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

[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.

[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

[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.