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Ranking the Last 12 Presidents

Ranking the Last 12 Presidents by Combining Great/Near Great Scores

*President (n) denotes standing in last survey**		Combined Great and Near Great										Average										Combined Below Average and Failure
		2/08	1/07	1/06	2/05	1/03	1/02	1/01	1/00	2/99	6/97	2/08	1/07	1/06	2/05	1/03	1/02	1/01	1/00	2/99	6/97	2/08	1/07	1/06	2/05	1/03	1/02	1/01	1/00	2/99	6/97
1	Franklin D. Roosevelt (1)	69%	78	71	72	78	70	76	74	69	65	15%	17	15	14	14	15	14	15	17	17	3%	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2


2	John F. Kennedy (2)	67%	74	73	68	70	71	67	69	60	58	23%	20	20	26	25	22	26	23	28	28	4%	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	7	6


3	Ronald Reagan (3)	62%	59	63	63	51	56	55	55	52	39	23%	28	24	25	33	38	28	31	30	37	14%	12	12	12	15	12	15	13	17	14


4	Harry Truman (4)	45%	52	51	53	62	58	59	58	51	51	33%	35	29	31	27	25	29	29	30	38	4%	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	18	3


5	Dwight D. Eisenhower (5)	43%	47	47	45	50	46	47	50	44	38	40%	43	34	41	39	38	39	38	37	42	3%	3	4	2	4	5	4	4	5	6


6	Bill Clinton (6)	42%	44	45	48	32	36	44	31	43	32	29%	31	32	25	29	27	46	32	24	39	28%	24	23	27	39	36	31	33	31	15


7	George H. W. Bush (9)	27%	29	33	29	40	44	35	42	42	35	50%	50	45	52	44	41	25	45	45	47	23%	20	20	19	16	12	17	12	11	12
8	Jimmy Carter (8)	25%	31	32	36	36	33	30	31	31	28	36%	41	40	38	43	46	25	47	47	45	35%	26	11	23	20	18	20	18	19	17
9	George W. Bush (10)	22%	21	31	36	44	63					25%	28	28	25	34	28					52%	50	40	38	20	7
10	Lyndon B. Johnson (11)	19%	19	20	23	24	25	24	26	18	17	45%	50	47	46	46	46	47	45	47	43	27%	26	24	13	26	20	23	23	16	22
11	Gerald R. Ford (7)	18%	43	17	17	16	18	16	20	17	12	58%	50	58	59	60	61	61	61	59	58	18%	6	11	19	21	16	18	15	16	18


12	Richard M. Nixon (12)	15%	12	15	19	18	20	22	22	22	19	30%	30	35	25	35	39	39	38	36	39	50%	57	47	43	45	38	36	35	38	21