Research draft · records up to 30 September 2026
Match your views to what leaders did.
Two quizzes, one rule: what leaders did counts most. What they say, in manifestos, rallies and interviews reported by the press, counts too, but less, and never when their own record contradicts it or when they are in power now and can act instead of promise.
Actions count most
Laws signed, votes cast, decisions made and how the state was used come first. Where a leader said one thing and did the opposite, the words are thrown out. Those in power now are judged only on what they do.
Words count, with less weight
Documented promises from leaders out of power, including those who governed before, can place them where the record does not contradict them. Those placements are tagged S and weigh less than actions.
Gaps are shown
Where the record is thin, the leader is left out of your matches instead of being guessed at. Nothing here tells you who to vote for.
The record, leader by leader
Research draft built from public reporting up to 30 September 2026. Each line is tagged so you can tell facts from claims from interpretation. Open a leader to see what they said they would do next to what they did.
How this works
There are two quizzes. Every leader compares you with everyone in this draft, from the independence generation to people in office today. Current climate compares you only with the people shaping politics now and in the race for 2027. Both use the same six dimensions, so a result in one can be read next to the other.
The core rule: actions first, then words that survive the record
- Actions come first. Laws signed or blocked, votes, decisions, spending, appointments, court cases, and how a leader treated courts, media and opponents. Where there is action evidence on a dimension, it sets the placement.
- Words can count, with less weight. Where the record on a dimension is thin, documented statements can place a leader: party manifestos, campaign platforms, rally speeches and interviews reported by newspapers and broadcasters. These placements are tagged S, drawn as dotted circles, and count 60% as much as an action-based dimension in your overall match.
- Said one thing, did the opposite? The words are thrown out. If a leader's record contradicts a promise, the promise does not count. It stays visible in the "said / did" list, marked as contradicted, so you can see the gap.
- In power now? Only actions count. The President, the Deputy President and sitting governors can act on their promises today, so their promises never move their placement. The code drops any words-based placement for them.
Self-descriptions and party labels are never evidence. Kenya's 1965 blueprint was called "African Socialism" while it protected private property and courted foreign investors. Here, the policy counts and the label does not.
The six dimensions
Reading the tags
- D Documented: directly supported by a reliable report, a court record or a public record.
- A Attributed: a claim made by a named source such as a journalist, group or rival. Not established fact.
- I Interpretation: our reading of several actions together. Open to challenge.
- U Not re-checked in this pass: written from general knowledge and needs verification before you rely on it.
- S Stated position: what a leader who is not in power now says they would do, from a manifesto, rally or interview. Used only where their record does not contradict it, and weighted below actions.
Matching
Your answers give you a position on each dimension, from -2 to +2. A leader is compared with you only on dimensions where the evidence supports a placement, and a leader needs at least three of them to appear in your matches. The others stay in Records.
Solid evidence counts for more than thin evidence. Before your position is compared with a leader's, the leader's placement is pulled toward the neutral midpoint by its confidence: high confidence keeps it as is, medium keeps 80% of it and low keeps 50%. A leader with thin evidence therefore looks closer to neutral and cannot outrank a well-evidenced one just by sitting on your exact position.
For each dimension, the overlap is 100% when you and the leader are at the same point and falls in a straight line to 0% when they are 3 points apart. A leader's overall bar is the average of those overlaps, with stated-position dimensions counting 60% as much as action-based ones, so opposite positions read near 0% instead of being squeezed into the top half. The main figure beside each bar is how many dimensions you are close on, meaning within 1 point of the leader's placement before any pull toward the midpoint. The headline match is always the leader at the top of this ranking.
Limits
- Current profiles reflect reporting up to 30 September 2026. Alliances move fast.
- Historical profiles were drafted from the established historical record, with reference overviews linked as starting points. A few details are tagged U and still need checking against primary sources.
- Some leaders had long careers across very different roles. A single placement per dimension flattens that, so read the profile.
- A court allegation is not a finding. Where an outcome was not verified, the profile says so.