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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll/Survey: Which post-FDR Presidents were/are corporatists?
Identifying Democratic politicians as "corporatists" has become a very popular activity. To get some perspective, how would you rate the Presidents since FDR?
Do Duers think the following Presidents were corporatists or not?:
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George HW Bush
Bill Clinton
George W Bush
Barack Obama
Your choices are 1) corporatist (C), 2) non-corporatist (NC), 3) other (O).
Update: Alternatively (and preferred) one can rate the Presidents 1 to 10, with 10 being a complete corporatist as was done by one DUer.
See http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027847558#post2
Feel free to explain.
How many believe they were all corporatists? I doubt that anyone believes none of them were. The easiest way to answer might be to copy paste the list and then add C, NC or O after the name.
Since this kind of poll is not compatible with DU's simple poll format, I will manually tally the answers after various time periods and add them to this post.
Results:
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)It began with Reagan, of course, and continued with all subsequent presidents. Yes, even Obama, although he is less of a corporatist than most.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Bill Clinton #1
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Truman 2
Eisenhower 3
Kennedy 3
Johnson 4
Nixon 7
Ford 7
Carter 5
Reagan 10
George HW Bush 8
Clinton 6
George W Bush 10
Obama 5
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)andym
(5,443 posts)and will change the OP.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Truman 2
Eisenhower 4
Kennedy 5
Johnson 6
Nixon 8
Ford ??? (seriously, I dunno how to judge President Asterisk the First)
Carter 3
Reagan 10
Poppy 8
Clinton 7
Dumbya 8
Obama 5
And out of this primary...
Trump 11
Clinton 8
Sanders 3
larkrake
(1,674 posts)I would say that started with Reagan
As far as lobbyists buying congress for corporations, I would say it grew out of control with George HW Bush. Presidents for sale Nixon, Clinton and Bush Jr