Study: The Best And Worst Presidents In US History

In an effort to determine the best and worst presidents in the history of the United States of America, CSPAN assessed the performance of all U.S. presidents. 

Survey participants for the CSPAN study came from a diverse background of tenured American professors, presidential historians, lawyers and journalists. The survey sample size was 91 and the respondents answers were confidential.

The study was more than a mere popularity contest, and drew from 10 leadership and administrative skills including:

• Public Persuasion
• Crisis Leadership
• Economic Management
• Moral Authority
• International Relations
• Pursued Equal Justice For All
• Performance Within Context of Times

The Presidential Historians Survey has been conducted three times: 2000, 2009 and 2017. As a result, current President Donald Trump is left out from the aggregate rankings.

Best And Worst U.S. Presidents

The following are the total scores and overall rankings of the best and worst presidents in U.S. history.

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