FDR still the Greatest

A Zogby International poll finds Americans think FDR and JFK are the greatest Presidents. And if you sort the data a little differently, 'Tricky Dick' Nixon (57%) and George W. Bush (50%) are the Biggest Failures.

Polling Data

How would you rate these presidents? - Great or near great, average, or below average or a failure?

	Great	Average	Failure
Franklin D. Roosevelt	78%	17%	1%
John F. Kennedy	74%	20%	4%
Ronald Reagan	59%	28%	12%
Harry Truman	52%	35%	3%
Dwight Eisenhower	47%	43%	3%
Bill Clinton	44%	31%	24%
Gerald Ford	43%	50%	6%
Jimmy Carter	31%	41%	26%
George H. Bush	29%	50%	20%
George W. Bush	21%	28%	50%
Lyndon Johnson	19%	50%	26%
Richard Nixon	12%	30%	57%

Source: Zogby International
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 843 likely American voters, conducted from Jan. 5 to Jan. 9, 2007. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.