Michaelf7777777
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« on: February 26, 2012, 12:03:47 AM » |
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Thought I'd list out all Presidents by difference in their favourable and unfavourable ranking
Presidential Ranking in US Public Perception (Favourable – Non-Favourable, Ties settled in Favour of those with highest approval rating)
1. George Washington – 86% 2. Abraham Lincoln – 78% 3. Thomas Jefferson – 68% 4. Teddy Roosevelt – 57% 5. John Adams – 54% 6. Dwight Eisenhower – 51% 7. Harry Truman – 51% 8. John F. Kennedy – 49% 9. John Quincy Adams – 45% 10. Franklin D. Roosevelt – 40% 11. Ulysses S. Grant – 35% 12. Andrew Jackson – 34% 13. James Monroe – 33% 14. Ronald Reagan – 32% 15. James Maddison – 30% 16. Gerald Ford – 21% 17. Bill Clinton – 16% 18. Woodrow Wilson – 14% 19. George H. W. Bush – 9% 20. Andrew Johnson – 8% 21. Zachary Taylor – 6% 22. William Henry Harrison – 6% 23. William McKinley – 4% 24. James Garfield – 3% 25. Benjamin Harrison – 3% 26. William Howard Taft – 2% 27. Grover Cleveland – 1% 28. Rutherford B. Hayes – 1% 29. Jimmy Carter – 0% 30. John Tyler – 0% 31. James K. Polk – 0% 32. Franklin Pierce – 0% 33. George W. Bush – -1% 34. Martin Van Buren – -2% 35. James Buchanan – -2% 36. Barack Obama – -3% 37. Chester Arthur – -3% 38. Herbert Hoover – -4% 39. Calvin Coolidge – -4% 40. Millard Fillmore – -5% 41. Warren Harding – -7% 42. Lyndon Johnson – -8% 43. Richard Nixon – -32%
Treated too kind imo: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Grant, Reagan, Maddison, A. Johnson, Treated harshly imo: F. Rossevelt, Bush Sr, McKinley, Polk, Obama, L. Johnson, Nixon
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