reply to post by TheMythLives
Yikes, you're not really saying that Bush was good in foreign affairs, are you? I guess everyone has different perceptions of an effective foreign
policy, but I personally don't think that pre-emptive regime change/war/torture thing worked out so well...
Anyway, in the overall God-awful U.S. presidential rankings, Ulysses Grant, Warren Harding and Andrew Jackson are all up there, but according to
recent polls, Americans have found a new contender:
Historical Rankings of United States Presidents
Rasmussen Reports poll
A Rasmussen Reports poll taken June 13–24 of 2007 asked 1,000 randomly selected adults to rate America's presidents. Six presidents were rated
favorably by at least 80% of respondents. They were George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
and John F. Kennedy. Twenty presidents were viewed favorably by at least 50% of respondents.
Only two presidents were viewed unfavorably by at least 50% of respondents. They were Richard Nixon and George W. Bush. [12]
Unfavorably-viewed Presidents
George W. Bush (66% unfavorable)
Richard Nixon (60% unfavorable)
Recent president polls
These polls evaluate Presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower and later succession.
A Quinnipiac University poll, taken May 23–30, 2006, asked 1,534 registered American voters to pick the worst U.S. President of the last 61
years.[14]
"Which of these eleven presidents we have had since World War II would you consider the
worst president – Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower,
John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Senior, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush?"
George W. Bush (34%)
Richard Nixon (17%)
Bill Clinton (16%)
Jimmy Carter (13%)
Don't Know/No Answer (5%)
Lyndon Johnson (4%)
George H. W. Bush (3%)
Ronald Reagan (3%)
Gerald Ford (2%)
Harry Truman (1%)
John Kennedy (1%)
Dwight Eisenhower (