{"id":31114,"date":"2016-11-11T08:14:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T14:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=31114"},"modified":"2016-12-02T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T14:15:40","slug":"top-american-presidents-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/top-american-presidents-ranked\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 American Presidents Ranked By Popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"
Being the most powerful man in the world is a tormenting job. One may say that with great power comes great responsibility even. Based purely on their approval rating and their popularity with the masses, how are the American presidents ranked? Read below to find out if your favorite is on this list.<\/p>\n
Using data collected from Real Clear Politics and the Roper Center, we can now contour an approximate ranking for our presidents, past and present. We should make the mention that most of this data has become available in the past few decades, so some of the more obvious choices might be missing for this reason alone. Let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n
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Source<\/a><\/p>\n Obama had to take the mantle of President under some really dire circumstances. It was the peak of the financial crisis and the USA had troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Despite all of that, Obama walked into the White House with an impressive approval rating. It dropped considerably around 2013 and started picking up again now when his term is coming to an end.<\/p>\n After the dreadful 9\/11 bombing, Bush\u2019s popularity leaped, only for it to completely plummet in the months that followed after. Bush had to struggle with the intense warring issues and the Great Recession during his term and this took a considerable toll on his popularity.<\/p>\n Nixon is a pretty interesting case of study. He entered presidency with a fairly high approval rating and throughout most of his term he really had the people on his side. Things took a violent turn for the worst after the Watergate Scandal broke out, leading to Nixon having the lowest exit approval rating of all presidents ranked on this list.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source<\/a><\/p>\n Reagan may only be seventh among all the presidents ranked by popularity, but his actual tenure is regarded as one of the best in US history. In fact, his popularity only dropped sometime in the 80s during a strong economic recession.<\/p>\n Johnson had to relocate to the Oval Office after JFK\u2019s tragic death and this in itself warranted a lot of civil popularity and sympathy. His popularity started declining once the Vietnam War and the civil unrest in America started acting up.<\/p>\n Clinton is a special case even among all of these presidents ranked by popularity. He\u2019s one of the few situations where he left with a higher popularity than the one he\u2019d started off his term on. Admittedly, it took a toll during his infamous scandals, but the fact still stands.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
#9 George W. Bush<\/h2>\n
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#8 Richard Nixon<\/h2>\n
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#7 Ronald Reagan<\/h2>\n
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#6 Lyndon B. Johnson<\/h2>\n
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#5 Bill Clinton<\/h2>\n
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#4 George H.W. Bush<\/h2>\n