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Historians rank Trump worst president in history, Lincoln the best
Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A new survey of historians ranks Donald Trump the worst president in U.S. history.Trump has touted his poll numbers against President Joe Biden ahead of a potential rematch in November. However, the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, conducted by Qualtrics, has Biden significantly ahead of the former president.
The survey was conducted online among more than 500 members of the American Political Science Association, an organization of professionals in the field. Respondents rated Biden at 62.66 on a scale of 100 for overall greatness, good for 14th out of 45 presidents.
Abraham Lincoln scored the highest rating at 93.87, followed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt at 90.83 and George Washington at 90.32.
Trump scored 10.92. Fifteenth President James Buchanan, the second-worst rated president, scored 16.71.
The survey asked respondents to rate all presidents with 0 being considered "failure," 50 being "average" and 100 being "great."
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