Presidential Opinion Series: Summary and Your Votes

[ElectionsGuy]

Here were my votes...

George Washington: FF
John Adams: FF
Thomas Jefferson: FF
James Madison: FF
James Monroe: FF
John Quincy Adams: FF
Andrew Jackson: HP
Martin Van Buren: FF
William Henry Harrison: HP
John Tyler: HP
James K. Polk: FF
Zachary Taylor: FF
Millard Fillmore: HP
Franklin Pierce: HP
James Buchanan: HP
Abraham Lincoln: FF
Andrew Johnson: HP
Ulysses S. Grant: FF
Rutherford B. Hayes: FF
James A. Garfield: FF
Chester A. Arthur: FF
Grover Cleveland: FF
Benjamin Harrison: HP
William McKinley: HP
Theodore Roosevelt: HP
William Howard Taft: HP
Woodrow Wilson: HP
Warren G. Harding: FF
Calvin Coolidge: FF
Herbert Hoover: HP
Franklin D. Roosevelt: HP
Harry S. Truman: HP
Dwight D. Eisenhower: FF
John F. Kennedy: HP
Lyndon B. Johnson: HP
Richard Nixon: HP
Gerald Ford: FF
Jimmy Carter: HP
Ronald Reagan: FF
George H.W. Bush: HP
Bill Clinton: HP
George W. Bush: HP

And here are the list of presidents, once again in chronological order:

George Washington: 77.6% Approval
John Adams: 87.0% Approval
Thomas Jefferson: 70.4% Approval
James Madison: 81.0% Approval
James Monroe: 66.7% Approval
John Quincy Adams: 79.6% Approval
Andrew Jackson: 23.7% Approval
Martin Van Buren: 77.8% Approval
William Henry Harrison: 50.0% Approval
John Tyler: 23.3% Approval
James K. Polk: 64.3% Approval
Zachary Taylor: 80.0% Approval
Millard Fillmore: 12.5% Approval
Franklin Pierce: 16.1% Approval
James Buchanan: 6.3% Approval
Abraham Lincoln: 89.1% Approval
Andrew Johnson: 19.2% Approval
Ulysses S. Grant: 76.2% Approval
Rutherford B. Hayes: 35.3% Approval
James A. Garfield: 83.7% Approval
Chester A. Arthur: 80.8% Approval
Grover Cleveland: 54.8% Approval
Benjamin Harrison: 31.1% Approval
William McKinley: 44.7% Approval
Theodore Roosevelt: 67.7% Approval
William Howard Taft: 68.3% Approval
Woodrow Wilson: 38.9% Approval
Warren G. Harding: 31.1% Approval
Calvin Coolidge: 45.2% Approval
Herbert Hoover: 35.8% Approval
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 78.7% Approval
Harry S. Truman: 74.6% Approval
Dwight D. Eisenhower: 80.8% Approval
John F. Kennedy: 59.7% Approval
Lyndon B. Johnson: 50.5% Approval
Richard Nixon: 17.0% Approval
Gerald Ford: 73.4% Approval
Jimmy Carter: 70.1% Approval
Ronald Reagan: 33.3% Approval
George H.W. Bush: 42.5% Approval
Bill Clinton: 56.9% Approval
George W. Bush: 16.8% Approval

And here they are in terms of approval, from most liked to least liked:

Abraham Lincoln: 89.1% Approval
John Adams: 87.0% Approval
James A. Garfield: 83.7% Approval
James Madison: 81.0% Approval
Chester A. Arthur: 80.8% Approval
Dwight D. Eisenhower: 80.8% Approval
Zachary Taylor: 80.0% Approval
John Quincy Adams: 79.6% Approval
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 78.7% Approval
Martin Van Buren: 77.8% Approval
George Washington: 77.6% Approval
Ulysses S. Grant: 76.2% Approval
Harry S. Truman: 74.6% Approval
Gerald Ford: 73.4% Approval
Thomas Jefferson: 70.4% Approval
Jimmy Carter: 70.1% Approval
William Howard Taft: 68.3% Approval
Theodore Roosevelt: 67.7% Approval
James Monroe: 66.7% Approval
James K. Polk: 64.3% Approval
John F. Kennedy: 59.7% Approval

-- Halfway point --

Bill Clinton: 56.9% Approval
Grover Cleveland: 54.8% Approval
Lyndon B. Johnson: 50.5% Approval
William Henry Harrison: 50.0% Approval
Calvin Coolidge: 45.2% Approval
William McKinley: 44.7% Approval
George H.W. Bush: 42.5% Approval
Woodrow Wilson: 38.9% Approval
Herbert Hoover: 35.8% Approval
Rutherford B. Hayes: 35.3% Approval
Ronald Reagan: 33.3% Approval
Warren G. Harding: 31.1% Approval
Benjamin Harrison: 31.1% Approval
Andrew Jackson: 23.7% Approval
John Tyler: 23.3% Approval
Andrew Johnson: 19.2% Approval
Richard Nixon: 17.0% Approval
George W. Bush: 16.8% Approval
Franklin Pierce: 16.1% Approval
Millard Fillmore: 12.5% Approval
James Buchanan: 6.3% Approval

Green = Democratic Republican
Pink = Whig
Orange = Federalist/Independent (John Tyler)/No Party

Overall there are 42 presidents I surveyed, since Cleveland isn't counted twice and we didn't do Obama.

I'll find out some more interesting statistics later.

George Washington: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=183187.0
John Adams: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=183305.0
Thomas Jefferson: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=183462.0
James Madison: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=183606.0
James Monroe: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=183779.0
John Quincy Adams: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=183952.0
Andrew Jackson: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=184114.0
Martin Van Buren: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=184280.0
William Henry Harrison: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=184476.0
John Tyler: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=184640.0
James K. Polk: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=184763.0
Zachary Taylor: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=184937.0
Millard Fillmore: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=185127.0
Franklin Pierce: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=185303.0
James Buchanan: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=185533.0
Abraham Lincoln: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=185758.0
Andrew Johnson: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=185958.0
Ulysses S. Grant: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=186107.0
Rutherford B. Hayes: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=186299.0
James A. Garfield: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=186456.0
Chester A. Arthur: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=186623.0
Grover Cleveland: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=186800.0
Benjamin Harrison: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=186957.0
William McKinley: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187179.0
Theodore Roosevelt: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187319.0
William Howard Taft: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187495.0
Woodrow Wilson: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187625.0
Warren G. Harding: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187791.0
Calvin Coolidge: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187938.0
Herbert Hoover: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=188134.0
Franklin D. Roosevelt: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=188348.0
Harry S. Truman: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=188490.0
Dwight D. Eisenhower: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=188708.0
John F. Kennedy: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=188817.0
Lyndon B. Johnson: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=188989.0
Richard Nixon: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=189155.0
Gerald Ford: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=189341.0
Jimmy Carter: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=189506.0
Ronald Reagan: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=189650.0
George H.W. Bush: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=189835.0
Bill Clinton: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=189992.0
George W. Bush: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=190207.0

[ElectionsGuy]

Aggregate average: 54.1% Approval (Grover Cleveland bellwether)

Just adding up all the %'s and dividing by 42, not using actual votes or anything.

Republican aggregate average (18): 52.9% Approval
Democrat aggregate average  (14): 49.4% Approval
Other aggregate average (10): 62.8% Approval

However...

Modern day republican aggregate average (1960-present) (5): 36.6% Approval
Modern day democrat aggregate average (1960-present) (4): 59.3% Approval

So things have obviously changed. Ask me if you want to do an aggregate average for a specific time period.

[ElectionsGuy]

You should do the Vice Presidents next.

I'm not sure, although it would be interesting, there is no doubt I would get much less votes due to people not knowing who they are. There would have to be a little more thought and research done to form an opinion, so it wouldn't be as popular, even if many vice presidents were also presidents.