Historical rankings of presidents of the United States
Scholar survey summary
Blue backgrounds indicate rankings in the first quartile. Green backgrounds indicate rankings in the second quartile. Yellow-green backgrounds indicate the median ranking of an odd number of presidents. Yellow backgrounds indicate rankings in the third quartile. Orange backgrounds indicate rankings in the fourth quartile. Italics within row indicate rank awarded before president had completed term in office. Underline within a column indicates a given survey's lowest-ranking president.
Scholar survey summary
At leftmost column head, click "triangles" to view the in-office order of each president. At each survey column head, click on "triangles" to view the ranking order for each president in that survey. Scroll in the center of the table. The headers will remain in view. If you see a "[disable]" button to the top left of the table, click on it to display the whole width of the table without needing to scroll.
2010 Gallup poll
• John F. Kennedy (85% approval/10% disapproval) • Ronald Reagan (74% approval/24% disapproval) • Bill Clinton (69% approval/30% disapproval) • George H. W. Bush (64% approval/34% disapproval) • Gerald Ford (61% approval/26% disapproval) • Jimmy Carter (52% approval/42% disapproval) • Lyndon B. Johnson (49% approval/36% disapproval) • George W. Bush (47% approval/51% disapproval) • Richard Nixon (29% approval/65% disapproval)
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