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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ranks-as-worst-president-in-poll-of-scholars/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=48284274President Trump came in last place in an expert ranking of "presidential greatness," according to the 2018 Presidents & Executive Politics Presidential Greatness Survey released by Boise State University Monday.
The survey was conducted among 170 current and recent members of the Presidents & Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, which is a group of scholars dedicated to studying the American presidency.
These experts were asked to rank each president on a scale from zero (worst) to 100 (best) based on their overall performance in office. With this, Mr. Trump came in last place with an average score of 12.34.
Even among Republican respondents, Mr. Trump still ranked extremely low, earning the 40th spot for presidential greatness. These Republicans labeled James Buchanan -- whose presidency saw the secession of seven states before the Civil War -- as the all-time worst and George Washington as the best.
Coming in first place is Abraham Lincoln, who scored an average of 95.03 between both Democrats and Republicans surveyed. The top seven presidents have remained the same since the poll was last conducted in 2014: Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harry Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In this round of questioning, former president Barack Obama moved up in the rankings to 8th best president, whereas in 2014 he came in at 18th. Scholars identifying as Republican, however, ranked Obama 16th. Ronald Reagan, who also moved up from his previous ranking, trails behind Obama in 9th place.
The survey was conducted among 170 current and recent members of the Presidents & Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, which is a group of scholars dedicated to studying the American presidency.
These experts were asked to rank each president on a scale from zero (worst) to 100 (best) based on their overall performance in office. With this, Mr. Trump came in last place with an average score of 12.34.
Even among Republican respondents, Mr. Trump still ranked extremely low, earning the 40th spot for presidential greatness. These Republicans labeled James Buchanan -- whose presidency saw the secession of seven states before the Civil War -- as the all-time worst and George Washington as the best.
Coming in first place is Abraham Lincoln, who scored an average of 95.03 between both Democrats and Republicans surveyed. The top seven presidents have remained the same since the poll was last conducted in 2014: Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harry Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In this round of questioning, former president Barack Obama moved up in the rankings to 8th best president, whereas in 2014 he came in at 18th. Scholars identifying as Republican, however, ranked Obama 16th. Ronald Reagan, who also moved up from his previous ranking, trails behind Obama in 9th place.
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CBS News: Trump ranks as worst president in poll of scholars (Original Post)
CousinIT
Feb 2018
OP
Shocking. Just Shocking. I would never have guessed. Probably fake news.
politicaljunkie41910
Feb 2018
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politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)1. Shocking. Just Shocking. I would never have guessed. Probably fake news.
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)2. How Trump Stacks Up Against Other Presidents
This chart is great https://politicalwire.com/2018/02/19/trump-stacks-presidents/
oberliner
(58,724 posts)4. Bush rising and Clinton falling?
What the hell?
shanny
(6,709 posts)6. Some of Clinton's policy choices
have not stood up well over time I think. Maybe the historians feel the same.
As for Bush, I have no idea. They did have to make room at the bottom.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)3. You've got to admit,
though, he's the best at being the worst!
Cha
(297,323 posts)5. FAKE NEWS!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,035 posts)7. Winning baby!!!!
Trump finally won something.
Takket
(21,578 posts)8. Buchanan be like "I'm outta the basement baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"