News: Poll Ranks Biden as 14th-Best President, With Trump Last

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/biden-trump-presidential-rankings.html

President Biden may owe his place in the top third to his predecessor: Mr. Biden’s signature accomplishment, according to the historians, was evicting Donald J. Trump from the Oval Office.

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Dukeofdummies@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

That's... kinda a useless question.

Average 40 year old will have anywhere between 5 to 10 presidents in their lifetime. This is more of a history quiz than an opinion poll. How many presidents can you name? What did they all do?

GraniteM@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Yeah, if you polled a bunch of American History professors or other people especially qualified to think about the entire set of presidents then that might come across as a little more convincing.

One_Honest_Dude@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They did.

The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey was conducted online via Qualtrics from November 15 to December 31, 2023. Respondents included current and recent members of the Presidents & Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, which is the foremost organization of social science experts in presidential politics, as well as scholars who had recently published peer-reviewed academic research in key related scholarly journals or academic presses. 525 respondents were invited to participate, and 154 usable responses were received, yielding a 29.3% response rate.

GraniteM@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Well, this is what I get for not reading the actual article. I have no one to blame but myself.

FireTower@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Bad Ranking IMO

Pierce < Trump: Pierce caused Bleeding Kansas
Coolidge > Jackson: Indian Citizenship Act Vs Indian Removal Act
Washington > FDR: Japanese Internment
Grant > Wilson: Wilson was incredibly racist