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Historians rank Trump worst president in history, Lincoln the best
UPI ^ | 2/19/24 | Joe Fisher

Posted on 02/19/2024 10:32:33 AM PST by DallasBiff

Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A new survey of historians ranks Donald Trump the worst president in U.S. history.

Trump has touted his poll numbers against President Joe Biden ahead of a potential rematch in November. However, the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, conducted by Qualtrics, has Biden significantly ahead of the former president.

The survey was conducted online among more than 500 members of the American Political Science Association, an organization of professionals in the field. Respondents rated Biden at 62.66 on a scale of 100 for overall greatness, good for 14th out of 45 presidents.

Abraham Lincoln scored the highest rating at 93.87, followed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt at 90.83 and George Washington at 90.32

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apsa; chat; fakehistorians; liberalhistorians; presidents; tds; trump
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To: DallasBiff

Third time I’ve read this crap today. Media wind tunnel blowing their sewage far and wide after getting their orders.


21 posted on 02/19/2024 10:42:39 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Fresh Wind

The Democrats wouldnt vote for him...

He only got the northern states...


22 posted on 02/19/2024 10:43:41 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: DallasBiff
Rodney-laughing
23 posted on 02/19/2024 10:46:12 AM PST by Westbrook (The Democrats are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: DallasBiff

What are the criteria for measuring greatness or effectiveness of the presidents?


24 posted on 02/19/2024 10:46:25 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: DallasBiff

It takes years, sometimes decades, to assess a president’s job performance.


25 posted on 02/19/2024 10:46:39 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: DallasBiff
I ask critics of Trump what he did that was so bad. They immediately ask what he did that was good. I'm prepared and unswayed and say, "You first." Silence. I don't speak with many of those people but when I do the response is consistent.

I hate at least half the people in this country.

26 posted on 02/19/2024 10:46:50 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: DallasBiff

I was talking to my tax preparer, a life-long Democrat, and Trump came up. She said while she didn’t vote for him in 2016, she did in 2020 because if you set aside Trump’s being an egotist and a smart aleck, he did a lot of great things. She also described a possible Harris presidency as a sh*t show.

The historians who judge Trump to be the worst weren’t paying attention during his term, and they certainly haven’t been paying attention the last three years. Or they are hacks.


27 posted on 02/19/2024 10:48:48 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The criteria should be to: promote peace abroad, promote prosperity at home, and defend our natural rights.

Trump is near the top using this standard.


28 posted on 02/19/2024 10:51:01 AM PST by GSWarrior
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The survey was conducted online among more than 500 members of the American Political Science Association …
Zero credibility.
Today, APSA has become barely distinguishable from the Democratic Party and its far-left wing. Its web page runs a constant stream of anti-Trump or anti-Republican news.

This year, it issued a statement supporting the anti-Trump “March for Science” held in DC in April and another against the Executive Order on a temporary ban for travelers from several Middle Eastern countries. It also felt the need to issue a Letter to Members after the 2016 election (there was no letter issued after the 2012 or 2008 elections) saying the election had “cast into sharp relief an array of issues” for political scientists. I used to think that’s what elections were supposed to do. …

— Bruce Gilley, “Why I’m Leaving APSA”
And just to illustrate Professor Gilley’s point a bit more . . .
Republicans and conservatives notably rank Trump worse than Biden, as well. Trump ranked 41st and 43rd by Republicans and conservatives, respectively. Meanwhile, Biden was ranked 30th by both.

Republicans and conservatives ranked Washington the greatest president, while Democrats ranked him third and independents second. …
I do have to wonder what APSA calls a “conservative”. The definition of “Republican” is endlessly fungible after all . . .
29 posted on 02/19/2024 10:51:22 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
What are the criteria for measuring greatness or effectiveness of the presidents?

How much Bribe money it takes to SELL OUT the average American Citizen and the Country as a whole.
30 posted on 02/19/2024 10:52:19 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: Jamestown1630

His name is Brandon.


31 posted on 02/19/2024 10:53:47 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DallasBiff

critical thinking requires immediate dismissal of opinions by people with Trump derangement syndrome as biased and subjective


32 posted on 02/19/2024 10:54:35 AM PST by mjp (pro-freedom & pro-wealth $)
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To: No name given

Yes. Not a single president has come anywhere near doing the damage that he has done.


33 posted on 02/19/2024 10:55:07 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

Let’s see:

Trump kept us out of wars.

Lincoln got about a million killed in his war.


34 posted on 02/19/2024 10:55:25 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: DallasBiff

But the texts.


35 posted on 02/19/2024 10:56:19 AM PST by nwrep
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To: DallasBiff

Not giving it a click but what are the excuses for rating Trump the worst?


36 posted on 02/19/2024 10:59:43 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: DallasBiff

Oh look. Leftists in Academia hate Trump and love the tyrant Lincoln.

What a shocker!


37 posted on 02/19/2024 10:59:56 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: DallasBiff

And the Democrats/Leftists continue their 100 percent record of ruining every profession they touch


38 posted on 02/19/2024 11:01:12 AM PST by falcon99 ( )
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To: FLT-bird

Guess you’re falling for the left’s tricks.


39 posted on 02/19/2024 11:02:07 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SaxxonWoods
Not giving it a click but what are the excuses for rating Trump the worst?

I just posted an excerpt, but I wouldn't be surprised if they said mean tweets.

40 posted on 02/19/2024 11:02:44 AM PST by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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