Likely Voters: Carter Was a Better President than Obama..what say you?
Space Invader
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According to a Newsweek/Daily Beast poll of likely voters, Barack Obama now rates behind Jimmy Carter in the pantheon of great presidents. The poll asked likely voters to list the two best and the two worst presidents the history of the United States. Here are the tallies, based on net results:
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)
THE 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)
Note: there are only 43 (rather than 44) presidents because Grover Cleveland (who tied for 25th) was both our 22nd and 24th president.
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- Bob 2012/07/21 15:18:55Undecided
Obama talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. What did Jimmy do?reply - burningsnowman 2012/07/04 18:52:34Obama deserves the bottom rankingOf course Obama and Carter are both bad Presidents but relative to what the US has had the last 80 years Carter doesn't actually look that bad. I'd certainly take Carter over any President in my lifetime (I'm close to 24).reply
- mich52 2012/07/04 14:31:50UndecidedThe WS isn't credible but they at least got the worse President right.....reply
- AL 2012/07/04 08:21:43 (edited)Obama deserves the bottom ranking+1Obama is really the worst of the worst nowreply
- bman~AVA 2012/07/04 07:49:11Obama deserves the bottom ranking+1Well, being that I think that Obama is the worst president ever then yes I think Carter was indeed a better president.reply
- U-Dog 2012/07/04 06:52:30Obama deserves itObama could not be a worse more divisive and economically destructive president if he was purposefully trying to be and I am sure that Carter is somewhat relieved-- for posterity sake --to know that the prize is finally changing hands.
reply - WhereIsAmerica? ~PWCM~JLA 2012/07/04 06:35:45Obama deserves it+3Obama is a terrible President.reply
- ~HopelessRomanticM17~ 2012/07/04 06:31:55Biased poll!No, I don't think so.reply
- Ken 2012/07/04 05:11:14None of the abovePretty equal to me.reply
- Singerar 2012/07/04 04:04:40None of the above+1Obama is and will continue to be far above carter.reply
- Damon 2012/07/04 02:17:40 (edited)Undecided+1I'm old enough to recall the Carter administration, and that was some very difficult times... Long gas lines, gasoline rationing, inflation through the roof, appearing weak militarily... With that said, I feel Carter probably deserves it... "but"reply
- Calm down! 2012/07/04 01:51:54Obama deserves the bottom ranking+1It shows how fake the polls are too! They show almost a tie right now. What a joke! I would take Jimmy Carter anyday!reply
- richie 2012/07/04 01:32:39Obama deserves the bottom ranking+2At least carter is a us citizen. So YES he was a better president!reply
- Phantom 2012/07/04 00:32:16UndecidedI know damn well Carter was a better man than Reagan, or Bush.reply
- dallas 2012/07/03 23:12:25
- santa6642 2012/07/03 22:52:46None of the above+2He was a lot sharper as far as common sense went.reply
- BifDaddy 2012/07/03 22:46:03Obama deserves the bottom ranking+4Carter is the lesser of two losers.reply
- Nimitz 2012/07/03 22:43:25Obama deserves the bottom ranking+4By comparison to Obama Carter was a paragon of virtue.reply
- The Duke 2012/07/03 22:41:43Obama deserves the bottom ranking+2Top or bottom of the list...whichever stands for WORST PRESIDENT EVER is what he deserves.reply
- exhon2009 2012/07/03 21:28:40Undecided+4This is a tough one. Jimmy Carter was pretty bad. The only thing the country had to cheer for four years was a victory in a hockey game.reply
- Willy 2012/07/03 21:14:04Obama deserves the bottom ranking+4The poll is pretty close but not quite. Jimmy Carter was the worst president, but not any more. Obama has beaten him out. Things were much better under Bush than they are under obama.
reply - Phantom Willy 2012/07/04 00:35:14Who was the person who brought this country out of the Great Bush Recession, if it wasn't Obama???reply
- Willy Phantom 2012/07/04 00:54:45+4You must have your head buried in the sand because it is much worse now than when obama took over.reply
- Phantom Willy 2012/07/04 03:14:05This country was in a total freefall when Bush left office. Obama stopped the slide, and the country has recovered , but not as much as some of us would like. The stock market has almost totally recoveredreply
- Willy Phantom 2012/07/04 15:23:28You need to stop listening to PRAVDA (abc, cbs, nbc, cnn,msnbc and pbs).reply
- Phantom Willy 2012/07/04 15:55:37Say NO to FAUX news.reply
- Willy Phantom 2012/07/04 18:10:18FOX is the only network that even begins to tell you the truth about what's going on. PRAVDA has liars like Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams, George Stephenopolis, David Gregory, Chuck Todd and many, many more. They are all carrying on Khrushchev's plan to take America down from within, without firing a shot.reply
- burning... Phantom 2012/07/04 18:57:57The stock market is very low volume and adjusted for inflation it's actually LOST money the last 13 years. That's with trillions in bailouts for the ultra rich. Unemployment never improved, it's higher than when Obama got in. And even then the figure is significantly LOWER than reality because a lot of people the government just stopped counting as unemployed after awhile ("discouraged workers") or never counted in the first place (the self-employed). Between 2007 and 2010 americans on average lost 40% of their wealth. If the economy was out of recession by 2009 how come people were still getting poorer? How come food stamps have continued to go way, way up after the "economy recovered"? Because it never actually did, all that happened was the rich got richer.reply
- AL Phantom 2012/07/04 08:24:30LOL!reply
- burning... Willy 2012/07/04 19:18:06There's tons of worse Presidents than Carter. Look at how bad LBJ was.reply
- dubbie 2012/07/03 20:59:40None of the above+3Two peas in a pod
reply - Billyk75 2012/07/03 20:50:34None of the above+1Not saying much.reply
- Andrew 2012/07/03 20:08:02Undecided+2I believe he is ranked way too high! I don't know what this means for the elections, but I hope that is where he finishes among this years candidates. Right behind the candidate for the Green Party!reply
- Phantom Andrew 2012/07/04 03:16:49You must be referring to Romney.reply
- Andrew Phantom 2012/07/04 11:04:09Romney has never been president, so obviously I am NOT!reply
- skroehr 2012/07/03 19:59:19None of the aboveI have a much higher regard for Gerald Ford than most of the folks who took this poll, apparently. But other than that, it's about how I'd rank the Presidents. Seriously. Looks pretty darn close.reply
- Mark P. 2012/07/03 19:48:14Undecided+1equally badreply
- jackolantyrn356 2012/07/03 19:34:26Biased poll!Just how thin must I trim the mustard to get the original question?reply
- Lanikai 2012/07/03 19:29:35Obama deserves the bottom ranking+6Obie is the WORST ever.reply
- Arya 2012/07/03 19:26:51Obama deserves the bottom ranking+7reply
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