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The following articles describe various historical rankings of heads of government for different countries. Historical rankings of presidents of the United States Historical rankings of prime ministers of Australia
Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren Harding (1921 ...
Top Rank: No. 8 Bottom Rank: No. 19. President James Polk had one of the more efficient presidencies, leading the country through the Mexican-American War (which gained significant land for the U ...
In semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of government (i.e. executive) role is fulfilled by the listed head of government and the head of state. In one-party states, the ruling party's leader (e.g. the General Secretary) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds the presidency or ...
A 2023 survey of 154 political scientists and other presidential experts ranked Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and George Washington as America’s three greatest presidents, in that order ...
Despite this, it is not impossible for presidents in recent memory to change rankings. For example, Mr Obama has risen nine places since the first survey, from 16th in 2015 to 7th place in 2024.
Suppose there was a survey today consisting only of the worst-ranked presidents -- say Harding, Johnson and Buchanan. Whoever ranked 1 this survey would get a major boost to his average, perhaps going above several much higher-ranked presidents. But intuitively such a survey should only affect the candidates' ranking relative to each other. 1.
A majority of Americans say President Biden will go down in history as a below-average president or even one of the worst ... average or one of the best presidents in the nation's history ...