Who is the best president of United States ?

[Antonio the Sixth]

I think it would be interessant to see who is the most loved by the forum. However, I apologize if my list doesn't take some great presidents into account. I tried to be objective and chose those who are mostly considered as that, but I can be wrong.
I voted for Franklin Roosevelt.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

George Washington.

[Zarn]

TR

Other notables: Ike, Washington

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Either Washington or Jefferson.

[Franzl]

Theodore Roosevelt

[dead0man]

Washington with Teddy on his heels.

FDR is still over-rated.

[GMantis]

FDR is still over-rated.

Considering that economic conservatives still demonize him, I wouldn't say say so.

[Reaganfan]

Lincoln

[dead0man]

FDR is still over-rated.

Considering that economic conservatives still demonize him, I wouldn't say say so.

6 of 15 Atlasians think he is THE BEST PRESIDENT EVER, he is clearly highly rated.

[Lief 🗽]

1) FDR
2) Lincoln
3) TR
4) Jefferson
5) Polk

[Reaganfan]

1. Lincoln
2. Reagan
3. Truman

[Earth]

FDR is still over-rated.

Considering that economic conservatives still demonize him, I wouldn't say say so.

That's partially why he's overrated.

[Marokai Backbeat]

FDR.

TR, and Lincoln are close.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Franklin Roosevelt was brilliant. Jefferson and Nixon are runner ups. Kennedy was a joke.

[Joe Biden 2020]

1) Ronald Reagan
2) Teddy Roosevelt
3) Franklin Roosevelt
4) Lyndon Johnson
5) Bill Clinton

[Frodo]

Abraham Lincoln, though Franklin D. Roosevelt comes out as a close second. 

[Franzl]

1) Ronald Reagan
2) Teddy Roosevelt
3) Franklin Roosevelt
4) Lyndon Johnson
5) Bill Clinton

What on Earth did Reagan do to warrant being the "best President", especially considering your populist leanings that have very little to do with Reagan's ideology?

[Senator Robert A. Taft]

Washington.

[Joe Biden 2020]

1) Ronald Reagan
2) Teddy Roosevelt
3) Franklin Roosevelt
4) Lyndon Johnson
5) Bill Clinton

What on Earth did Reagan do to warrant being the "best President", especially considering your populist leanings that have very little to do with Reagan's ideology?

I just like everything (or most everything) Reagan stood for.  I like his character, his dismantling of the Soviet Union, his conservatism and reviving the Republican party (of which I still share some issues) and his overall likeability.  He was the right person to bring us out of the Vietnam era, which ended just 6 years before he took office, and into the modern era.

BTW, Bush 41 would probably rank in my top 15 of good presidents thanks to his continuation of Reagan-era policies and served as a nice place holder between two great eras, the Reagan era and the Clinton era.

[Sensei]

FDR

[Franzl]

1) Ronald Reagan
2) Teddy Roosevelt
3) Franklin Roosevelt
4) Lyndon Johnson
5) Bill Clinton

What on Earth did Reagan do to warrant being the "best President", especially considering your populist leanings that have very little to do with Reagan's ideology?

I just like everything (or most everything) Reagan stood for.  I like his character, his dismantling of the Soviet Union, his conservatism and reviving the Republican party (of which I still share some issues) and his overall likeability.  He was the right person to bring us out of the Vietnam era, which ended just 6 years before he took office, and into the modern era.

BTW, Bush 41 would probably rank in my top 15 of good presidents thanks to his continuation of Reagan-era policies and served as a nice place holder between two great eras, the Reagan era and the Clinton era.

I don't think it's fair to give Reagan that much credit for "dismantling" the Soviet Union....although his spending certainly played a role.

It's understandable you like his character....but I still find it interesting that you liked "what he stood for", considering that his extremely liberal economic policies are exactly what you oppose these days.

But who am I to judge....

[Joe Biden 2020]

1) Ronald Reagan
2) Teddy Roosevelt
3) Franklin Roosevelt
4) Lyndon Johnson
5) Bill Clinton

What on Earth did Reagan do to warrant being the "best President", especially considering your populist leanings that have very little to do with Reagan's ideology?

I just like everything (or most everything) Reagan stood for.  I like his character, his dismantling of the Soviet Union, his conservatism and reviving the Republican party (of which I still share some issues) and his overall likeability.  He was the right person to bring us out of the Vietnam era, which ended just 6 years before he took office, and into the modern era.

BTW, Bush 41 would probably rank in my top 15 of good presidents thanks to his continuation of Reagan-era policies and served as a nice place holder between two great eras, the Reagan era and the Clinton era.

I don't think it's fair to give Reagan that much credit for "dismantling" the Soviet Union....although his spending certainly played a role.

It's understandable you like his character....but I still find it interesting that you liked "what he stood for", considering that his extremely liberal economic policies are exactly what you oppose these days.

But who am I to judge....

Um... have you checked my economic score, lately?  I'm hardly a fiscal conservative or even a fiscal moderate.

[Jacobtm]

If you value the United States as one country, with the U.S. constitution intact, you largely have Washington, Lincoln and FDR to thank for that. Their presidencies were the only ones that literally saved the USA from not existing in its present form.

Washington for me, without him the Union could've fallen apart as easily as the Confederation did before it.

[Antonio the Sixth]

If you value the United States as one country, with the U.S. constitution intact, you largely have Washington, Lincoln and FDR to thank for that. Their presidencies were the only ones that literally saved the USA from not existing in its present form.

Agreed.

For my own list :
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Abraham Lincoln
- Lyndon Johnson
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Washington

[paul718]

1.  Lincoln
2.  Washington
3.  Coolidge
4.  Kennedy
5.  Reagan

I'd put Clinton up there, but he loses points for having a rather unchallenging presidency.