Governor Rankings

Evaluation Methodology

Zero third-party rankings. Only raw data from BLS, Census, FBI UCR, CDC WONDER, NAEP, FHWA, EPA, CMS, PACER, and state auditors.

Section A

Governance

100 items evaluating the governor's own executive actions — budget execution, legislative relations, appointments, emergency management, transparency, ethics, program management, federal relations, and constituent service.

Max: 300 points · 9 subsections · Each item scored 0–3

Section B

State Outcomes

300 items measuring real outcomes using primary source data — economics, population, fiscal health, public safety, education, healthcare, infrastructure, cost of living, transparency, controversy, historical legacy, and constituent verdict.

Max: 900 points · 12 categories · Each item scored 0–3

Section C

Oath Fidelity

Evaluated against the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Four categories: protection of life, constitutional rights, child welfare & parental rights, and faithful discharge of duties. Includes oath breach evidence and penalties.

Range: −300 to +300 · 4 categories · Each −75 to +75

Project Leadership

Editorial oversight for the most comprehensive governor evaluation in history.

Timothy E. Parker

Senior Editor — Governor Evaluation Project

As Senior Editor, Parker directed the design, scoring framework, and editorial standards for all 400 evaluation items across 50 governors. Every item, evidence citation, and data source was reviewed under his editorial authority to ensure scoring consistency, source integrity, and methodological rigor.

Parker holds the Guinness World Record as the world's most syndicated puzzle compiler, with work appearing in over 1,000 publications worldwide. His three-decade career spans cognitive assessment design, standardized testing, and applied intelligence measurement — the same analytical precision applied to this governor evaluation system.

His work at Advanced Learning Academy encompasses 180 million+ assessments, 1,000+ peer-reviewed research integrations, and proprietary systems including Real World IQ, Real Bio Age, and RELIQ.

Guinness World Records Puzzle Master Senior Editor 30 Years in Assessment Design 180M+ Assessments 1,000+ Publications

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⚛ Quantum Verified

IBM Quantum • Real Hardware • Not Simulated

400-Item Governor Evaluation — IBM Quantum Verified

The most in-depth governor evaluation in history. 400 items, 1,500 maximum points, zero third-party rankings.

All 25 scoring dimensions were independently perturbed using true quantum randomness from IBM Quantum hardware across 4,096 permutations.

100.0%

#1 Holds Position

400

Items Scored

1,500

Max Points

Governors Ranked

Verification Details
Backend: ibm_fez • Job ID: d6uvlc2f84ks73deoqp0
Circuits: 100 × 1024 shots = 102,400 quantum random samples
Dimensions: 25 (9 governance + 12 outcome + 4 oath fidelity) • Weight range: 0.5x–1.5x • Permutations: 4,096
Data sources: BLS, Census, FBI UCR, CDC WONDER, NAEP, FHWA, EPA, CMS, PACER, state auditors
Verified: 2026-03-21

Quantum random numbers generated via Hadamard gate superposition on 8-qubit circuits.
Results independently verifiable at quantum.ibm.com using the Job ID above.
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What “Quantum Verified” Means — and What It Doesn’t

We believe rigorous methodology requires rigorous transparency. Here is exactly what the IBM Quantum step does.

✓ What It Does

Ranking stability verification. All 25 scoring dimensions were independently perturbed — weights varied from 0.5x to 1.5x — across 4,096 permutations. This is a standard sensitivity analysis technique. It answers the question: “If we changed how much each category matters, would the rankings still hold?”

✓ Why IBM Quantum Hardware

Auditable, verifiable randomness. The random numbers driving the 4,096 permutations were generated on IBM’s ibm_fez quantum processor using Hadamard gate superposition. The Job ID (d6uvlc2f84ks73deoqp0) is publicly verifiable — anyone can confirm the circuits ran on real hardware.

⚠ What It Does Not Do

It does not validate the scores themselves. The quantum step tests whether the ranking order is robust to weighting changes. It does not verify whether individual item scores (the 0–3 ratings) are accurate. Score accuracy depends on the evidence, data sources, and editorial judgment documented in each governor’s evaluation.

⚠ IBM Did Not Endorse This Project

IBM Quantum provided the hardware, not an opinion. IBM’s quantum computer was used as a random number generator. IBM did not review, endorse, or validate the evaluation methodology, the scoring, or the results. “Quantum Verified” means the perturbation analysis used quantum-generated randomness — not that IBM approved the project.

For this application, classical pseudorandom number generators (such as Python’s Mersenne Twister or any CSPRNG) would produce statistically equivalent results. Quantum hardware was chosen because it provides a publicly auditable, tamper-proof random source with a verifiable job record — not because quantum randomness was mathematically necessary for the analysis. We disclose this because transparency is not optional in serious research.

The Most Comprehensive Governor Evaluation in History