Political scientists rank Trump last, Lincoln first in presidential greatness

[Dos Equis]

President Obama came in 8th.  I have no words.

Political scientists rank Trump last, Lincoln first in presidential greatness survey
By Andrew Dunn
Mon February 19, 2018

Washington (CNN)Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan enjoyed upward bumps in their greatness rankings, while President Donald Trump was ranked historically low, according to a presidential "greatness" survey released Monday.

The 2018 Presidents and Executive Politics Presidential Greatness Survey, released Monday, was based on 170 usable responses from current and former members of the American Political Science Association's presidents and executive politics section.

The survey asked the presidential experts to use a 0-100 scale "for overall greatness," with zero being failure, 50 being average and 100 being great. Roughly 57% of the respondents were Democrats, 13% were Republicans and 27% were independents (3% selected "Other").

Overall, Trump came in dead last. The seven greatest presidents, according to respondents, remained unchanged from the same survey's results in 2014, the previous time it was taken. In order, they were Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harry S. Truman and Dwight Eisenhower.

Trump did not fare well even when parsing the results by party and ideology. He ranked 40th out of 44 among Republicans and conservatives.
Self-identified Republicans and conservatives also ranked Washington above Lincoln as the all-time greatest president.

Among all those surveyed, another commander-in-chief who struggled in his rank: Bill Clinton, who fell to 13th best after being ranked eighth in 2014.

Obama came in eighth, up 10 spots from 18th in 2014. George W. Bush moved up five spots, from 35th to 30th. Reagan also moved into the top 10, ranking ninth. In 2014, he was at 11.

Political science professors Brandon Rottinghaus of the University of Houston and Justin S. Vaughn of Boise State University authored and published the survey.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/politics/trump-lincoln-presidential-greatness-survey/index.html

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

President Obama came in 8th.  I have no words.

Political scientists rank Trump last, Lincoln first in presidential greatness survey
By Andrew Dunn
Mon February 19, 2018

Washington (CNN)Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan enjoyed upward bumps in their greatness rankings, while President Donald Trump was ranked historically low, according to a presidential "greatness" survey released Monday.

The 2018 Presidents and Executive Politics Presidential Greatness Survey, released Monday, was based on 170 usable responses from current and former members of the American Political Science Association's presidents and executive politics section.

The survey asked the presidential experts to use a 0-100 scale "for overall greatness," with zero being failure, 50 being average and 100 being great. Roughly 57% of the respondents were Democrats, 13% were Republicans and 27% were independents (3% selected "Other").

Overall, Trump came in dead last. The seven greatest presidents, according to respondents, remained unchanged from the same survey's results in 2014, the previous time it was taken. In order, they were Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harry S. Truman and Dwight Eisenhower.

Trump did not fare well even when parsing the results by party and ideology. He ranked 40th out of 44 among Republicans and conservatives.
Self-identified Republicans and conservatives also ranked Washington above Lincoln as the all-time greatest president.

Among all those surveyed, another commander-in-chief who struggled in his rank: Bill Clinton, who fell to 13th best after being ranked eighth in 2014.

Obama came in eighth, up 10 spots from 18th in 2014. George W. Bush moved up five spots, from 35th to 30th. Reagan also moved into the top 10, ranking ninth. In 2014, he was at 11.

Political science professors Brandon Rottinghaus of the University of Houston and Justin S. Vaughn of Boise State University authored and published the survey.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/politics/trump-lincoln-presidential-greatness-survey/index.html

Obama inherited recession and left Trump with a solid economy.   He deserves it.

[Coach is Back!]

Obama inherited recession and left Trump with a solid economy.   He deserves it.

I have yet to find someone that can back this statement. You CANNOT create a good economy with an anti-capitalist/socialist agenda. That's just a fact.

[Yamcha]

I have yet to find someone that can back this statement. You CANNOT create a good economy with an anti-capitalist/socialist agenda. That's just a fact.

You CAN have the slowest recovery in US History though.

[Board_SHERIF]

Obama inherited recession and left Trump with a solid economy.   He deserves it.

No Hussein created a false economy with $17 trillion of debt, and the economy  he created was stagnated with almost nowt growth. A complete failure.

Political scientists ?? another invention by the fake news

[Moontrane]

Ranking Trump as a president based on the first of seven years makes a much sense as the Nobel Committee awarding Obama the Peace Prize after 8 months in office.

[Agnostic007]

Looks accurate...I believe the scientist over Getbig

[AbrahamG]

^Ditto^

In reality, Bush should get credit/blame for at least the 1st 6 months of Obama's term and to be fair, Obama should get credit/blame for Trump's first 6 months.  When you do that, Obama's greatness is even more eye catching.

[mazrim]

^Ditto^

In reality, Bush should get credit/blame for at least the 1st 6 months of Obama's term and to be fair, Obama should get credit/blame for Trump's first 6 months.  When you do that, Obama's greatness is even more eye catching.

Good point. Obama gave Trump a lot of regulations to get rid of so the economy could get going again so provided him an excellent platform to use common sense. Having a dumb president come before makes the next look so much better.

[LittleJ]

I sure do miss Obama. Great person, father, husband, and one of the greatest presidents we're ever had.

[Dos Equis]

Looks accurate...I believe the scientist over Getbig

Scientist.  lol

[Dos Equis]

Putting Trump on this list at all after only a year into his presidency is pretty dumb.

I would definitely put Obama at or near the bottom.  Worst president of my lifetime.