Yes, it's true. A Daily Beast/Newsweek Poll of likely voters ( with a 12% percent Democrat oversample, of course) rates Jimmah a better president than Barack Obama.
Here's how the poll rated the best and worse presidents:
Voters’ list of the 10 best presidents:
1. Abraham Lincoln, +27 points (28 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2)
2. Ronald Reagan, +25 points (31 percent place in top-2, 6 percent place in bottom-2)
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt, +22 points (23 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2)
4. John F. Kennedy, +19 points (19 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2)
5. (tie) George Washington, +15 points (16 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2)
5. (tie) Bill Clinton, +15 points (28 percent place in top-2, 13 percent place in bottom-2)
7. Thomas Jefferson, +6 points (6 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2)
8. (tie) Teddy Roosevelt, +5 points (5 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2)
8. (tie) Harry S. Truman, +5 points (5 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2)
10. Dwight D. Eisenhower, +4 points (5 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2)
Voters’ list of the 10 worst presidents:
33. (tie) Andrew Johnson, -2 points (0 percent place in top-2, 2 percent place in bottom-2)
33. (tie) Warren G. Harding, -2 points (0 percent place in top-2, 2 percent place in bottom-2)
33. (tie) Calvin Coolidge, -2 points (0 percent place in top-2, 2 percent place in bottom-2)
36. (tie) Lyndon B. Johnson, -3 points (1 percent place in top-2, 4 percent place in bottom-2)
36. (tie) Gerald Ford, -3 points (1 percent place in top-2, 4 percent place in bottom-2)
38. Herbert Hoover, -4 points (0 percent place in top-2, 4 percent place in bottom-2)
39. George H.W. Bush, -9 points (4 percent place in top-2, 13 percent place in bottom-2)
40. Jimmy Carter, -20 points (5 percent place in top-2, 25 percent place in bottom-2)
41. Richard Nixon, -24 points (2 percent place in top-2, 26 percent place in bottom-2)
42. Barack Obama, -25 points (11 percent place in top-2, 36 percent place in bottom-2)
43. George W. Bush, -39 points (4 percent place in top-2, 43 percent place in bottom-2)
Now remember, this is a poll by a partisan news source that oversampled Democrats by 12%...but hey, the same people also rated George Washington and Bill Clinton equally!
That anyone would place Coolidge down so far is a sign of incredible ignorance -- same for Bush 41.
ReplyDeleteI know this is a flawed poll. Any poll that would have Ronald Reagan that high up among current Americans is definitely flawed.
ReplyDeleteAmerica is politically a left of center nation today. As such, if a candidate of Mr. Reagan political persuasion were to be introduced today he could not be elected. Furthermore America is trending further to the political left at an increasing rate of speed.
Now the poll did get something right. George W. Bush is by far and away the worst President in American history. As for Mr. Obama, his policies have been atrocious thus far but history is not through with him yet. If he can adapt to reality and chart policies accordingly, he may yet be a great leader. If he does not, he may challenge Mr. Bush for the title of the worst president ever.
I definitely believe Mr. Obama's current policies ought to be opposed and all reasonable efforts should be taken to replace him as POTUS, however, something needs to be udnerstood. As the first Africa American president and as a political leftist their is a vast resivor of good will toward Mr. Obama by the American people.
As such, oppositon to Mr. Obama should focus entirely on competence. If criticism of Mr. Obama is believe to be personal in nature or not relevant to his performance as POTUS, the Ameican people will close ranks around him and defeating him may become impossible.