President Biden may owe his place in the top third to his predecessor: Mr. Biden’s signature accomplishment, according to the historians, was evicting Donald J. Trump from the Oval Office.

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    That’s… kinda a useless question.

    Average 40 year old will have anywhere between 5 to 10 presidents in their lifetime. This is more of a history quiz than an opinion poll. How many presidents can you name? What did they all do?

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      Yeah, if you polled a bunch of American History professors or other people especially qualified to think about the entire set of presidents then that might come across as a little more convincing.

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        They did.

        The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey was conducted online via Qualtrics from November 15 to December 31, 2023. Respondents included current and recent members of the Presidents & Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, which is the foremost organization of social science experts in presidential politics, as well as scholars who had recently published peer-reviewed academic research in key related scholarly journals or academic presses. 525 respondents were invited to participate, and 154 usable responses were received, yielding a 29.3% response rate.

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          Well, this is what I get for not reading the actual article. I have no one to blame but myself.

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    Bad Ranking IMO

    • Pierce < Trump: Pierce caused Bleeding Kansas

    • Coolidge > Jackson: Indian Citizenship Act Vs Indian Removal Act

    • Washington > FDR: Japanese Internment

    • Grant > Wilson: Wilson was incredibly racist