Ronald Reagan.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick.McMahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:45 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] Best U.S. Presidents (NON-BAMA; but ROLL TIDE ANYWAY!!) > I ran across this interesting little poll while surfing around the WWW. I > > http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030516.asp > ... > Abraham Lincoln gets the most mentions from Americans at 15%, but not by a > significant margin over the second-place finisher, Kennedy (13%). Two recent > presidents, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, as well as the current > president, are all mentioned by 10% or more of the public. Other presidents > earning mentions from more than 5% of the public include Franklin D. > Roosevelt and George Washington. > > Gallup has asked this question four times since 1999, and over that period, > Lincoln and Kennedy have typically rated near the top of the list. In 1999, > Lincoln had a six-percentage-point lead over Washington, Kennedy, Reagan, > and Clinton. Kennedy led the pack the next year, with a small > four-percentage-point lead over Lincoln. Polling in 2001 and 2003 has found > no clear-cut victor among the presidents mentioned, but Lincoln and Kennedy > still appear near the top of the list. Reagan, with 18%, actually had the > most mentions in 2001, probably due in part to the fact that the poll was > conducted around celebrations of his 90th birthday. > > Who do you regard as the greatest United States president? > > 1. Abraham Lincoln > 2. John Kennedy > 3. Bill Clinton > 4. George W. Bush > 5. Ronald Reagan > 6. Franklin Roosevelt > 7. George Washington > 8. Harry Truman > 9. Jimmy Carter > 10. Theodore Roosevelt > 11. George Bush (the elder) > 12. Thomas Jefferson > 13. Dwight Eisenhower > 14. Richard Nixon > > Republicans, Democrats Vary Substantially on Greatest U.S. President > > The latest polling finds dramatic (but not necessarily surprising) > differences between the Republicans' and Democrats' choices for the greatest > president in history. Three Democratic presidents -- Kennedy (25%), Clinton > (21%), and Franklin Roosevelt (13%) -- are Democrats' most frequent choices > as the greatest president. Lincoln is the only Republican president > identified by a large number of Democrats, with 9% saying he is the greatest > president. > > Among Republicans in this poll, 23% mention the current president. Lincoln > is mentioned by 20%, 18% mention Reagan, and 9% mention Washington. No more > than 3% of Republicans nominate any Democratic president as the greatest of > all time. > > Independents have a more mixed view, with Lincoln, Kennedy, Clinton, and > Franklin Roosevelt each getting between 11% and 16% of the votes. > > .... > > Rick > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net > ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
