our 43 presidents.

Claiming no causality – We are not claiming that these leaders had the direct or indirect ability to affect or improve any or all of these metrics.  That is up to you, the reader, to decide.

Claiming no party affiliation – We are making no political statements whatsoever.  We are trying to provide meaningful data in a meaningful way.

Here are the metrics that we are looking to measure.  We’re attempting to focus on results…

General

• % Approval Rating Domestic

Environmental

• % change in Greenhouse Gas Emission 
• % Energy from Renewable Resources 
• Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Economic

• % change in per capita income (inflation adjusted) 
• Relative Per Capita Income (ratio of per capita income to highest country) (Convert to USD) 
• % Deficit OR…. wait for it, wait for it…. Surplus of Annual Federal Budget 
• % Unemployment 
• Deficit to GDP Ratio 
• Debt to GDP Ratio 
• % change in S&P 500 
• % Change in GDP 

Education

• % Literacy Rate 
• % Computer Literacy 
• Rate Relative Education Ranking (where do we rank versus other countries on math, science) 
• % Global Patents from US Educated 
• % US Patents from US Educated 
• % Companies started by US Educated 
• Ratio of Per Capita Pupil Spend (inflation adjusted) to number of companies started by US Educated 
• % HS Graduation 
• % 2 Year College Grad 
• % 4 Year College Grad 
• % PhD 
• % MBA 

Crime

• % of Population Incarcerated (Total Population) 
• National Murder Rate 
• Violent Crime Rate 
• Non-Violent Crime Rate 
• % Crimes Solved Dollar per prosicution (Inflation Adjusted) 
• % Conviction (felonies) 
• % Convictions overturned on appeal (felonies) 

Foreign Policy

• Ratio of Military Spending to next highest spender in spending (excluding US) 
• Ratio of US Military Size to the next highest military size (excluding US) 
• % Defense Spending relative to total budget 
• # of Americans killed in War 
• # of Americans killed in Terrorism Acts 
• Relative Defense Spending Rank 
• % Approval Rating Foreign 
• % Dependence on Foreign Food 
• % Dependence on Foreign Oil 

Infrastructure

• Average Spend per Mile Road per Year (How good are we at building roads) 
• Average Commute Time 
• % Public Transit Usage 
• % Enablement Technology (Broadband/Cable) in homes 
• Relative Rank in Average Broadband Speed  (where do we rank versus other countries) 

Health

• % Obesity 
• % Childhood Obesity 
• Relative Life Expectancy (# in years) 
• Relative Life Expectancy (US rank versus world leader) 
• Total (Private and Public) Medical Dollars relative to Life Expectancy 
• Federal Spend Medical Dollars relative to Life Expectancy 
• Total ER visits to total Primary Care visits ratio