New survey ranks Biden 14th best president in US history; Trump last – 2024-02-21 01:05:53

Although he has been criticized and ridiculed several times for his age, the president Joe Biden It is not as unpopular as you might think. In a new poll taken from history experts, the 46th President. of the USA It ranks 14th among all.

The survey, which was conducted by Justin Vaughn, a political science professor at Coastal Carolina University, and his colleague Brandon Rottinghaus of the University of Houston, collected data from 154 historians across the country.

In celebration ofl President’s Day in the United States, professors conducted this study that placed Biden ahead of figures like Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Ulysses S. Grant. For its part, Donald Trump He was in last place.

“Biden’s most important accomplishments may be rescuing the nation from Trump, returning to a more traditional presidential leadership style, and also preparing to keep his predecessor out of the eastern office. next fall,” wrote the authors of the survey, published in Los Angeles Times.

How did historians rank the best presidents in history?

As usually happens, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt y Thomas Jefferson They were at the top of the list. Historians generally share similar opinions regarding presidents, regardless of their personal ideologies.

Trump may not care much what some academics think, but he should pay attention to what those in the Republican party say. The controversial leader was even ranked behind some leaders whose terms were considered “failures”, such as the cases of James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce and Andrew Johnson.

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For the Republicans, however, Reagan was 5th, George HW Bush 11th, Obama 15th and Biden 30th. While for the Democratic Party, Reagan is 18th, Bush 19th, Obama 6th and Biden 14th. Besides Grant and Biden, the biggest difference between both parties is George W. Bush, who is 19 for the Republicans, and 33 for the Democrats.

In the list it was also surprising that Barack Obama rose 9 places this year, ranking 7 on the list. Grant also moved, who is 17th, while Andrew Jackson fell 12 steps, finding himself in 21st place. Wilson and Reagan also fell a few places, placing themselves at 15th and 16th, respectively.