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Presidential students ranked Joe Biden 14th in a brand new survey rating presidents, whereas Donald Trump was in final place.
The Presidential Greatness Survey was polled by presidential students and specialists from all political ideologies, and have been requested to rank all presidents on a scale of 0 to 100.
Who’s the best president of all time?
Abraham Lincoln was destined to turn into the best president in American historical past. FDR got here in second place and George Washington got here in third.
Right here's what the survey discovered:
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The outcomes of this rating are much like the outcomes of our earlier surveys (launched in 2015 and 2018): Abraham Lincoln once more tops the record (95.03 common), adopted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (90.83), George Washington (90.32), Teddy Are. Roosevelt (78.58), Thomas Jefferson (77.53), Harry Truman (75.34), Barack Obama (73.8), and Dwight Eisenhower (73.73).
Essentially the most notable adjustments on this order are Franklin Delano Roosevelt's transfer to #2 from final 12 months's third place and Dwight Eisenhower's transfer again to #8 from final 12 months's #6. The underside half of the rankings are additionally comparatively steady. Donald Trump has the bottom charges (10.92), adopted by James Buchanan (16.71), Andrew Johnson (21.56), Franklin Pierce (24.6), William Henry Harrison (26.01) and Warren Harding (27.76).
Essentially the most exceptional factor in regards to the considerations of the remaining presidents is who has risen and fallen over time. Since our preliminary survey, there have been important adjustments within the rankings of a number of presidents. Barack Obama is up 9 locations (from 16 to #7) and Ulysses S. Grant climbed up (26 to #17), whereas Andrew Jackson fell 12 spots (9 to 21) and Calvin Coolidge dropped 12 spots (9 to 21). 7 positions (#27 to #34).
Biden is forward of each Republican president besides Eisenhower. Curiously, every of the final three Democratic presidents ranked within the prime 15. Barack Obama is at seventh place. Invoice Clinton is in twelfth place and Joe Biden is in 14th place.
Of the final three Republican presidents, George H.W. Bush ranks highest at nineteenth. George W. Bush ranked thirty second, and Donald Trump ranked forty fifth.
Donald Trump has been rated the worst president in American historical past.
It's not arduous to know why Trump was final in American historical past. Trump has extra impeachments (2) than legislative accomplishments (0). Trump misplaced an election and tried to overthrow the federal government whereas he was in workplace. Trump mismanaged the coronavirus pandemic and is just the second president in historical past to depart workplace having misplaced extra jobs than he created.
Trump's document as president is appalling, however Republicans are about to appoint him as the usual bearer of their presidency. Republicans are going to pit the worst president in historical past towards somebody who’s on his option to turning into among the best.
It doesn’t matter what the media believes, this election is more likely to be fully disastrous for Republicans.
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