Your favourite politicians

[LAKISYLVANIA]

American:
1. Bernie Sanders
2. Richard Ojeda
3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
4. Andrew Yang
5. Julia Salazar
6. Rashida Tlaib
7. Sherrod Brown
8. Jessica Cisneros
9. Ro Khanna
10. J.D. Scholten

Past (after 1900):
1. Eugene V. Debs
2. Robert M. La Follette
3. Henry Wallace
4. Frank Church
5. William Jennings Bryan
6. Edmund Muskie
7. Eugene McCarthy
8. Robert F. Kennedy
9. Hubert H. Humphrey
10. Theodore Roosevelt

International:
1. Ada Colau
2. Jeremy Corbyn
3. Benoit Hamon
4. Yanis Varoufakis
5. Raoul Hedebouw
6. José Mujica
7. Evo Morales
8. Natalie Eggermont
9. Line De Witte
10. Giuseppe Conte

Past International:
1. Salvatore Allende
2. Tony Benn
3. Leon Trotsky
4. Vladimir Lenin
5. Clement Attlee
6. Willy Brandt
7. Paul-Henri Spaak
8. Rosa Luxemburg
9. Che Guevara
10. Francois Mitterand

Right-wing politicians:
1. Josh Hawley
2. Boris Johnson
3. Ron DeSantis
4. John Kasich
5. Marine Le Pen

Could've forgotten someone, but oh well.

[😥]

USA:

Fmr. VP Joe Biden (D-DE)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV)
Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL)
Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA)
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI)
Gov. Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC)
Fmr. Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D-NY)
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA)
Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov. Phil Scott (R-VT)
Fmr. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)

Fmr. VP Al Gore (D-TN)
Fmr. Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)
Fmr. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Fmr. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Fmr. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)
Fmr. Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Gen. Wesley Clark (D-AR)

Past:
Fmr. Gov. Bob Casey Sr. (D-PA)
Fmr. Gov. Mario Cuomo (D-NY)
Fmr. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)

FDR, LBJ, John McCain, Wendell Ford, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Dwight Eisenhower, Mike Mansfield, Fritz Hollings, Edmund Muskie, Richard Lugar, Hubert Humphrey, Jacob Javits, RFK, JFK, Ted Kennedy, Birch Bayh, Hugh Scott, Everett Dirksen, Howard Baker, John Glenn, Sam Rayburn, Alben Barkley

This is a very small part of my favorite politicians

Ukraine

Fmr. President Petro Poroshenko
Fmr. PM Volodymyr Groysman
MP Oleksiy Goncharenko
MP Sofia Fedyna
MP Volodymyr Ariev
MP Iryna Gerashchenko
MP Maria Ionova
MP Artur Gerasimov
MP Mykhailo Zabrodskiy
MP Yana Zinkevych
MP Nina Yuzhanina

[America Needs R'hllor]

I'll use the same metrics because why not.

American Present
1. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) explanation: she's not my favourite on policy or style or most things, but I really can't find one person who stands out enough to be first so I placed her first for the amazing way she lead the opposition to Trump
2. Barack Obama (D-IL)
3. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
4. Al Gore (D-TN)
5. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
6. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
7. Jason Kander (D-MO)
8. Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
9. Jerry Nadler (D-NY)
10. Russ Feingold (D-WI)

Past (after 1900)
1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY)
2. Harry Truman (D-MO)
3. Bella Abzug (D-NY)
4. Fiorello La Guardia (R-NY)
5. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY)
6. Herbert Lehman (D-NY)
7. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)
8. Wendell Willkie (R-IN)
9. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY)
10. Dwight Eisenhower (R-NY)

(GODDAMNIT New York )

International:
1. Jacinda Arden (Labour-New Zealand)
2. Yair Golan (Independent/Meretz-Israel)
3. Pedro Sánchez (Socialist-Spain)
4. Stav Shaffir (Green-Israel)
5. Justin Trudeau (Liberal-Canada)
6. Frans Timmermans (PvdA-Netherlands)
7. Christian Kern (Social Democratic-Austria)
8. Keir Starmer (Labour-United Kingdom)
9. Sanna Marin (Social Democratic-Finland)
10. António Costa (Socialist-Portugal)

Past International
1. David Ben Gurion (Mapai-Israel)
2. David Lloyd George (Liberal-United Kingdom)
3. Yitzhak Rabin (Labour-Israel)
4. Konrad Adenauer (Christian Democratic-Germany)
5. Willy Brandt (Social Democratic-Germany)
6. Pierre Trudeau (Liberal-Canada)
7. Winston Churchill (Conservative-United Kingdom)
8. François Mitterrand (Socialist-France)
9. Levi Eshkol (Labour-Israel)
10. Clement Attlee (Labour-United Kingdom)
11. Menachem Begin (Likud-Israel)

[Santander]

Darryl W Perry (L-NH)

[LAKISYLVANIA]

I'll use the same metrics because why not.

American Present:
1. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) explanation: she's not my favourite on policy or style or most things, but I really can't find one person who stands out enough to be first so I placed her first for the amazing way she lead the opposition to Trump
2. Barack Obama (D-IL)
3. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
4. Al Gore (D-TN)
5. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
6. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
7. Jason Kander (D-MO)
8. Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
9. Jerry Nadler (D-NY)
10. Russ Feingold (D-WI)

Past (after 1900)
1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY)
2. Harry Truman (D-MO)
3. Bella Abzug (D-NY)
4. Fiorello La Guardia (D-NY)
5. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY)
6. Herbert Lehman (D-NY)
7. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)
8. Wendell Willkie (R-IN)
9. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY)
10. Dwight Eisenhower (R-NY)

(GODDAMNIT New York )

International:
1. Jacinda Arden (Labour-New Zealand)
2. Yair Golan (Independent/Meretz-Israel)
3. Pedro Sánchez (Socialist-Spain)
4. Stav Shaffir (Green-Israel)
5. Justin Trudeau (Liberal-Canada)
6. Frans Timmermans (PvdA-Netherlands)
7. Christian Kern (Social Democratic-Austria)
8. Keir Starmer (Labour-United Kingdom)
9. Sanna Marin (Social Democratic-Finland)
10. António Costa (Socialist-Portugal)

Past International:
1. David Ben Gurion (Mapai-Israel)
2. David Lloyd George (Liberal-United Kingdom)
3. Yitzhak Rabin (Labour-Israel)
4. Pierre Trudeau (Liberal-Canada)
5. Konrad Adenauer (Christian Democratic-Germany)
6. Willy Brandt (Social Democratic-Germany)
7. Winston Churchill (Conservative-United Kingdom)
8. François Mitterrand (Socialist-France)
9. Levi Eshkol (Labour-Israel)
10. Clement Attlee (Labour-United Kingdom)
11. Menachem Begin (Likud-Israel)

Mitterand, Brandt and Attlee who were defendors or builders of the welfare state are definitely massive FF's. Adenauer is also FF. I have a lot of respect for Churchill as well (as a left-winger who has lol Lenin in his list, but it's true). I don't know any Israeli politicians except for Gantz/Netanyahu.

Marin and Ardern are true FF's. Did you know Ardern proposed a 30 hour work week, something we campaign with the PVDA for in Belgium. She definitely has gone up in my approval booking. I just like too many politicians to add her, Sarin, Frederiksen and Jakobsdottir but they definitely deserve a mention. Kern, Sanchez and Timmermans are great as well. And i'm glad you didn't mention Macron, because I don't like him. That alone makes your list great. FDR just didn't made my list, he should have though, but America has had so many great politicians. Truman is also awesome. I can't add them all to my list unfortunately.

Good list overall.

[President Johnson]

I list them without ranking.


Current American politicians:

- Joe Biden
- Andrew Cuomo
- Jon Tester
- Steve Bullock
- Kathy Hochul
- Gretchen Whitmer
- Gavin Newsom
- Eleni Kounalakis
- Charlie Baker
- Phil Scott
- Roy Cooper
- Abigail Spanberger
- Harley Rouda
- Nanette Barragan
- Charlie Crist
- Catherine Cortez-Masto
- Doug Jones
- Cory Booker
- Tim Kaine
- Mark Warner
- Jennifer Wexton
- Stephanie Murphy
- Adam Schiff
- Veronica Escobar
- Tish James
- Pete Buttigieg
- Keisha Lance Bottoms
- London Breed
- Eric Garcetti

Retired: Barack Obama, Al Gore, Jerry Brown, Michael Bloomberg. Bonus: Joe Scarborough

Historically: Lyndon B. Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller, FDR, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Wendell Willkie, Abraham Lincoln, Mario Cuomo, Lawton Chiles, Frank Church


Germany:

- Olaf Scholz
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- Sigmar Gabriel
- Martin Schulz
- Katharina Barley
- Malu Dreyer
- Winfried Kretschmann
- Armin Laschet
- Boris Palmer
- Wolfgang Kubicki

Favorite chancellor: Helmut Schmidt


International:

- Emmanuel Macron
- Justin Trudeau
- Guy Verhofstadt
- Jacinda Ardern
- Zuzana Caputova
- Edouard Philppe
- Mette Frederiksen
- Frans Timmermans
- Pedro Sanchez
- Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Retired: Tony Blair

[LAKISYLVANIA]

For Belgium:
1. Natalie Eggermont (climate activist, young and female, have actually talked to her, and she topped our list in my province. Very busy as she's busy saving lifes as an emergency nurse. She is from my city, and might get elected into parliament next election if PVDA keeps polling like this)
2. Line De Witte (young and female, charismatic)
3. Raoul Hedebouw (perfectly bilingual, funny, but very populist)
4. Peter Mertens (our chairman)
5. Ilona Vandenberghe (spanish teacher, female, and have also talked to her, and she topped our list as well
Bonus: Marc Van Ranst (virologist, and he's going viral nowadays)

All from PVDA.



The most famous Belgian politicians ranked:
1. Raoul Hedebouw (PVDA) - populist, i love his style and he's great.
2. Peter Mertens (PVDA) - our chairman, the man who's responsible for the modernization of PVDA.
3. Hilde Crevits (CD&V) - a woman who appeals a lot to families and parents. Very good politician. Would be my choice to become PM if i had to choose someone who isn't part of PVDA.
4. Sophie Wilmès (MR) - surprising pick, but i like our PM. Reasonably good, although invisible during this coronacrisis and absolutely not charismatic.
5. Ben Weyts (N-VA) - also very surprising, but I don't particulary like him. It's just I dislike the rest more. He has done some good things in terms of animal rights which is why i respect him.
6. Bart Tommelein (Open VLD) - he should have become chairman and not Lachaert. He is a principled man who has done some good things and is a good mayor. Was the centrist candidate for Open VLD running
7. Conner Rousseau (s.pa) - "populist" who claims that he doesn't work with populists, made some moves towards N-VA, calls the greens to green. I have a lot of issues with him, but well there are worse things.
8. Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) - can respect him, has done some good things, to the left of Open VLD
9. Kristof Calvo (Green) - populist, who admires Macron, Merkel and EU, but is also a Catalan and Flemish nationalist. He's very rude in parliament. I dislike him. Comes across as a know-it-all
10. Meyrem Almaci (Green) - Out of touch, even with her base.
11. Maggie De Block (Open VLD) - our health minister who was a doctor but fails to realize how expensive doctors visits and medical costs are, so HP.
12. Koen Geens (CD&V) - boring & bland, but that's about it
13. Bart De Wever (N-VA) - leader of N-VA, can respect him, but that's about it
14. Wouter Beke (CD&V) - boring & bland, and yeah a tsjeef like we say it
15. Tom Van Grieken (VB) - can respect him, but racist
16. Theo Francken (N-VA) - right-wing populist, to the right of N-VA, i dislike him strongly. And endorsed Tulsi Gabbard lol which was a weird but fun move
17. Jan Jambon (N-VA) - same as Francken but less populist, more elitarian
18. Pieter De Crem (CD&V) - career politician who has done terrible things, authoritarian, out of touch, is in favour of expanding military's budget, and is very hard on COVID-19 quarantine rulebreakers. I dislike him strongly. He is corrupt, but he's someone HillGoose might like.
19. Filip De Winter (VB) - fascist scum
20. Dries Van Langenhove (VB) - openly neo-nazi scum, troll, white flemish identitarian, claims to represent the youth as youngest parliamentary member, but is anything but that all. Imagine Candace Owens, Lauren Southern (she spoke for their white identitarian group). If i had to choose between him and David Duke, i choose without a doubt David Duke, he's that bad. Likes to pose with Hitler. Calls openly to attack muslims and left-wingers, claims a cultural war is going, i can go on, but he's scum. Very dangerous person. Would vote for anyone but him.

[HillGoose]

1. Liz Cheney
2. Tim Scott
3. Nikki Haley
4. Condoleezza Rice
5. Mitt Romney
6. idk who else

[S019]

Democrats

1. Hillary Clinton
2. Dianne Feinstein
3. Chuck Schumer
4. Joe Biden
5. Nancy Pelosi

Republicans

1. Susan Collins
2. Charlie Baker
3. Phil Scott
4. Larry Hogan
5. Lisa Murkowski

Picked my top five from each party

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Democrats

1. Hillary Clinton
2. Dianne Feinstein
3. Chuck Schumer
4. Joe Biden
5. Nancy Pelosi

Lol @picking 4 out of 5 my least favourite Democrats.

[scutosaurus]

American:
Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI)
Jared Polis (D-CO)
John Delaney (D-MD)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
Jen Jordan (D-GA)
Elaine Luria (D-VA)
Abby Finkenauer (D-IA)
Roy Cooper (D-NC)
Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)

Past American:
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
Jacob Javits (R-NY)
Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)
Harry Truman (D-MO)
Shirley Chisholm (D-NY)
Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Barack Obama (D-IL)
Eleanor Roosevelt (D-NY)

International:
Annie Lööf (Centre-Sweden)
Stav Shaffir (Green-Israel)
Sanna Marin (Social Democratic-Finland)
Maria Ohisalo (Green-Finland)
Jacinda Ardern (Labour-New Zealand)
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat-UK)
Tsai Ing-wen (DPP-Taiwan)
Guy Verhofstadt (Open VLD-Belgium)
Martin Lee (Democratic-Hong Kong)

Past International:
Tzipi Livni (Hatnua-Israel)
Lee Teng-hui (KMT-Taiwan)
Yitzhak Rabin (Labor-Israel)
Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrat-UK)
Roy Jenkins (Liberal Democrat-UK)
David Lloyd George (Liberal-UK)
Seretse Khama (Democratic-Botswana)

[VPH]

American:
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Brandon Whipple (D-KS)
John Bel Edwards (D-LA)
Joe Biden (D-DE)
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Sharice Davids (D-KS)
Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Dan Lipinski (D-IL)

Past American:
Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY)
Franklin Roosevelt (D-NY)
Bob Casey Sr. (D, PA)
Barack Obama (D-IL)
Walter Jones Jr. (R, NC)
Fred Harris (D-OK)
Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
George Norris (D-NE)
Barbara Jordan (D-TX)
Teddy Roosevelt (R-NY)

International:
Antonio Costa (PS-Portugal)
Wayne Long (Liberal-Canada)
Steven Guilbeault (Liberal-Canada)
Carlos Leitão (PLQ-Quebec, Canada)
David Alton (LibDem/Independent-UK)
Stav Shaffir (Green-Israel)
Jacinda Ardern (Labour-New Zealand)
Charlie Angus (NDP-Canada)
Rachel Bendayan (Liberal-Canada)
Mette Frederiksen (Social Democrats-Denmark)

Past International:
Mário Soares (PS-Portugal)
Lester Pearson (Liberal-Canada)
Tommy Douglas (NDP-Canada)
Yitzhak Rabin (Labor-Israel)
Benjamin Disraeli (Tory-UK)
Lech Wałęsa (Solidarity-Poland)
Helen Suzman (Progressive-South Africa)
Nelson Mandela (ANC-South Africa)
François Mitterrand (PS-France)
Peter Shore (Labour-UK)