Scoring

Each grader's documented values, scored against each candidate's whole 2026 platform. Click any row for the five-sentence reasoning and footnoted sources. Scale: 0–10, where 10 is complete alignment.

Grader	Abbott	Hinojosa	Margin
Foundational moral figures
Hebrew Prophets, The 8th–6th c. BCE	2	6	H +4
Jesus of the Gospels c. 4 BCE–c. 30 CE	2	6	H +4
Muhammad, Prophet 570–632 CE	2	5	H +3
Gandhi, Mahatma 1869–1948	2	6	H +4
Pope John Paul II papacy 1978–2005	5	4	A +1
Pope Leo XIV papacy 2025–	2	6	H +4
Founding fathers
Franklin, Benjamin 1706–1790	3	6	H +3
Washington, George 1789–1797	3	5	H +2
Adams, John 1797–1801	3	6	H +3
Jefferson, Thomas 1801–1809	2	7	H +5
Madison, James 1809–1817	2	7	H +5
Hamilton, Alexander 1755–1804	5	4	A +1
Monroe, James 1817–1825	4	5	H +1
Texas figures
Houston, Sam 1793–1863	3	7	H +4
Jordan, Barbara 1936–1996	3	8	H +5
Later presidents
Lincoln, Abraham 1861–1865	3	6	H +3
Roosevelt, Theodore 1901–1909	3	6	H +3
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1933–1945	2	7	H +5
Eisenhower, Dwight 1953–1961	4	5	H +1
Carter, Jimmy 1977–1981	3	6	H +3
Reagan, Ronald 1981–1989	7	3	A +4
Other politicians & military leaders
McCain, John 1936–2018	3	6	H +3
Mandela, Nelson 1918–2013	3	6	H +3
King, Martin Luther Jr. 1929–1968	2	7	H +5
Marshall, George C. 1880–1959	3	5	H +2
Powell, Colin 1937–2021	3	5	H +2
Jurists
O'Connor, Sandra Day 1930–2023	3	6	H +3
Marshall Court tradition federal institutionalism, 1801–1835	4	5	H +1
Lochner / classical-liberal tradition economic substantive due process, 1897–1937	7	3	A +4
Warren Court tradition rights-protective constitutionalism, 1953–1969	2	8	H +6
Originalism (Scalia/Gorsuch strand) textualism & original public meaning, 1986–present	7	3	A +4
Borkian judicial restraint defer-to-democratic-majorities, 1971–present	6	3	A +3
Contemporary leaders
Cronkite, Walter 1916–2009	3	5	H +2
Rogers, Mr. (Fred) 1928–2003	2	7	H +5
Nelson, Willie 1933–	5	6	H +1
Public intellectuals
Friedman, Milton 1912–2006	6	4	A +2
Sowell, Thomas 1930–	6	3	A +3
Sagan, Carl 1934–1996	2	6	H +4
Business leaders
Buffett, Warren 1930–	3	6	H +3
Cuban, Mark 1958–	3	6	H +3
Dimon, Jamie 1956–	5	5	tie
Interests by life stage
Interests of a 6-Year-Old Child	2	7	H +5
Interests of an 18-Year-Old	3	7	H +4
Interests of a 30-Year-Old	3	7	H +4
Interests of a 50-Year-Old	4	6	H +2
Interests of a 65-Year-Old	4	6	H +2
Institutions & organizations
AARP	4	6	H +2
ACLU	2	8	H +6
AFL-CIO	2	7	H +5
Cato Institute	5	5	tie
Forbes Magazine	7	3	A +4
League of Women Voters	2	8	H +6
Modern LDS Church	5	5	tie
Modern Pentecostal Church	6	4	A +2
National Review (Buckley fusionism)	7	2	A +5
Southern Baptist Convention	8	2	A +6
Texas Association of Business	8	3	A +5
Texas Farm Bureau	6	5	A +1
Texas State Bar	4	6	H +2
US Chamber of Commerce	6	4	A +2
Veterans (VFW/Legion/IAVA composite)	6	5	A +1
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board	6	2	A +4