Atlasian Observer - Historical Presidential Ratings - Results

[Peter]

Replies - 29

Nym90
Very Favourable - 42%
Somewhat Favourable - 37%
Indifferent - 16%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 5%
Very Unfavourable - 0%
(10 people gave no rating)

Gustaf
Very Favourable - 5%
Somewhat Favourable - 21%
Indifferent - 26%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 26%
Very Unfavourable - 21%
(10 people gave no rating)

John F Kennedy
Very Favourable - 37%
Somewhat Favourable - 32%
Indifferent - 21%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 5%
Very Unfavourable - 5%
(10 people gave no rating)

PBrunsel
Very Favourable - 37%
Somewhat Favourable - 23%
Indifferent - 9%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 23%
Very Unfavourable - 9%
(7 people left no rating)

True Democrat I
Very Favourable - 9%
Somewhat Favourable - 22%
Indifferent - 22%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 30%
Very Unfavourable - 13%
(7 people left no rating)

Alcon
Very Favourable - 9%
Somewhat Favourable - 50%
Indifferent - 14%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 18%
Very Unfavourable - 5%
(8 people left no rating)

Siege40
Very Favourable - 18%
Somewhat Favourable - 23%
Indifferent - 41%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 0%
Very Unfavourable - 14%
(8 people left no rating)

Joe Republic
Very Favourable - 43%
Somewhat Favourable - 39%
Indifferent - 17%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 0%
Very Unfavourable - 0%
(6 people left no rating)

Ebowed
Very Favourable - 28%
Somewhat Favourable -36%
Indifferent - 4%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 16%
Very Unfavourable - 20%
(4 people left no rating)

Al
Very Favourable - 29%
Somewhat Favourable - 13%
Indifferent - 38%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 13%
Very Unfavourable - 8%
(5 people left no rating)

Doctor Cynic
Very Favourable - 13%
Somewhat Favourable - 4%
Indifferent - 38%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 25%
Very Unfavourable - 21%
(5 people left no rating)

True Democrat II
Very Favourable - 16%
Somewhat Favourable - 12%
Indifferent - 40%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 16%
Very Unfavourable - 16%
(4 people left no rating)

Afleitch
Very Favourable - 19%
Somewhat Favourable - 33%
Indifferent - 19%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 19%
Very Unfavourable - 11%
(2 people left no rating)

Colin Wixted
Very Favourable - 43%
Somewhat Favourable - 21%
Indifferent - 21%
Somewhat Unfavourable - 4%
Very Unfavourable - 11%
(1 person left no rating)

Net Favourability
Nym90: 79-5 = 74%
Gustaf: 26-47 = -21%
JFK: 69-10 = 59%
PBrunsel: 60-32 = 28%
True Dem I: 31-43 =-12%
Alcon: 59-23% = 36%
Siege40: 41-14 = 27%
Joe Republic: 82-0 = 82%
Ebowed: 64-36 = 28%
Al: 42-21 = 21%
Dr Cynic: 17-46 = -29%
True Dem II: 28-32 = -4%
Afleitch: 52-30 = 22%
Colin Wixted: 64-15 = 49%

Net Favourability - ranked

Joe Republic	82%
Nym90	74%
John F Kennedy	59%
Colin Wixted	49%
Alcon	36%
Ebowed	28%
PBrunsel	28%
Siege40	27%
Afleitch	22%
Al	21%
True Dem II	-4%
True Dem I	-12%
Gustaf	-21%
Dr Cynic	-29%

Greatest President votes
Colin Wixted - 7
John F Kennedy - 6
Nym90 - 4
PBrunsel - 3
Ebowed - 3
Alcon - 2
Afleitch - 2
Al - 1
Dr Cynic - 1
Everybody else - 0

[bgwah]

I've always thought throwing out Nym for Gustaf was one of the biggest mistakes voters ever made.

[Hash]

Could someone enlighten me greatly on the presidencies of Atlasia's first Presidents? The wiki doesn't say much on that, atleast what I saw.

[Peter]

Complete.

A few interesting results. Joe Republic has a high net favourability (in fact he has no unfavourables, which certainly isn't my recollection of his Presidency) but no votes for Greatest President.

Whilst Ebowed and PBrunsel were both very controversial Presidents, they were nonetheless actually active in the role, yet they only just rank above Siege40, who was abominable, and both did more than one or two of those above them. Undoubtedly their controversial nature drives their scores down.

There were 2 predictable high achievers - Nym90 and JFK - both scored well both in favourability and Greatest votes. Also Colin Wixted ultimately won the Greatest vote, but he undoubtedly benefits from the fact that more people know about him and realistically some time must be allowed to pass before a true appraisal of his Presidency can be made.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I'm a little surprised that the footnote-in-history that was my brief tenure in office managed to get any very favourables or any very unfavourables. The plurality of indifference is, IMO anyway, correct.

Not sure how Siege, who was IIRC very critical of his own performance, managed to get a net positive rating though. I liked him personally and voted for him, but he was a lousy President, probably one of the worst we've had.

[minionofmidas]

Not sure how Siege, who was IIRC very critical of his own performance, managed to get a net positive rating though. I liked him personally and voted for him, but he was a lousy President, probably one of the worst we've had.

Yeah, that was the time when I almost quit Atlasia for good.

[Joe Republic]

A few interesting results. Joe Republic has a high net favourability (in fact he has no unfavourables, which certainly isn't my recollection of his Presidency) but no votes for Greatest President.

As flattering as this result is, I find it to be highly implausible.  For pretty much the entire time I was in office, I got bitched at from all sides.

(FTR, I didn't vote in this poll.)

[Peter]

I think that several respondents allowed their opinions of the individual cloud their view of the person's Presidency. Certainly Joe is a very popular poster on the board - this undoubtedly helped him. It also tends to explain why Al and Alcon did better than one might have expected - generally they are very well liked in the forum at large (alternatively, I think Al's Presidency gains some plaudits for his self-sacrificing action to attempt to keep the GM going). And, I think it explains Ebowed and PBrunsel's lower rating - they are not universally popular on the forum and have been involved in several non-Atlasian controversies - this may also have driven down their approval rating.

For the record, if I were to rank them top to bottom (I will reserve judgement on Colin):
1. John F Kennedy
2. Nym90
3. Ebowed
4. PBrunsel
5. Alcon
6. Al
7. Afleitch
8. TD II
9. Joe Republic
10. TD I
11. Gustaf
12. Siege40
13. Dr Cynic

[Alcon]

I love you all and everything, but I did nothing.  At all.  The other day, I even forgot I was President.

You're way too generous. 

[Gabu]

I love you all and everything, but I did nothing.  At all.  The other day, I even forgot I was President.

You're way too generous. 

Well, duh; libertarians found you to be a very good president.

[Peter]

I love you all and everything, but I did nothing.  At all.  The other day, I even forgot I was President.

You're way too generous. 

Thats not entirely true - you managed to stop the country descending into (yet another) civil war over the ratification of the Second Constitution. Consolidation is under-rated when the alternative is total chaos.

[Alcon]

I love you all and everything, but I did nothing.  At all.  The other day, I even forgot I was President.

You're way too generous. 

Thats not entirely true - you managed to stop the country descending into (yet another) civil war over the ratification of the Second Constitution. Consolidation is under-rated when the alternative is total chaos.

I did?  I vaguely remember that.

Wow, I guess I wasn't that bad, then.  Cool. 

[Хahar 🤔]

Bump. Let's do this again.

[12th Doctor]

I've always thought throwing out Nym for Gustaf was one of the biggest mistakes voters ever made.

As have I.  The bigger mistake, from my perspective, was resigning the Vice-Presidency in protest before consulting Gus on his future plans... which included immediate resignation.

Such is life.

[Colin]

Wow, number 4 on the list of most approved of Presidents. I'll take that. Also the second highest approval rating of any president who was not from the year 2004, the mythical Golden Age.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

the year 2004, the mythical Golden Age.

Which, like all good Golden Ages, no one thought golden at the time!

[Хahar 🤔]

Could someone enlighten me greatly on the presidencies of Atlasia's first Presidents? The wiki doesn't say much on that, atleast what I saw.

'Twould be nice.

[12th Doctor]

Could someone enlighten me greatly on the presidencies of Atlasia's first Presidents? The wiki doesn't say much on that, atleast what I saw.

'Twould be nice.

For the most part, they are overrated.  I was there, I remember.  I love Nym, but he was no Washington.  JFK was good, but I think most of his aura has to do with him not being bad, which doesn't say much for our early Presidents in general.

[Joe Republic]

I think every President deserves some kind of accolade for preventing a certain perennial candidate from ever reaching the highest office.


Just kiddin', Chris. 

[Colin]

the year 2004, the mythical Golden Age.

Which, like all good Golden Ages, no one thought golden at the time!

Well of course, that's the nature of the "Golden Age".

Could someone enlighten me greatly on the presidencies of Atlasia's first Presidents? The wiki doesn't say much on that, atleast what I saw.

'Twould be nice.

For the most part, they are overrated.  I was there, I remember.  I love Nym, but he was no Washington.  JFK was good, but I think most of his aura has to do with him not being bad, which doesn't say much for our early Presidents in general.

I have to agree with Chris here. I wasn't around for the Nym administration but the aura of greatness surrounding JFK has more to do with him actually doing something in the position, after the disasterous Gustaf administration, and actually being the first Atlasian President to work, somewhat, with the Senate, actually get involved in debates, etc. The two "great" Presidents of 2004 were mostly looked upon as that good because they were both better than Gustaf and better than those that came after them, True Dem, Alcon, Siege. We didn't really have a President of the same calibre again until Joe was elected in October 2005.

[Хahar 🤔]

the year 2004, the mythical Golden Age.

Which, like all good Golden Ages, no one thought golden at the time!

Well of course, that's the nature of the "Golden Age".

Could someone enlighten me greatly on the presidencies of Atlasia's first Presidents? The wiki doesn't say much on that, atleast what I saw.

'Twould be nice.

For the most part, they are overrated.  I was there, I remember.  I love Nym, but he was no Washington.  JFK was good, but I think most of his aura has to do with him not being bad, which doesn't say much for our early Presidents in general.

I have to agree with Chris here. I wasn't around for the Nym administration but the aura of greatness surrounding JFK has more to do with him actually doing something in the position, after the disasterous Gustaf administration, and actually being the first Atlasian President to work, somewhat, with the Senate, actually get involved in debates, etc. The two "great" Presidents of 2004 were mostly looked upon as that good because they were both better than Gustaf and better than those that came after them, True Dem, Alcon, Siege. We didn't really have a President of the same calibre again until Joe was elected in October 2005.

What made the great Presidents great?

[Colin]

What made the great Presidents great?

Not being as bad as the bad Presidents.

[Хahar 🤔]

What made the great Presidents great?

Not being as bad as the bad Presidents.

But really, what?