Rate the US Presidents since 1945 by thier level of charisma

[Phony Moderate]

With a score out of 5 next to thier names.

Truman - 3
Eisenhower - 3
Kennedy - 5
Johnson - 3
Nixon - 3
Ford - 2
Carter - 3
Reagan - 4
Bush Sr - 3
Clinton - 4
Bush Jr - 3
Obama - 4

[Scam of God]

Truman - 3
Eisenhower - 2
Kennedy - 5
Johnson - 2
Nixon - 2
Ford - 2
Carter - 3
Reagan - 4
Bush I - 2
Clinton - 4
Bush II - 2
Obama - 4

If we had stretched this out to include Roosevelt, since he was President for almost half of 1945:

Roosevelt - 5

[Marokai Backbeat]

Roosevelt - 5
Truman - 3
Eisenhower - 2
Kennedy - 4
Johnson - 3
Nixon - 1
Ford - 1
Carter - 3
Reagan - 4
Bush I - 2
Clinton - 5
Bush II - 3
Obama - 4

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Truman - 5
Eisenhower - 3
Kennedy - 5
Johnson - 4
Nixon - 2
Ford - 2
Carter - 3
Reagan - 5
Bush Sr - 2
Clinton - 4
Bush Jr - 3
Obama - 4

[pogo stick]

Truman - 2
Eisenhower - 2
Kennedy - 5
Johnson - 2 (Stupid Propaganda ain't charisma)
Nixon - 1
Ford - 3
Carter - 3
Reagan - 5
Bush Sr - 2
Clinton - 5 (Actually it was more aobut his hotness, and sexiness)
Bush Jr - 4 (Old old Plain Joe!)
Obama - 5

[Psychic Octopus]

Truman - 2
Eisenhower - 2
Kennedy - 5
LBJ - 3
Nixon - 4
Ford - 2
Carter - 2
Reagan - 5
Bush Sr. - 2
Clinton - 4
Bush Jr. - 1
Obama - 5

[Alexander Hamilton]

Truman - 2
Eisenhower - 2
Kennedy - 5
LBJ - 3
Nixon - 4
Ford - 2
Carter - 2
Reagan - 5
Bush Sr. - 2
Clinton - 4
Bush Jr. - 1
Obama - 5

U cant honestly give Bush jr a 1 in charisma

[biggzcorey]

FDR- 5
Truman- 4
Eisenhower- 3
Kennedy- 5
Johnson- 5 with congress, 3 with the public
Nixon- 3
Ford- 2
Carter- 3
Reagan- 5
Bush Sr.- 2
Clinton- 5
Dubya- 3
Obama- 5

[JSojourner]

Roosevelt - 5
Truman - 3
Eisenhower - 1
Kennedy - 4
Johnson - 1 (but if farting, briefing your staff on the crapper and whipping out your unit to show off its size counts -- 5)
Nixon - 1
Ford - 1
Carter - 1
Reagan - 5
Bush I - 2
Clinton - 3
Bush II - 1
Obama - 4  (I basically agree with this...FDR had that confident, upturned smile that Obama still lacks.)

But let's get real guys -- when it comes to charisma, who could ever approach the awesomeness of Senator Tom Carper?  ::: runs :::

[Landslide Lyndon]

But let's get real guys -- when it comes to charisma, who could ever approach the awesomeness of Senator Tom Carper?  ::: runs :::

What? No Evan Bayh love?

[President Mitt]

Truman - 2
Eisenhower - 2
Kennedy - 5
Johnson - 2 (Stupid Propaganda ain't charisma)
Nixon - 1
Ford - 3
Carter - 3
Reagan - 5
Bush Sr - 2
Clinton - 5 (Actually it was more aobut his hotness, and sexiness)
Bush Jr - 4 (Old old Plain Joe!)
Obama - 5

Jesus Christ your weird.

[k-onmmunist]

Out of ten.

Roosevelt - 7
Truman - 6
Eisenhower - 3
Kennedy - 7
Johnson - 4
Nixon - 2
Ford - 1
Carter - 1
Reagan - 8
Bush I - 7
Clinton - 6
Bush II - 1
Obama - 3

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Roosevelt - 7
Truman - 6
Eisenhower - 3
Kennedy - 7
Johnson - 4
Nixon - 4
Ford - 4
Carter - 2
Reagan - 8
Bush I - 5
Clinton - 7
Bush II - 7
Obama - 7

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Roosevelt - 10
Truman - 8
Eisenhower - 5
Kennedy - 8
Johnson - 5
Nixon - 3
Ford - 3
Carter - 3
Reagan - 9
Bush I - 4
Clinton - 7
Bush II - 7
Obama - 7

[Eraserhead]

With a score out of 5 next to thier names.

Truman - 3
Eisenhower - 3
Kennedy - 5
Johnson - 3
Nixon - 3
Ford - 2
Carter - 3
Reagan - 4
Bush Sr - 3
Clinton - 4
Bush Jr - 3
Obama - 4

I find your subjective analysis of this vague idea to be more or less in agreement with my own.

[Psychic Octopus]

Why's everyone rating Nixon so low? the man was a confident, charismatic speaker if you look before 1968. He just wasn't as good as Kennedy.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Why's everyone rating Nixon so low? the man was a confident, charismatic speaker if you look before 1968. He just wasn't as good as Kennedy.

They forgot Checkers

[JSojourner]

But let's get real guys -- when it comes to charisma, who could ever approach the awesomeness of Senator Tom Carper?  ::: runs :::

What? No Evan Bayh love?

Evan is nearly as beige, to be sure. 

[Vepres]

Roosevelt - 5
Truman - 3
Eisenhower - 3
Kennedy - 5
Johnson - 2
Nixon - 3
Ford - 2
Carter - 3
Reagan - 5
Bush I - 2
Clinton - 4
Bush II - 3
Obama - 3 (post-campaign), 4 (during the campaign)

[Wakie]

FDR - 5 (could have sold ice to an eskimo)
Truman - 3 (avg Presidential charisma)
Eisenhower - 3 (avg Presidential charisma ... being a war hero he didn't need any extra)
JFK - 4 (inspired many but didn't have the FDR/Reagan ability to make even his enemies like him)
LBJ - 1 (almost as charismatic feces)
Nixon - 3 (cleverly manipulative but not specifically charismatic ... made way too many enemies)
Ford - 1 (a dolt, a nimrod, less charismatic than Johnson)
Carter - 2 (really lucky he ran against Ford in '76)
Reagan - 5 (the man was a freakin' movie star ... the only way he could have been more charismatic was if he was Paul Newman)
Bush I - 2 (boring, bland, monotone)
Clinton - 4 (see JFK)
Bush II - 4 (despite his personal failings, lack of intelligence, and lousy positions he got almost 1/2 the nation to vote for him ... twice ... the only thing he had was charisma)
Obama - 4 (jury is still out, but basically it was charisma which took him from being a state senator to the White House in 4 years)

[Bo]

FDR:4
Truman:3
Ike:3
JFK:5
LBJ:3
Nixon:1
Ford:2
Carter:3
Reagan:4
Bush Sr.:1
Clinton:3
Bush Jr.
Obama:5

[opebo]

Truman - 3
Eisenhower - 1
Kennedy - 5
Johnson - 4
Nixon - 4
Ford - 1
Carter - 2
Reagan - 5
Bush I - 1
Clinton - 3
Bush II - 2
Obama - 3

I gave LBJ and Nixon a little higher than some of you because I think they had a kind of old-school presence which is somewhat lost on us today - true it was mostly a negative kind of charisma, but those two dominated whatever they touched.  People like the Bushes, Clinton, Obama, are little milquetoasts compared to the alpha males of that older generation. 

Obviously Reagan was a disgusting freak, but most people didn't see that, so he gets the 5.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Obviously Reagan was a disgusting freak, but most people didn't see that, so he gets the 5.

Didn't you vote for him once?

[Bo]

Can we use decimal points (like Clinton: 3.5, Bush Jr.: 2.7) in ranking the Presidents by charisma?

[© tweed]

Obviously Reagan was a disgusting freak, but most people didn't see that, so he gets the 5.

more accurately, he was surrounded & controlled by disgusting freaks, and he was an old man going senile who probably thought he was playing the POTUS in a Hollywood feature film.