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George W. Bush, whom presidential scholars had rated fifth lowest in the previous 2010 survey, improved in position to 12th lowest. The 2022 Siena poll had Franklin Roosevelt first, Lincoln second, and Washington third, with the bottom three as Trump, Buchanan, and Johnson.
- William J. Clinton (2001) - Approval: 66% - Disapproval: 29% - No opinion: 5% President Clinton entered office with high approval ratings after a heated three-way election victory.
- Ronald Reagan (1988) - Approval: 63% - Disapproval: 29% - No opinion: 8% President Reagan's popularity skyrocketed after surviving an assassination attempt 69 days into his presidency.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1960) - Approval: 59% - Disapproval: 28% - No opinion: 13% Eisenhower began his presidency with overwhelming support after helping lead the country to an Allied victory in World War II, during which he served as a general in the army.
- Barack Obama (2017) - Approval: 59% - Disapproval: 37% - No opinion: 4% President Obama took office on the heels of the worst economic crisis in the U.S. since the Great Depression.
Jul 27, 2021 · Father of the nation George Washington ranks eighth, at 67%. Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump proves to be the least popular president among Democrats. Only 8% have a positive opinion of the 45 th president, while 88% have a negative one.
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Feb 20, 2023 · Historians agree: Abraham Lincoln was the best US president. For C-SPAN's most recent Presidential Historians Survey, conducted in 2021, nearly 100 historians and biographers rated the former...
- Henry Blodget
Feb 19, 2024 · As the following chart shows, JFK is by far the most popular of the most recent polled presidents with a 90 percent approval rating.
So, the order within each 20% group is by the order of their presidency, not rankings. Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt are consistently ranked in the top 3. Pierce, Buchanan, A. Johnson, and Harding are consistently ranked as the worst presidents.
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Aug 9, 2024 · Historians' ranking of U.S. presidents 2021. In the 2021 C-SPAN Survey of Presidential Leadership, Abraham Lincoln was chosen as the country's top ranked president for the fourth time in a...
