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Within the newest 2024 Presidential Greatness Mission’s knowledgeable ballot unveiled over the weekend, Abraham Lincoln was hailed because the foremost amongst US presidents, whereas Donald Trump discovered himself on the backside rung. This survey, a continuation of research carried out in 2015 and 2018, aimed to “create a ranking of presidential greatness that covered all presidents from George Washington to Joe Biden,” wrote challenge’s co-leaders, Brandon Rottinghaus, a political science professor on the College of Houston, and Justin Vaughn, a political science professor at Coastal Carolina College.
Survey contributors rated every president on a 0 to 100 scale concerning their “overall greatness,” with zero indicating failure, 50 common, and 100 excellent. These scores had been then averaged and the presidents had been ranked accordingly.
The survey positioned Lincoln on the pinnacle with a median of 95.03, with Franklin Delano Roosevelt securing the second spot with a rating of 90.83. Following intently had been George Washington with 90.32, Teddy Roosevelt with 78.58, and Thomas Jefferson with 77.53.
Trump was positioned on the very finish, scoring a ten.92 common, even beneath James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, William Henry Harrison, and Warren Harding, as per the findings of the Presidential Greatness Mission.
Apparently, President Joe Biden achieved a noteworthy place, securing the 14th spot with a 62.7 ranking.
“Biden’s most important achievements may be that he rescued the presidency from Trump, resumed a more traditional style of presidential leadership and is gearing up to keep the office out of his predecessor’s hands this fall,” the survey stated.
The present findings draw from the suggestions of 154 students specializing in presidential politics, all members of the American Political Science Affiliation, based mostly on a survey performed on-line through Qualtrics from November 15 to December 31, 2023.
In his dialogue with Newsweek, Vaughn mirrored on the longstanding custom of such rankings, historically dominated by historians, whereas the Presidential Greatness Mission solicited views from political science specialists. He stated, “Lincoln has topped the list all three times we have conducted this survey,” including that Trump’s last-place rating was according to the 2018 outcomes, although he was not included within the 2015 survey as Obama was then in workplace.
Trump was additionally recognized because the “most polarizing” president on this survey. “Donald Trump is by far the most polarizing of the ranked presidents, selected by 170 respondents and earning a 1.64 average (1 is a “most polarizing” ranking). Andrew Jackson is second-most polarizing (74, 3.4), followed by Obama (69, 3.4), and Reagan (66, 3.6). Conversely, George Washington is clearly the least polarizing president, selected by 125 respondents and earning a 1.25 average (1 is a “least polarizing” ranking). Washington is followed by Eisenhower (91, 2.7), Lincoln (60, 1.8), and Truman (45, 3.5),” the survey stated.

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