This statistic shows the results of a 2013 survey among adult Americans on the achievements of US Presidents since Dwight D. Eisenhower. They were asked to rate the presidents as either outstanding /above average, average or below average. 28 percent of respondents thought current US President Barack Obama will go down in history as outstanding / above average, while 31 percent stated they consider his work average, and 40 percent found it below average.
How do you think each of the following US Presidents will go down in history?
The source poses the question as follows: "How do you think each of the following presidents will go down in history -- as an outstanding president, above average, average, below average, or poor?"
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are due to respondents answering "No opinion".
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Gallup. (November 15, 2013). How do you think each of the following US Presidents will go down in history? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/281618/rating-of-us-presidents-since-eisenhower/
Gallup. "How do you think each of the following US Presidents will go down in history?." Chart. November 15, 2013. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281618/rating-of-us-presidents-since-eisenhower/
Gallup. (2013). How do you think each of the following US Presidents will go down in history?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281618/rating-of-us-presidents-since-eisenhower/
Gallup. "How Do You Think Each of The following Us Presidents Will Go down in History?." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281618/rating-of-us-presidents-since-eisenhower/
Gallup, How do you think each of the following US Presidents will go down in history? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281618/rating-of-us-presidents-since-eisenhower/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
How do you think each of the following US Presidents will go down in history? [Graph], Gallup, November 15, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/281618/rating-of-us-presidents-since-eisenhower/
