Poll: Obama tops list ranking best president in Americans' lifetime
Poll: Obama tops list ranking best president in Americans' lifetime
More than 40 percent of Americans say that Barack Obama was the best or second-best president in their lifetime, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center.
The poll asked people in an open-ended format which president has done the best job in their lifetimes, using respondents' first and second choices for the survey's findings.
Forty-four percent of Americans said Obama was either the best or the second-best president in their lifetime, with 33 percent saying the same for Bill Clinton. Thirty-two percent said Ronald Regan was the best or second-best president in their lifetime.
Meanwhile, 19 percent said the same for President Trump, who has been in office since 2017.
The survey notes that Americans' views on the best president is largely tied to their age. Millennials were more likely than older generations to list Obama as the best president in their lifetime, while older Americans are much more likely to name Reagan as the best president.
Sixty-two percent of millennials believe Obama is either the best or second-best president in their lifetime. On the other hand, about 4 in 10 of the two older generations (baby boomers and the the silent generation) named Reagan the best president.
Pew notes that most millenials were born after Reagan presided as president.
The survey shows that a divide along party lines exists. Seventy-one percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say Obama is the best or second-best president in their lifetime. Meanwhile, 57 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say Reagan was the best in their lifetime.
The Pew survey was conducted from June 5 to 12 among a population of 2,002 adults. The survey has a margin of error of 2.6 percentage points.
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What in hell is wrong with the 19% of Americans who think Trump is worth on damn?
More than 40 percent of Americans say that Barack Obama was the best or second-best president in their lifetime, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center.
This simply means that almost two thirds of Americans don't think so. Thank heavens the presidency is not a popularity contest, and at this point polls are less than worthless. A second term for Trump is assured by the horrifying behavior of the Democrats/liberals/progressives/Marxists....etc, as of late..
It certainly wasn't in November 2016
Barack Obama is still The Most Admired Man in the World. Donald Trump is not and never will be...
Yes, NATO still wishes they had their patsy in office.
presidents during my lifetime? that's everyone from kennedy to today, Obama is in the bottom 2 , just barely below carter , who is just below bush.
Eisenhower and Johnson
And THAT is what makes if bullshit. Well that and the idea that Obama was of of the "best".
There is fiction and then there is reality.
Obama oversaw the slowest economic recovery in US history.
Of course once the economy bottomed out it had no where to go but up; despite Obama's failed attempts to make it conform to his every whim.
... which just happened to follow rapidly after Obama's election...
Pure coincidence, hmmm?
I'm sure President Obama is just bereft over this.
Where did I blame Obama for the recession? It doesn't change the fact it was the slowest recovery ever.
Obama's numbers would be far more anemic if the economy hadn't bottomed out. The left loves to complain about Bush's 2.7 growth rate; but Obama's was worse.
I wasn't aware that you had...
Dispute the numbers? Oh wait, you can't, as usual.. LOL
No source. No surprise You get that from one of your anonymous sources?
Dispute the numbers... We'll wait...
Right after you post your source. And if I remember correctly, I've called you out on this before. And I'm still waiting for that one.
I've seen quite a few of his charts that really don't add up to a damn thing. I think he's showing off that he knows how to use Powerpoint.
I think your right. There are things that my comment implies that we know aren't true.
Different poll, I believe, says pretty much the same thing.
Was Obama perfect? No. No president is, but he is a billion times better than the feckless retard we are stuck with now.
A billion times better at what?
Destabilizing countries? That is a big check. That could change if Trump turns tail and allows NATO to use the US as their pit bull again. So far he has continued our misguided adventure in nation building (Afghanistan); supporting a government that is loyal to Iran (Iraq); and increased our presence in Syria (Because we learned nothing from Libya). That is all bad enough; but at least he hasn't started any new messes. Obama has Libya, Yemen, Ukraine, and his failed venture in Africa.
Getting the media to ignore all of his faults? Again big check. If Obama were held to the same standards by the media he would have been a 1 term POTUS.
Using the US government against every US citizen? Again check- in case you forgot Data mining was green lighted and started under Obama's none too careful watch. Not to leave out the use of the IRS, and other agencies to attack his opponents.
Dividing the country? Again check. The division started long before Trump took office. Obama was quite fond of labeling his "enemies". Of course the left just said he was "speaking the truth" which furthered the division. Or do you think the US would be one big happy country with Hillary in charge? She who called anyone not voting for her a "deplorable".
I can't stand Trump; but take off the rose colored glasses where Obama is concerned. Obama was just better than Trump at using the US government as a weapon; because he was a part of the Establishment. You would think the left would have learned by now- since Obama has left office he has hung out with the millionaire and billionaire elites- you know the ones that he was supposedly against. You were sold out; and Obama is raking in the cash.
Interesting. And if Trump had been held to the same standards as Clinton, he would have been in prison decades ago.
Billy and Hillary never went to Prison.
If the Clintons were held to the standards they should have been they would be in prison right along side Trump.
The Clintons have the benefit of being backed by the Establishment, just like all of the previous presidents. Trump is supposed to be part of the money end of the Establishment. They are pissed he won the presidency because it shows you don't need Establishment approval to do so.
Please tell us all again how Comey's investigation was even remotely similar to Mueller's? How many indictments did Comey bring against Clinton insiders and surrogates? How far outside of the scope of the what he was supposed to be investigating did he venture? Did he look at all those associated with Clinton for anything illegal done outside of sending classified information on a unsecured private server. Did he launch a full investigation into the Clinton Foundation operations and where every last penny they received came from and went to? Did he investigate all of the Clinton lawyers for any payouts to Bill's former mistresses? Nope, Comey offered everyone immunity before they even testified; and made sure Clinton's confession wasn't under oath- and wasn't recorded. Even with that he had more than enough evidence to convict, and stated as much during his press conference. He laid out the exact charge for Negligence- which is part of the law- and then said, "It did not rise to the level that any prosecutor would bring charges." No, just a prosecutor that was given his marching orders from Loretta Lynch- who wouldn't have prosecuted the case anyways.
To prove what a lying sack of shit Comey is one only has to take a few excerpts from his book. He had his marching orders and he followed them to the letter.
Unlike the left I am willing to admit Trump is a piece of shit undeserving of the presidency; but neither were Hillary and Bill. If you want to start the lock them up chants- you could make that assertion about any president. They all have skeletons in their closets; and all abused the power of the office at one time or another.
I guess when you ask millennials who many know no other President and leftover hippies from the 60s, you will get the results you want.
They don't even know who the VP is....or was.
And what's his face will be remembered as the worst, bottom of the barrel, 'president' in history.