Gov. Scott was elected in 2016 and sworn in on Jan. 5, 2017. Phil Scott is now serving a 5th consecutive term; the current term began Jan. 2025. The scored record above covers Vermont's outcomes during this continuous service, lagged per category (each category's lag was fixed before scoring).
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Vermont Under Phil Scott
Republican · Sworn in Jan. 5, 2017 · Now in 5th term
Vermont has tracked the other 49 states almost exactly under Gov. Scott — No. 7 of 29 governors with rated records, across 16 categories.
Phil Scott
Vermont · Republican · since Jan. 2017 · 5th term
Overall · citizen-weighted
No. 7 of 29
+0.15σ · 16 of 20 categories
equal-weight: +0.12σ · weighting helps
| Category | Latest | Score vs. peers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honesty | — | In human review | |
| Spending discipline | — | Rubric in development | |
| Education scale score | 275.6 ’24 | −0.96σ | |
| Air quality AQI | 36.5 ’24 | +0.43σ | |
| Water quality % of community systems | 2.5 ’25 | +0.12σ | |
| Unemployment % | 2.7 ’25 | +0.25σ | |
| Health coverage % of adults 18-64 | 6.5 ’24 | −0.28σ | |
| Tax burden % of personal income | 10.0 ’24 | +0.04σ | |
| Energy cost cents/kWh | 21.9 ’24 | +0.27σ | |
| Cost of living index, US=100 | 98.0 ’24 | +1.21σ | |
| Crime deaths per 100,000 | 3.2 ’24 | +2.14σ* | |
| Teen births per 1,000 females 15-19 | 6.3 ’24 | +0.33σ | |
| Wellbeing mean days of past 30 | 4.9 ’24 | −0.26σ | |
| School food quality | — | Rubric in development | |
| School shootings | 0 ’24 | Context · 0/10yr | |
| Obesity % of adults | 29.0 ’24 | −0.56σ | |
| Early literacy % of 4th graders | 41.8 ’24 | −1.23σ | |
| Gun deaths deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted) | 10.6 ’24 | +1.43σ | |
| Food-aid access index (higher = easier access) | 0.9 ’23 | −0.06σ | |
| Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI | 31.9 ’24 | −1.05σ |
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Scores are trends vs. the other 49 states over this governor’s window, in σ; *thin data (under 3 points). Tap ? on any row for what it measures, its chart, and the source. All provisional while the term runs. Methodology v2.1
Unemployment Rate, 2010–2025
Vermont against all 49 other states Vermont 50-state median Other 49 states Scored window
Annual-average unemployment rate — the longest-running series on the card, charted in full. The shaded band is its scored window: it opens one year after inauguration and tracks through the newest published data. The dashed line is the 50-state median, shown for context; scoring uses the median of the other 49 states. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
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every published number, reproducible| Education (NAEP (Nation's Report Card)) | −0.96σ · window 2019–2024 (3 pts) · state −0.8%/yr vs peers −0.6%/yr |
| Air quality (EPA AirData) | +0.43σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state −0.4%/yr vs peers +0.3%/yr |
| Water quality (EPA SDWIS/ECHO) | +0.12σ · window 2018–2025 (8 pts) · state −0.1%/yr vs peers −0.1%/yr |
| Unemployment (BLS LAUS) | +0.25σ · window 2018–2025 (8 pts) · state −3.1%/yr vs peers −2.5%/yr |
| Health coverage (CDC BRFSS) | −0.28σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state −5.7%/yr vs peers −6.7%/yr |
| Tax burden (Census STC ÷ BEA personal income) | +0.04σ · window 2017–2024 (8 pts) · state +0.6%/yr vs peers +0.7%/yr |
| Energy cost (EIA) | +0.27σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state +3.4%/yr vs peers +3.9%/yr |
| Cost of living (BEA) | +1.21σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state −0.5%/yr vs peers −0.0%/yr |
| Crime (CDC WONDER) | +2.14σ · window 2018–2024 (2 pts, thin) · state −5.9%/yr vs peers +2.1%/yr |
| Teen births (CDC WONDER) | +0.33σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state −6.1%/yr vs peers −5.7%/yr |
| Wellbeing (CDC BRFSS) | −0.26σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state +3.6%/yr vs peers +3.3%/yr |
| Obesity (CDC BRFSS) | −0.56σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state +1.8%/yr vs peers +1.4%/yr |
| Early literacy (NAEP (Nation's Report Card)) | −1.23σ · window 2019–2024 (3 pts) · state +5.9%/yr vs peers +3.7%/yr |
| Gun deaths (CDC WONDER) | +1.43σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state −0.1%/yr vs peers +2.1%/yr |
| Food-aid access (USDA FNS) | −0.06σ · window 2018–2023 (5 pts) · state +1.6%/yr vs peers +1.8%/yr |
| Jobless-benefit access (US DOL ETA) | −1.05σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state −9.2%/yr vs peers −4.8%/yr |
| Overall (mean of domain scores) | +0.15σ · economy +0.58 · health −0.19 · environment +0.28 · public_safety +1.78 · education −1.09 · social_services −0.56 · fiscal +0.04 |
| Methodology | v2.1, preregistered — directions and lags fixed before scoring; full dataset at /pwr.json |
Every score is a fitted log-linear trend over that category’s window, minus the median trend of the other 49 states, standardized by the spread across states (σ) and capped at ±2.5. Positive always means “moved better than peers” under the category’s preregistered direction.
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Vermont has tracked the other 49 states almost exactly under Gov. Scott — No. 7 of 29 governors with rated records, across 16 categories. — Political Grades, methodology v2.1, data through 2025. Provisional; trend-vs-peers scoring; relative movement, not causation.