A recent survey compiled net approval ratings of US presidents reveals an overwhelmingly negative trend donald trumpCurrent White House officials. A member of the Republican Party, who is currently preparing for the upcoming midterm elections, he has performed exceptionally poorly in the survey, especially when compared to beloved presidents of the past, including George Washington, Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.
Donald Trump’s rating compared to Barack Obama and Andrew Jackson
a report of tennessean Highlighted a comparative analysis of the ratings of US President Donald Trump as well as former acting heads of state Barack Obama and Andrew Jackson. As per the report, an online survey YouGovRenowned international research and analysis firm, Donald Trump has scored the ‘worst’ rating in the pool of 20 US Presidents.
Of the 2,255 survey respondents, 48% described businessman-turned-politician Trump as poor, while 6% gave him a ‘below average’ score. This makes him the president with the most negative rating, followed by Joe Biden (38% poorer, 12% below average) and Richard Nixon (27% poorer, 21% below average).
However, the voting was hardly fair, with partisanship playing a significant role in voting. The data showed that Democrats gave much higher ratings to Democratic presidents than their Republican counterparts, with the other faction following the same pattern.
Despite this, generally favorable figures such as Barack Obama and Andrew Jackson recorded significantly higher ratings than Donald Trump. Despite receiving a 22% poor rating, Obama achieved overall positive ratings with 25% excellent and 22% above average. Similarly, Andrew Jackson performed quite well at nationals and scored 5% excellent, 15% above average and 27% average.
In general, past presidents performed best in YouGov’s survey, and received the highest net positive ratings among their counterparts. The leaders who received the most ‘outstanding’ votes included George Washington, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy was involved.
Originally reported by Apoorva Rastogi Mandatory.