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Likely Voters: Carter Was a Better President than Obama
According to a Newsweek/Daily Beast poll of likely voters, Barack Obama now rates behind Jimmy Carter in the pantheon of great presidents. The poll asked likely voters to list the two best and the two worst presidents the history of the United States. Here are the tallies, based on net results: Voters list of the 10 best presidents: 1. Abraham Lincoln, +27 points (28 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2) 2. Ronald Reagan, +25 points (31 percent place in top-2, 6 percent place in bottom-2) 3. Franklin D. Roosevelt, +22 points (23 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2) 4. John F. Kennedy, +19 points (19 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2) 5. (tie) George Washington, +15 points (16 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2) 5. (tie) Bill Clinton, +15 points (28 percent place in top-2, 13 percent place in bottom-2) 7. Thomas Jefferson, +6 points (6 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2) 8. (tie) Teddy Roosevelt, +5 points (5 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2) 8. (tie) Harry S. Truman, +5 points (5 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2) 10. Dwight D. Eisenhower, +4 points (5 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2) Posted by: Beavis 2012-07-04 |
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