Posted on 02/21/2005 1:27:27 PM PST by ambrose
(Angus Reid Consultants - CPOD Global Scan) – Americans rank a Republican as their best head of government, according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today.
Bill Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were next on the list, followed by George W. Bush, George Washington, Jimmy Carter, Harry S. Truman, Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson. The three least popular presidents mentioned on the survey were George H. Bush, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.
Polling Data
Whom do you regard as the greatest United States president?
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Feb. 2005 |
Nov. 2003 |
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Ronald Reagan |
20% |
13% |
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Bill Clinton |
15% |
9% |
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Abraham Lincoln |
14% |
17% |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt |
12% |
11% |
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John F. Kennedy |
12% |
17% |
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George W. Bush |
5% |
3% |
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George Washington |
5% |
7% |
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Jimmy Carter |
3% |
3% |
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Harry S. Truman |
2% |
3% |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
2% |
3% |
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Thomas Jefferson |
2% |
3% |
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George H. Bush |
1% |
2% |
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Dwight Eisenhower |
1% |
2% |
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Richard Nixon |
1% |
1% |
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Other |
1% |
2% |
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No opinion |
3% |
4% |
Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,008 American adults, conducted from Feb. 7 to Feb. 10, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
In their warped liberal minds, he is the greatest in history.
It says right here that most (95%) haven't a clue as to when most of these men were President or why they may have been important.
Considering a lot of Americans can't tell you the name of their Congressman, their two Senators, the Secretary of State, etc., etc., etc., this does not surprise me.
Considering a lot of Americans can't tell you the name of their Congressman, their two Senators, the Secretary of State, etc., etc., etc., this does not surprise me.
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"Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today"
Nuff said. That they could find 1008 people to take their poll is a surprise to me. Didn't know there were even 300 people that read USA Today.
On the economy he did nothing, which was fine more or less; on all non-economic areas he was a complete disaster.
Considering that my Congressman and both Senators are screaming leftists, I would prefer NOT to recall their names.
Clinton is the most recent expresident. It gives him an advantage. He has a clot of diehard followers sort of like the Saddam dead-enders in Baghdad.
As for the Founders, nobody know very much about them anymore except that they were white male slave-owning fascists.
The increase in President Reagan's vote may be attributable to the generally favorable publicity at his death.
Jimmuh Carter was the worst president, both in and out of office. He was and is a disaster for this country. I just wish the bitter old fart would hurry up and check out.
FDR 13% For socialist security and the "New Deal" which was more detrimental to the nation's economy than the depression.
JFK 12% for inflation, the Bay of Pigs, Castro, Vietnam, scandal, but an inspiring speech.
Jimmah Carter 3% for screaming inflation, the Iran hostage crisis, global cooling...er...global warming...er..., (granted these not as POTUS) a nuclear North Korea, Hugo Chavez and the spread of communism in the western hemisphere.
Oh yeah, easily top 10 for those contributions.
Best I can figure for now...
A couple of weeks ago, the TV in the other room was tuned to some game show and this was the question the contestant was asked:
"Who served as U.S. Vice President and President but was not elected to either position?"
The contestant's answer: Colin Powell.
Based on what ? Name one great thing Clinton was responsible for ? Reforming welfare ? Gingrich did that.
These surveys are a waste of time.
As to Carter, I would put him deep in the pits with Buchanan. He was an absolutly awful president. I'd also put him at rock bottom as far as a human being. (I don't give a damn about his pretend charity stuff --- that's all PR) He is a mean, sneaky, vindictive, sanctimonious little SOB and he always has been.
May be time to start teaching American History again in the public schools.
*LOL*
Having immigrated from California to Virginia 11 years ago I know how you feel. Exchanging Di-fi and Baxter for Warner and Allen was a bit of an improvement; although, when I first got here Chuckie Robb (D) was the 'junior' Senator [before he was caught with a woman that wasn't his wife, that is] and Warner was getting over his divorce to Elizabeth Taylor.
Senators! You can dress 'em up but you can't...................
In my lifetime, the worst three American Presidents are Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson (in no particular order). That's the last three Democrat Presidents.
If they had been elected, Al Gore and John Kerry would have sunk even lower. I see a trend.
They were talking about this ridiculous Gallup Poll.
When they announced this AM that clinton figured ahead of Bush and Lincoln and Washington, the woman said (paraphrase): Well, you have to understand they didn't have the electoral college around in those day to certify the elections. (I nearly couldn't finish getting dressed.)
Then a few minutes later they started playing some actor giving a rendition of the Gettysburg Address. The guy said (paraphrase): Those, of course, the immortal words of George Washington.
I sometimes think we are doomed.
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