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Question: Who was the most popular president
#1
George Washington		  
#2
John Adams		  
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Thomas Jefferson		  
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James Madison		  
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James Monroe		  
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John Quincy Adams		  
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Andrew Jackson		  
#8
Martin Van Buren		  
#9
William Henry Harrison		  
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John Tyler		  
#11
James K. Polk		  
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Zachary Taylor		  
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Millard Fillmore		  
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Franklin Pierce		  
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James Buchanan		  
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Abraham Lincoln		  
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Andrew Johnson		  
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Ulysses S Grant		  
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Rutherford B. Hayes		  
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James Garfield		  
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Chester A. Arthur		  
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Grover Cleveland		  
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Benjamin Harrison		  
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William McKinley		  
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Theodore Roosevelt		  
#26
William Howard Taft		  
#27
Woodrow Wilson		  
#28
Warren G. Harding		  
#29
Calvin Coolidge		  
#30
Herbert Hoover		  
#31
Franklin D. Roosevelt		  
#32
Harry Truman		  
#33
Dwight D. Eisenhower		  
#34
John F. Kennedy		  
#35
Lyndon B. Johnson		  
#36
Richard Nixon		  
#37
Gerald Ford		  
#38
Jimmy Carter		  
#39
Ronald Reagan		  
#40
George Bush		  
#41
Bill Clinton		  
#42
George W. Bush		  
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Total Voters: 33

Author Topic: Most popular president  (Read 7343 times)
A18
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E: 9.23, S: -6.35
« on: June 06, 2005, 01:58:31 PM »
Jimmy Carter, obviously.

No, really, it's hard to tell for those old ones, because we don't have polling data (at least not reliable data, I don't think) for their presidencies.

Also, it depends what period. GWB and GHWB were both insanely popular after their respective foreign adventures. It'd be interesting to get the top Gallup rating for each president we have data for.

If you mean the presidency as a whole, it's got to be FDR, out of the modern presidents. He had something like 70% approval ratings, right?
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A18
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E: 9.23, S: -6.35
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2005, 02:29:57 PM »
Does anyone here subscribe to Gallup? That's probably the best way to find out.
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A18
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E: 9.23, S: -6.35
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2005, 02:57:04 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on June 06, 2005, 02:49:51 PM
Lincoln, with Washington a close second.

The poll question is: who was the most popular? I think he means through their respective terms.
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A18
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« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2005, 03:50:32 PM »
When was FDR unpopular?

Anyone have FDR's lowest approval rating?
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A18
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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2005, 09:29:48 AM »
Quote from: Senator PBrunsel on June 06, 2005, 05:47:49 PM
Quote from: Monopolization on June 06, 2005, 03:50:32 PM
Anyone have FDR's lowest approval rating?


Right after his court packing scheme fell through. The GOP made major gains in the Midterm Elections of '38.


What was it at? Do you have the number?
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A18
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E: 9.23, S: -6.35
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2005, 08:00:29 PM »
Quote from: Liberty on June 07, 2005, 05:13:19 PM
They gained 6 senate seats and about 80 house seats (the latter would never happen today thanks to gerrymandering)

Not that. I meant his approval rating. Is this impossible to find or something?
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A18
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E: 9.23, S: -6.35
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2005, 06:14:46 PM »
Quote from: Senator PBrunsel on June 09, 2005, 05:51:42 PM
He was hated for most of his Presidency and only became well liked after he was shot.

Um, he got re-elected with 55% of the vote.
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A18
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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2005, 06:31:22 PM »
Hmm, okay then. I still say FDR.
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