How Trump Stacks Up Against Other Presidents

[DonViejo]

February 19, 2018 at 10:15 am EST By Taegan Goddard

The New York Times surveyed 170 political scientists and found that President Trump is currently ranked as the worst U.S. president in history.




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https://politicalwire.com/2018/02/19/trump-stacks-presidents/

[bluestarone]

1. they leave out the minus sign?????

-12 i get

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. How in the fucking hell did Reagan make #9?!

[Orsino]

12. By leaving office before his failure became obvious to his cheerleaders. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

14. That's what I'd like to know. What is the criteria?

I have used up all my NY Times articles for the month. There is no way Reagan should be anywhere near the top 10. He was the beginning of the end.

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Reagan gets credit for everything that happened while he was napping. nt

[True Dough]

3. Bottom of the list in EVERY regard

except most unpopular. He's #1 in that respect!

[spanone]

4. K&R...

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. but he's only been at it for a year! Wait until he really gets going....how low can he go!

Obama is in a good spot - every bit deserving of being top 10.

Reagan - that is an abysmally high rating for an abysmal president.

[hlthe2b]

6. wow that chart conveys a LOT of information... Have to go digest it a bit...

[RKP5637]

7. And his ratings will go up if the deplorables see this. n/t

[hlthe2b]

10. not an opinion poll--these are from established academic political scientists.

Hard to "restack" the deck

[RKP5637]

15. I meant the opinion polls, etc. The deplorables would love he's the worst, their kinda guy.

[hlthe2b]

16. undoubtedly...

Beyond inexplicable, but true.

[hlthe2b]

8. I'd be willing to bet, a depressingly few Americans could identify the bottom ten

and what century (much less decade they served) outside of Trump.

I am impressed to see Truman bumped up a bit. Michael Beshloss, in fact mentioned him as the most underestimated President in his opinnion.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. I am imagining the ghosts of Buchanan, Harrison, Pierce,

and the others in the Worst category, at their weekly poker game in a White House attic. Buchanan is pleased that he's finally been knocked off the bottom of the list. He says, "Yeah, I sucked, but this guy..." Pierce agrees. "We all sucked, but none of us actually conspired with a hostile foreign government. Except you, Jim. You were damn easy on the Confederacy."

"Screw you, Frank. So were you," says Buchanan. Harding says, "Knock it off, you guys. That was different. This Trump guy really is worse, and he's still there. It's disgusting. He's the most corrupt..."

"You oughtta know about corruption," says Millard Fillmore. "I wasn't corrupt," says Harding. "I just wasn't paying attention. Trump is doing it himself, and getting away with it."

"Even though he's the worst now and will probably get even worse, I don't think we ought to let him into the game when his time comes," says Andrew Johnson. "He'll cheat."

They all agree. Trump will not be allowed into the Worst Presidents weekly poker game. He will be forced to haunt a broom closet in the basement.

[Orsino]

11. He has yet to assume the duties of the office.

Hiding in his West Wing bedroom watching TV and tweeting isn't presidenting, but it's about all we know that he's qualified to do.

[Gothmog]

13. That is a great chart

[Poiuyt]

17. That's worse than I thought it would be

I didn't think trump would sink below the level of someone who almost let the country break apart. I'm certain that history will show trump to be the most corrupt and unethical president.