Which President defined their decade the most since the 1950s

[OSR stands with Israel]

I say this :

1. Reagan in 1980s
2. Bush in 2000s
3. Obama in 2010s

[daveosupremo]

Reagan
Kennedy
Bush
Eisenhower
Clinton

[American2020]

1950's: Eisenhower
1960's: Kennedy
1980's: Reagan
1990's: Clinton
2000's: W Bush
2010's: Obama

[Lincoln Republican]

1960s Nixon definitely.  He epitomized the 60s.

[Lincoln Republican]

1950's: Eisenhower
1960's: Kennedy
1980's: Reagan
1990's: Clinton
2000's: W Bush
2010's: Obama

If your signature is a slap at Trump, you know what, that is a donkey on the desk, not an elephant.

[OSR stands with Israel]

1950's: Eisenhower
1960's: Kennedy
1980's: Reagan
1990's: Clinton
2000's: W Bush
2010's: Obama

I'm not asking per decade , I'm asking who most defined their decade out of that list .

[GeorgiaModerate]

1960s Nixon definitely.  He epitomized the 60s.

How so?  Nixon was President for less than one year in the 1960s.

IMO the answer would be Reagan.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Ronald Reagan

[Nyvin]

Domestically I'd say Clinton defined the 1990's and 2000's more than Bush.   In regards to foreign policy Bush was probably more visual in the 2000's though.

[Lincoln Republican]

1960s Nixon definitely.  He epitomized the 60s.

How so?  Nixon was President for less than one year in the 1960s.

IMO the answer would be Reagan.

Nixon was one of the most famous and influential people throughout the 60's, in or out of office.

He never quit running for President between 1960 and 1968.

[GeorgiaModerate]

1960s Nixon definitely.  He epitomized the 60s.

How so?  Nixon was President for less than one year in the 1960s.

IMO the answer would be Reagan.

Nixon was one of the most famous and influential people throughout the 60's, in or out of office.

He never quit running for President between 1960 and 1968.

His run for California governor was just practice, then?

[Wakie77]

LBJ was the 60s .... good intentions but an inability to adapt to the changing world all tied up with total confusion regarding Vietnam.

[GeorgiaModerate]

1960s Nixon definitely.  He epitomized the 60s.

How so?  Nixon was President for less than one year in the 1960s.

IMO the answer would be Reagan.

Nixon was one of the most famous and influential people throughout the 60's, in or out of office.

He never quit running for President between 1960 and 1968.

His run for California governor was just practice, then?

To clarify, I agree that Nixon was famous and influential during the decade.  But there's no way he was its defining President.

[Blackacre]

Bill Clinton in the 90s.

Reagan is a close second, but there is one figure that truly dominated the 1980s, and that would be Nintendo.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Bill Clinton in the 90s.

Reagan is a close second, but there is one figure that truly dominated the 1980s, and that would be Nintendo.

 I would argue Nintendo dominated the 1990s more than they did in the 1980s. Also in the 1990s you had Michael Jordan at his peak who I would argue was bigger than any celebrity or athlete from the 1980s. Lastly  in the 1990s you had Microsoft totally dominating the market in a way no buisness did in the 1980s.


In my opinion Bush defined the 2000s more than Clinton defined the 1990s.



Like when you ask me about a decade these are the first names what come up to me

1950s : Eisenhower
1960s : MLK
1970s : Really no one here
1980s:  Reagan
1990s : Michael Jordan
2000s : Bush
2010s : Obama

[Santander]

Also in the 1990s you had Michael Jordan at his peak who I would argue was bigger than any celebrity or athlete from the 1980s. Lastly  in the 1990s you had Microsoft totally dominating the market in a way no buisness did in the 1980s.

Just when we thought your ignorance couldn't get any worse...

[OSR stands with Israel]

Also in the 1990s you had Michael Jordan at his peak who I would argue was bigger than any celebrity or athlete from the 1980s. Lastly  in the 1990s you had Microsoft totally dominating the market in a way no buisness did in the 1980s.

Just when we thought your ignorance couldn't get any worse...

Which part is wrong

[pbrower2a]

By the combination of shaping a decade and lasting effects:

1. Reagan, 1980s. He made Americans proud to be crass, selfish materialists incapable of seeing anything wrong with such. We became a nation of swine because of his soothing appeals... and we remain such.

2. LBJ, 1960s. Great Society that could have united America, but the Vietnam War that rifted America.

3. Dubya, Double-zero decade. Not really up to the task, and effects include wars that have gone badly in Iraq and Afghanistan and the most dangerous economic meltdown since the 1930s.

Nobody comes close to these two. Clinton (1990s) is a watered-down version of Reagan. Obama (2010s)  solved some problems only for his successor to repudiate him on everything  in an effort to consolidate a pure plutocracy with an undemocratic regime in which 95% of the people are to suffer for the greed, sadism, and indulgence of 2%, making America resemble the sorts of place that some of our ancestors emigrated from. Eisenhower (1950s) looks almost like a caretaker.

Trump succeeds in his project or he rips this country apart. If he succeeds, then many of us will be in concentration camps or mass graves. 

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I can't help but feel like Bush perfectly captured, epitomized, and reflected the anti-terrorist, flag-rallying hysteria of the '00s. Maybe it's because I wasn't around for Reagan.

[Mr. Smith]

1950's: Ike
1960's: LBJ
1970's: Nixon or Carter
1980's: Reagan
1990's: Clinton
2000's: Bush Jr
2010's: Trump [Obama was too much of a do-nothing and too classy for the goldfish attention-span social media has wrought]

[Brittain33]

Given how Obama's best years were before 2011 and the Tea Party prefigured Trumpism, it's hard not to say that Trump defines the 2010s, albeit not as much as Clinton and Reagan defined their decades.

[Comrade Funk]

1950s: Ike
1960s: LBJ
1970s: Nixon
1980s: Reagan
1990s: Clinton
2000s: W
2010s: Trump

[HisGrace]

I would say Nixon for the 70's, even though no one's said that. The pragmatic backlash against 60's idealism and the paranoia are both due to him.

[fluffypanther19]

Reagan for the 1980s or Bush for the 2000s, with Clinton a decent third for the 1990s. I would say Reagan, but bush is perfectly encapsulates the 2000s imo.

[Illiniwek]

I would say Reagan, because not only did he define the decade while he was president from the very beginning, but his legacy continued on through the end of the decade through HW Bush. The '00s can be split very clearly between post-9/11 / Iraq Bush era, and the optimistic idea of change during Obama's election and first year or so.

Next I'd say is LBJ because of the highs of social progress and the lows of the Vietnam War defined the 60s.

Next, if you include the 1950s then I guess Eisenhower, but he was less of a cultural icon than a steady and honorable leader.

Then I'd say Clinton. Third way politics and the beginning of tabloid prominence in American culture and politics.