Thursday, January 25, 2007

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.

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