Historians Rank Donald Trump Worst U.S. President Again, with Biden in 14th Place
Historians have again named Donald Trump as the worst president in U.S. history, placing him 45th out of all the former American presidents in a new poll.
The poll surveys 154 presidential historians who are current and recent members of the American Political Science Association. Each respondent was asked to grade current and former presidents on 10 characteristics, including administrative skills, moral authority and economic management.
Abraham Lincoln came out on top among scholars as the nation’s greatest president, with University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus saying in a release, “As presidential scholars reassess the impact of the modern presidency from administrative and cultural standpoints, we see significant shifts over time in what constitutes presidential greatness."
Current President Joe Biden ranked 14th in his first appearance on the list, with a rating of 62.7/100 — higher than Barack Obama’s first rating in 2015 (58.2) and dramatically higher than Trump’s first rating in 2018 (13.0).
Trump came in last, and was also put last in the same survey released in 2018. He has since technically moved down on the list (from 44th to 45th place), but only because Biden was added.
In the first post-Trump survey, we see a significant bump for recent Democratic presidents with each one moving up in the rankings while each of the recent Republican presidents dropped down, with the exception of President Trump who remained at the bottom of the rankings,” Coastal Carolina University political science professor Justin Vaughn said in the release.
Trump did get top marks in one category, though, ranking number one among "most polarizing" presidents.
"Donald Trump is by far the most polarizing of the ranked presidents, selected by 170 respondents and earning a 1.64 average (1 is a 'most polarizing' ranking)," the survey says.
Trump, who lost both the popular and electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election, is again running for office and remains the front-runner for the Republican nomination.
Four investigations into the former president have led to indictments, including the first, which made him the only U.S. president to face criminal charges.
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