POLL: worst president ever ?

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[stompk]

In honor of Presidents Day, exercise your right to free speech and vote for the worst president in U.S. history! Cast your vote by clicking on the name of your least favorite president in the list on the right side of this page, then scroll down to the bottom, type in the words you see in the CAPTCHA and click the “Vote” button. Voting will also show you who’s in the lead in our unscientific Web survey! Look for the final results on our Town Square opinion page on Presidents Day, Feb. 21.

[freekitty]

I am surprised the rapist President Bill Clinton hasn’t got more votes.

[tpmintx]

Multiple entries seem to be permitted. Just keep typing in the Captcha...

[Truth is a Weapon]

The list is long: Wilson, FDR, Johnson, Carter, 0bama. Since 4 of the 5 are dead or out of office, I would have to go with 0bama. He is still causing damage.

[EnquiringMind]

CARTER! Since I am not a history buff, I can only address what I remember.

Obama isn’t done yet. Only then will he be in the running (but stick a fork in him!).

[tflabo]

Clinton rode the tech boom gravy train in the 90’s. People give him credit for the balanced budget but he adhered somewhat to republican congress. He got the credit but they laid down the framework. The repubs RINO’s screwed the pooch in the last decade.

[JIM O]

George W. Bush (1013 responses)

29%

Barack Obama (1759 responses)

50%

3485 total responses

[TheOldLady]

James Buchanan (60 responses)
2%
Abraham Lincoln (21 responses)
1%
Woodrow Wilson (52 responses)
1%
Warren G. Harding (33 responses)
1%
Herbert Hoover (24 responses)
1%
Franklin D. Roosevelt (67 responses)
2%
Richard M. Nixon (36 responses)
1%
Jimmy Carter (164 responses)
5%
Ronald Reagan (117 responses)
3%
George H. W. Bush (26 responses)
1%
Bill Clinton (20 responses)
1%
George W. Bush (1014 responses)
29%
Barack Obama (1767 responses)
51%

3495 total responses

[Andyman]

3562 responses, and Barry is at 51%

[Auntie Mame]

I would argue that FDR did more to damage America than any other President with Obama trying his best to out do FDR.

I agree. We would never have had an Obama without an FDR.

[j.havenfarm]

Please allow me to jump on one of my favorite hobby horses. There is not, nor has there ever been, a holiday known as “Presidents Day.” A draft of the Uniform Holidays Act would have changed George Washington’s Birthday to Presidents Day, but that was not in the final law. We shouldn’t cheapen Washington’s memory by disregarigin that the name of the holiday is set by law 5 U.S. Code Sec.6103(a), and should be referred to by its proper name.

[tpmintx]

We would never have had an Obama without an FDR.

Don't forget LBJ. I think that we were on track to recover a lot from FDR's damage, until LBJ pulled the chain on flushing our national assets down the drain of the "Great Society."

[bmwcyle]

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George Washington (3 responses)

0%
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John Adams (0 responses)

0%
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Thomas Jefferson (1 responses)

0%
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James Madison (0 responses)

0%
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James Monroe (0 responses)

0%
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John Quincy Adams (1 responses)

0%
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Andrew Jackson (10 responses)

0%
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Martin Van Buren (1 responses)

0%
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William Henry Harrison (4 responses)

0%
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John Tyler (1 responses)

0%
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James K. Polk (1 responses)

0%
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Zachary Taylor (0 responses)

0%
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Millard Fillmore (8 responses)

0%
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Franklin Pierce (5 responses)

0%
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James Buchanan (65 responses)

2%
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Abraham Lincoln (21 responses)

1%
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Andrew Johnson (18 responses)

0%
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Ulysses S. Grant (5 responses)

0%
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Rutherford B. Hayes (0 responses)

0%
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James Garfield (2 responses)

0%
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Chester A. Arthur (1 responses)

0%
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Grover Cleveland (2 responses)

0%
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Benjamin Harrison (1 responses)

0%
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William McKinley (0 responses)

0%
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Theodore Roosevelt (3 responses)

0%
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William Howard Taft (2 responses)

0%
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Woodrow Wilson (57 responses)

2%
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Warren G. Harding (34 responses)

1%
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Calvin Coolidge (9 responses)

0%
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Herbert Hoover (25 responses)

1%
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (69 responses)

2%
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Harry S. Truman (2 responses)

0%
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (0 responses)

0%
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John F. Kennedy (2 responses)

0%
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Lyndon B. Johnson (18 responses)

0%
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Richard M. Nixon (38 responses)

1%
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Gerald R. Ford (0 responses)

0%
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Jimmy Carter (171 responses)

5%
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Ronald Reagan (134 responses)

4%
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George H. W. Bush (29 responses)

1%
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Bill Clinton (21 responses)

1%
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George W. Bush (1092 responses)

29%
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Barack Obama (1881 responses)

50%

[dajeeps]

That one is a tough choice. It’s hard to get down to the worse of the worst on my stack-ranked list:

Buchanan
Lyndon Johnson
Obama
Andrew Johnson
Carter

I chose Buchanan because as bad as the others, Buchanan was the king of corruption that had pretty dire consequences. I think LBJ was probably worse than Obama, although pretty close. The other two were handed a really bad situation and made it worse. Obama is a bit different in my eyes because he knows or should know he is making the bad situation he was handed worse and does not care, so he’s about tied with LBJ.

[upchuck]

8:00 pm, EST
Jimmy Carter 5% (174 responses)
Ronald Reagan 4% (138 responses)
George H. W. Bush 1% (29 responses)
Bill Clinton 1% (21 responses)
George W. Bush 29% (1129 responses)
Barack Obama 50% (1925 responses)
3837 total responses
(Results not scientific)

[silentreignofheroes]

WORST PRESIDENTS POLL: Vote here!

George Washington (4 responses)

0.1%

John Adams (0 responses)

0.0%

Thomas Jefferson (1 responses)

0.0%

James Madison (0 responses)

0.0%

James Monroe (0 responses)

0.0%

John Quincy Adams (1 responses)

0.0%

Andrew Jackson (10 responses)

0.3%

Martin Van Buren (2 responses)

0.1%

William Henry Harrison (5 responses)

0.1%

John Tyler (1 responses)

0.0%

James K. Polk (1 responses)

0.0%

Zachary Taylor (0 responses)

0.0%

Millard Fillmore (8 responses)

0.2%

Franklin Pierce (6 responses)

0.2%

James Buchanan (68 responses)

1.7%

Abraham Lincoln (23 responses)

0.6%

Andrew Johnson (18 responses)

0.5%

Ulysses S. Grant (5 responses)

0.1%

Rutherford B. Hayes (0 responses)

0.0%

James Garfield (2 responses)

0.1%

Chester A. Arthur (1 responses)

0.0%

Grover Cleveland (2 responses)

0.1%

Benjamin Harrison (1 responses)

0.0%

William McKinley (0 responses)

0.0%

Theodore Roosevelt (3 responses)

0.1%

William Howard Taft (2 responses)

0.1%

Woodrow Wilson (60 responses)

1.5%

Warren G. Harding (35 responses)

0.9%

Calvin Coolidge (9 responses)

0.2%

Herbert Hoover (28 responses)

0.7%

Franklin D. Roosevelt (71 responses)

1.8%

Harry S. Truman (2 responses)

0.1%

Dwight D. Eisenhower (0 responses)

0.0%

John F. Kennedy (2 responses)

0.1%

Lyndon B. Johnson (18 responses)

0.5%

Richard M. Nixon (40 responses)

1.0%

Gerald R. Ford (0 responses)

0.0%

Jimmy Carter (175 responses)

4.5%

Ronald Reagan (144 responses)

3.7%

George H. W. Bush (33 responses)

0.8%

Bill Clinton (21 responses)

0.5%

George W. Bush (1162 responses)

29.6%

Barack Obama (1958 responses)

49.9%

[Mom MD]

That’s why I voted for him. So far FDR wins, but if obamacare stands we may have a new winner

[Steve Van Doorn]

The middle east is all falling to the Islamic extremist and obama is helping them.

Other presidents might have done worse to this country but none has done worse for the world.

[M-cubed]

Ahhh..the lesser of 2 evils vote

[Cincinna]

Worst POTUS ever? This is a trick question, right?

[Hunton Peck]

George W. Bush (1361 responses) 31%

Barack Obama (2083 responses) 48%

4354 total responses