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Political scientists rank Trump last, Lincoln first in presidential greatness survey
Washington (CNN)Former
Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan enjoyed
upward bumps in their greatness rankings, while President Donald Trump
was ranked historically low, according to a presidential "greatness"
survey released Monday.
The
2018 Presidents and Executive Politics Presidential Greatness Survey,
released Monday, was based on 170 usable responses from current and
former members of the American Political Science Association's
presidents and executive politics section.
The
survey asked the presidential experts to use a 0-100 scale "for overall
greatness," with zero being failure, 50 being average and 100 being
great. Roughly 57% of the respondents were Democrats, 13% were
Republicans and 27% were independents (3% selected "Other").
Overall,
Trump came in dead last. The seven greatest presidents, according to
respondents, remained unchanged from the same survey's results in 2014,
the previous time it was taken. In order, they were Abraham Lincoln,
George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas
Jefferson, Harry S. Truman and Dwight Eisenhower.
Trump did not fare well even when parsing the results by party and
ideology. He ranked 40th out of 44 among Republicans and conservatives.
Self-identified Republicans and conservatives also ranked Washington above Lincoln as the all-time greatest president.
Among
all those surveyed, another commander-in-chief who struggled in his
rank: Bill Clinton, who fell to 13th best after being ranked eighth in
2014.
Obama came in eighth, up 10
spots from 18th in 2014. George W. Bush moved up five spots, from 35th
to 30th. Reagan also moved into the top 10, ranking ninth. In 2014, he
was at 11.
Political science
professors Brandon Rottinghaus of the University of Houston and Justin
S. Vaughn of Boise State University authored and published the survey.
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