United States Political Leadership
Who holds power in the United States: the President, Vice President and Cabinet; the nine Supreme Court justices; every state governor; all 100 US senators; and House leadership — with party balance and, where it applies, the Metro Power score of the places they represent.
Election history
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Presidential and congressional elections: the electoral maps, the margins, the outcomes.
Forecast
US forecast model →
Weighted polling averages and thousands of simulations for the next cycle.
Time machine
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Who was President, Vice President, and the House balance on any date back to 1789.
Executive Branch
President
Donald Trump
Republican · since 2025
Vice President
JD Vance
Republican · since 2025
The Cabinet
Supreme Court
The nine justices, chief justice first, then by seniority. The judiciary has no party labels; each justice is shown with the president who appointed them.
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Since 2005 · appointed by George W. Bush · b. 1955
Associate Justice
Clarence Thomas
Since 1991 · appointed by George H. W. Bush · b. 1948
Associate Justice
Samuel Alito
Since 2006 · appointed by George W. Bush · b. 1950
Associate Justice
Sonia Sotomayor
Since 2009 · appointed by Barack Obama · b. 1954
Associate Justice
Elena Kagan
Since 2010 · appointed by Barack Obama · b. 1960
Associate Justice
Neil Gorsuch
Since 2017 · appointed by Donald Trump · b. 1967
Associate Justice
Brett Kavanaugh
Since 2018 · appointed by Donald Trump · b. 1965
Associate Justice
Amy Coney Barrett
Since 2020 · appointed by Donald Trump · b. 1972
Associate Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Since 2022 · appointed by Joe Biden · b. 1970
116 people have served on the Court since 1789. See the bench on any date →
Governors
50 states · 26 Republican · 24 Democratic. Metro score is the population-weighted sum of the state’s metros (cross-state metros split by population share).
US Territories
United States Senate
Independents caucus with the Democrats
Each senator’s Metro score is the state’s population-weighted metro score divided by two, since a state’s two senators share its representation.
House of Representatives
435 seats; 4 vacant in mid-2026 (Gonzales R-TX, Swalwell D-CA, Cherfilus-McCormick D-FL, Scott D-GA). Kevin Kiley (CA) sits as an Independent since March 2026. Republicans hold the majority. Source: 119th Congress (Wikipedia), as of June 2026.