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The best 10% and worst 10% remain unchanged from their 2018 poll (top five: F. D. Roosevelt, Lincoln, Washington, T. Roosevelt, Jefferson; bottom five: A. Johnson, Buchanan, Trump, Harding, Pierce). 41% of the scholars polled said that if a president were to be added to Mount Rushmore, it should be FDR. 63% believed that the president should be ...
His approval rating was a dismal 22 percent a year before he left office, but by the 1962 survey — nine years after his term ended — scholars ranked Truman as the eighth-best president. #33 ...
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
Notable best presidents include George Washington at No.2, Thomas Jefferson at No. 7, and Barack Obama at No. 12.
The ranking resulted from the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, which questioned 154 members of the American Political Science Association who specialize in presidential politics.
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, setting the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with a new, distinct administration. [13] Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is ...
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.
Either that or these are some highly contrarian folks who think that Lincoln was the worst president and Harding the best. ;) Crust 18:34, 4 August 2006 (UTC) I confirm that the ranking is correct -- Lincoln is considered to be the worst president by many libertarian historians. --Gilguillory 12:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC) That surprises me.