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Quinnipiac University Voter Poll- Worst U.S. Presidents 2006

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The results of Quinnipiac University's poll of who the nation considers the worst president ever, as of 2006. Presidents get a lot of criticism for their decisions because they're never able to please everybody. However, these presidents have been rated as the worst American presidents by voters themselves. For full article and photo gallery, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_United_States_Presidents. I wonder if any of these presidents would do anything differently now that they've finished their term.
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Rank   Name
  1. 1

    George Bush

    1946
  2. 2

    Richard Nixon

    1913
  3. 3

    Bill Clinton

    1946
  4. 4

    Jimmy Carter

    1924
  5. 5

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    1908
  6. 6

    George H. W. Bush

    1924
  7. 7

    Ronald Reagan

    1911
  8. 8

    Gerald Ford

    1913
  9. 9

    Harry S. Truman

    1884
  10. 10

    John F. Kennedy

    1917
  11. 11

    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    1890

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  1. kedar
    Ronald Reagan at 1/22/2011 1:50 PM
    Ronald Reagan was a bad president, who promulgated bad policies and appointed bad people -- under Reagan, we sent the deficit skyrocketing, growing faster in real dollars than under any other president, including the current one. We cut social spending to the bone, creating the homeless problem by turning hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people out on the streets. We appointed Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court. We cut school funding, trying to classify ketchup as a vegetable. We banned the Beach Boys as attracting the wrong sort of crowd. We traded arms, money, drugs, and hostages between Iran and the Nicaraguan rebels. More appointed officials were indicted and convicted of crimes than under any other president. We gave chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein. We claimed that trees cause most pollution.

    He catastrophically lowered taxes in 1981, creating debt so bad he raised taxes each of the next six years and still didn't make up for it. And while he streamlined the complex and exemption-riddled income tax, his changes created the largest-ever shift of tax burden from the wealthy to the middle-class and working poor.
  2. jduster
    Quinnipiac University Voter Poll- Worst U.S. Presidents 2006 at 7/17/2010 6:46 PM
    Keep in mind that this survey only includes presidents after World War II, so all presidents before harry truman were not included. this list includes all 11 options, from least pop**ar to most pop**ar. this survey is by pop**ar opinion - not by historians.

    I would personally say that Jimmy Carter was the worst post-war president. His failure to adequately fund national defense resulted in the U.S. being able to react to multiple foreign crises.

    I would say that Richard Nixon is underrated. He was an excellent diplomat who opened relations with China, made peace with the Soviet Union, concluded the Vietnam War, and protected the environment.
  3. NICHOLAS
    Ronald Reagan at 2/14/2010 1:27 PM
    Why Ronald Reagan?

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