Who is the worst president during your lifetime?

[Renew Deal]

Don’t let accomplishments before or after they were president influence your choice. Just their time as president.

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[NameAlreadyTaken]

1. Cheney a close second...

[icwlmuscyia]

2. Trump, W, Reagan, Nixon in that order

what do they have in common?

[True Blue American]

6. That is my list, too.

[Takket]

19. they are all pieces of shit?

[icwlmuscyia]

23. that they are.

Trump is by far the worst. The rest are like 2A to 2C. What is amazing is that those 3 served 2 terms - how could we re-elct (or re-select) such fucking idiots.

[yardwork]

40. That's my list too.

[Chainfire]

3. There is no question

Nixon would be my choice for runner-up.

[MineralMan]

8. Nixon's one good thing was ending the Vietnam War.

Trump has done nothing good at all.

[exboyfil]

17. After he torpedoed the Paris Peace Conference

while a candidate. Nixon is Churchill compared to Trump though. Trump is like the essence of all that is bad.

[MineralMan]

18. As I said, he did one good thing.

Well, he also resigned, but that doesn't really count, since it ended his presidency.

[Polybius]

25. Stopping the Trans-Pacific Partnership was one of the only things I agreed with him on

That and no "no-fly zones" in Syria. We don't need them, nor should we get involved.

[2naSalit]

33. Nixon was a crook and a liar and, as you say...

He did end the war but he also did some other worthwhile things like forming the EPA; signing the ESA into law as well as Clean Air Act; OSHA; NEPA; Supported the ERA (Congress failed to ratify); and 17 policies that were helpful to Native Americans like the Self Determination Act among other important issues addressed.

But I can't celebrate what he did to the nation being one of those who edged us toward the slippery slope we are trying to avoid sliding down currently.

[flotsam]

34. Horseshit

Nixon monkey wrenched the Paris Peace Talks in '68 meaning my brother spent 70-71 in the Ah Shau Valley with the 101st. He added needless thousands to the wall.

[samplegirl]

4. I feel that Bush/Cheney

started the biggest out in the open divide... giving the top 1% the power they fight to keep today.
Lock and load republicans.

[MineralMan]

5. Every President in my lifetime, except Trump, has done at least one good thing.

Trump has done nothing positive in his first term, making him the worst President in my 75 years.

[Renew Deal]

12. That's a good way of thinking about it.

And anything he might have done was for the wrong reason. (Personal gain)

[TwilightZone]

21. I look at it in a similar fashion. They all had at least some redeeming qualities, if slight.

Trump has none.

[Renew Deal]

7. Trump by far

Bush Jr was flawed, made bad decisions, was lazy early on, started an unnecessary war which is really bad, enabled racists, and tanked the economy. But he was more of a standard issue Republican following the plan. His political faults are mostly attributable to failed ideology and the toxic influence of Cheney, which he eventually realized.

Trump is openly racist, regurgitates conspiracies, is blatantly corrupt, openly cynical and paranoid, and has led to far more American deaths than Bush. There are arguments to be made for Nixon and Reagan, but nothing like this. There are arguments to be made about Hoover but few to make the argument.

[maxsolomon]

41. GWB is literally a War Criminal.

Invading Iraq was literally a Send-Him-To-The-Hague War Crime.

I hate Trump's guts, but he doesn't have the bloody horror of Iraq's disintegration on his hands.

[AZ8theist]

9. How is this even a question???

[House of Roberts]

10. Captain Obvious poll is obvious

[Renew Deal]

13. Might seem so

Until you factor in the Iraq War

[MyNameGoesHere]

11. Poll should allow multiple selections.

Mad King Poopy Pants, Nixon(he started all this) Raygun Ronnie (because they let a man with diminished capacity lead), Shrub for needless wars, Bush Sr.because he couldn't puke to the side and needless wars.

[Binkie The Clown]

14. Coincidentally, he is also the worst president in the history of the known universe. nt

[bluestarone]

15. There can be NO QUESTION on this

RUMP is the most EVIL piece of shit EVER! He IS the worst of everything including the WORST president this country could EVER have!

[Different Drummer]

28. "He IS the worst of everything including the WORST president this country could EVER have!"

GOP: "Hold my beer!"

[Recursion]

16. W made the way for Trump. There would be no Trump without W.

In terms of long-term, worldwide damage, W is still worse.

[roamer65]

20. James Buchanan is breathing a sigh of relief somewhere that he isn't the worst anymore.

[Polybius]

22. Why is Harding an option?

Are there any 100 year old DU posters?

[Renew Deal]

26. Could be

Didn’t want to presume.

[appalachiablue]

35. There's a member b. 1930s. but no 100 yo I've ever seen.

[Tribetime]

24. Is this a trick question...

[beachbumbob]

27. Bush/Cheney destroyed any form of stability in the Middle East which we

will never get back.

We can fix what trump has busted.

[Blue_true]

29. Are you freaking kidding?

[Different Drummer]

30. Trump is the best at being the worst. That's his major "accomplishment."

May he wear it as a badge of honor.

[Buckeyeblue]

31. If we look at lasting damage done, I think Reagan did the most damage

De-regulation, trickle-down economics, defunding mental health initiatives (which spiked our homeless rates), war on drugs, hard core prison sentences vs rehabilitation, double down on oil, Iran contra....I could go on.

W would be second. 911 happened on his watch as did two wars based on lies. His economic policies led to 2008 economy collapse.

Trump is an overt racist and xenophobic who played directly to people's biases. He blatantly broke laws that Reagan and W insulated themselves against.

Ford is next (although I almost put him third) for pardoning Nixon and setting a precedent where former presidents are not held accountable.

Nixon was actually liberal compared to today's standards. And he may have prevented a segregationist from becoming president in 1968. Nixon had very bad judgement caused by extreme paranoia.

Carter had great ideas but wasn't the greatest at communicating an inspirational vision of how the country and people would benefit. I wish he had been more aggressive with Iran during the hostage crisis.

Obama helped bring the country back from the 2008 financial crisis. He used a lot of creative solutions. I think ACA could have been better designed--but ACA is awesome considering how innovative it was. I wish Obama had talked about racial injustice more than he did. And I think he could have played a better political game with congress.

Clinton oversaw the best stretch of prosperity since right after WWII. There are people today living on retirement accounts built under Clinton. Yes, the crime bill ended up having unintended consequences. However, Democrats had been labeled as weak on crime, which was a real liability. And while the defense of marriage act was shitty, I do believe that it prevented a constitutional amendment defining marriage from being passed (at that point it very well could have passed). And let's not forget that Clinton gave us RBG.

[Caliman73]

32. At the beginning it was an argument between Trump and W.

I was not alive during Nixon, Ford, and was about 7 when Reagan was elected. I do remember being scared to death about the possibility of nuclear war. We still had drills for "The Bomb" in grade school and the air raid sirens would go off every once in a while in the city where I grew up.

At this point however, it is Trump hands down. Had COVID-19 not come into play, you could still argue for W Bush, but Trump has caused the deaths of over a QUARTER MILLION Americans by his malicious incompetence.

[appalachiablue]

36. Tough choices but: RR, T, Bush 2, Nixon, Hoover

My brother died because of Reagan who set off the destruction of the democratic republic.

[mvd]

37. Trump

No President in my lifetime has demeaned the office so much, spread such hate and division, and had such little regard for democracy or the Constitution. Bush Jr. and Reagan were horrible, but Trump is a new low.

[Goodheart]

38. I think this is the most unnecessary poll I've ever seen. :)

[JonLP24]

39. I had to vote Bush

He expanded mass surveillance, there is the Iraq war, and Afghanistan which we are still there. Torture is another thing that happened. I blame Bush for Trump. Republicans eventually realized Bush was a bad President and became disillusioned with the neocon ideology. Trump successfully ran against Bush's record in the 2016 primaries.

Also Bush was awful on climate change.