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Washington, Lincoln Most Popular/Nixon, Bush Least Popular

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Washington, Lincoln Most Popular Presidents: Nixon, Bush Least Popular
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Six American Presidents are viewed favorably by at least 80% of all Americans. Those esteemed six are led by the first President George Washington. The Father of our Country is viewed favorably by 94% of Americans. The sixteenth President, Abraham Lincoln, is the second most popular. The man who gave us the Gettysburg Address is viewed favorably by 92% (see Presidential favorable ratings).

The next four are Thomas Jefferson (89%), Teddy Roosevelt (84%), Franklin D. Roosevelt (81%), and John F. Kennedy (80%).

Five other Presidents are viewed favorably by at least 70% of Americans today—John Adams (74%), James Madison (73%), Ronald Reagan (72%), Dwight Eisenhower (72%), and Harry Truman (70%). It’s worth noting that the nation’s first four Presidents—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison—all continue to earn rave reviews in the twenty-first century.

The highest unfavorable rating for any President is earned by Richard Nixon. Sixty percent (60%) of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of the only President to resign from office. Thirty-two percent (32%) have a favorable opinion of the man who famously went to China.

Close on Nixon’s heels for most unpopular is the current President, George W. Bush. Fifty-nine percent (59%)
have an unfavorable opinion of him. Lyndon Johnson (42%), Bill Clinton (41%), and the first President Bush (41%) are the only other Presidents viewed unfavorably by at least 40% of Americans.

Full Story:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/washington_lincoln_most_popular_presidents_nixon_bush_least_popular
 

IL Rancher

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The problem is that so many people "voting" in this poll have no recolection of the president in question. Presidents like McKinley, Harding and Hoover for example did not leave office with the best of reviews.. Clevlands second term was a disaster and he was hugely unpopular.... I always enjoyed the "constitutional" rating that some folks give the presidents grading them on how well the did in their job of upholding the constitution.. Mostly the early presidents do well and the later not so well but there are a few earlies that had some trouble, lol.
 
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I pretty much agree with the "Top 6" as overall the best... I disagree on the most unpopular tho-- as I think Jimmy Peanut Farmer should rank right up there close to GW and Trickie Dickie.....

I always enjoyed the "constitutional" rating that some folks give the presidents grading them on how well the did in their job of upholding the constitution.. Mostly the early presidents do well and the later not so well but there are a few earlies that had some trouble, lol.

I would have to rank FDR and GW at the top of the list for the greatest erosion to the constitution and our states rights system...
 

Steve

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I disagree on the most unpopular tho-- as I think Jimmy Peanut Farmer

Can't think of one worse then Carter....Problem with him is he keeps getting worse.

He sucked as a president and is downright pitiful as a(n) (American) citizen.
 

Mike

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Roosevelt was our best President by far. "Teddy" that is................


He was one of the last honorable Presidents and was a true statesmen.
 

Faster horses

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I always considered Barry Goldwater a true statesman and I
always wondered what direction this country would have taken
with him as president.

Of course, he was way ahead of his time, the country wasn't ready
for him when he ran for president. But I still can't help but wonder...
 

backhoeboogie

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The Lincoln thing is always amazing. He ran for office about a dozen times and didn't get elected. When he was elected president he had way less than a majority. Seems he is the president with the least percentage of votes to ever be elected, and then the most popular?
 

backhoeboogie

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Here it is. Lincoln received 39.8% of the popular vote and 180 electoral votes when he was elected in 1860. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860
 

Mike

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backhoeboogie said:
The Lincoln thing is always amazing. He ran for office about a dozen times and didn't get elected. When he was elected president he had way less than a majority. Seems he is the president with the least percentage of votes to ever be elected, and then the most popular?

I concur. What would people nowdays have to say about a President that would attack/declare war on his own country?
 

IL Rancher

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The reason he is as popular as he is would be the way history is tought these day.. He is known as a president who kept the country together, who freed the slaves and in the end died for these beliefs.. Much of the other facts involved in it are either glossed over (The fact that is initial plan was to send the slaves back to Africa because he didn't necesarily believe they could coexist in this country) and that even the emancipation proclamation was just a thign for convienance....

Last but not least, politicians who are shot/killed while in office tend to get bonus points for ever.. see JFK, he wasn't campaigning down in Dallas for his health...
 
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backhoeboogie said:
The Lincoln thing is always amazing. He ran for office about a dozen times and didn't get elected. When he was elected president he had way less than a majority. Seems he is the president with the least percentage of votes to ever be elected, and then the most popular?

Many don't know or realize that Lincoln was really one of the first Presidents to erode/challenge the Constitution-- when he declared martial law in much of the country-- suspended the right to habeus corpus-held many with no charges or court hearings -and even refused to obey the Federal Court when they overturned him on his actions.....

Its interesting that in the writings of many of the true constitutionalists, Libertarians, and right wing conservative groups- they are predicting the same will occur with GW before his term ends...They are laying out a hypothetical scenerio of another major terrorist action against the US within the next 18 months, followed possibly by GW declaring war on Iran and more of the Muslim world for their involvement-- at which time they predict he will declare martial law in the US, suspend many of the Constitutional rights and guarantees- including the upcoming 08 election... :roll:
 

Silver

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It allways surprises me to see Tom Jefferson thought of so favourably considering the debacle of 1812. Seems to me a quote like "It will merely be a matter of marching" would have haunted him forever. Maybe GW's announcement on the carrier deck will be forgotten in time also. :wink:
 

Mike

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Silver said:
It allways surprises me to see Tom Jefferson thought of so favourably considering the debacle of 1812. Seems to me a quote like "It will merely be a matter of marching" would have haunted him forever.

Jefferson had already retired from politics but was asked for his input. He was given bad advice on the state of the U.S. military, he had no way of actually knowing about it's disarray when he made the remark.

Jefferson was a statesman of the highest degree.
 

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