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----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Smoot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] Best U.S. Presidents (NON-BAMA; but ROLL TIDE ANYWAY!!) > Ronald Reagan. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick.McMahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RollTideFan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:45 PM > Subject: [RollTideFan] Best U.S. Presidents (NON-BAMA; but ROLL TIDE > ANYWAY!!) > > > > I ran across this interesting little poll while surfing around the WWW. I > > > > http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030516.asp > > ... > > Abraham Lincoln gets the most mentions from Americans at 15%, but not by a > > significant margin over the second-place finisher, Kennedy (13%). Two > recent > > presidents, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, as well as the current > > president, are all mentioned by 10% or more of the public. Other > presidents > > earning mentions from more than 5% of the public include Franklin D. > > Roosevelt and George Washington. > > > > Gallup has asked this question four times since 1999, and over that > period, > > Lincoln and Kennedy have typically rated near the top of the list. In > 1999, > > Lincoln had a six-percentage-point lead over Washington, Kennedy, Reagan, > > and Clinton. Kennedy led the pack the next year, with a small > > four-percentage-point lead over Lincoln. Polling in 2001 and 2003 has > found > > no clear-cut victor among the presidents mentioned, but Lincoln and > Kennedy > > still appear near the top of the list. Reagan, with 18%, actually had the > > most mentions in 2001, probably due in part to the fact that the poll was > > conducted around celebrations of his 90th birthday. > > > > Who do you regard as the greatest United States president? > > > > 1. Abraham Lincoln > > 2. John Kennedy > > 3. Bill Clinton > > 4. George W. Bush > > 5. Ronald Reagan > > 6. Franklin Roosevelt > > 7. George Washington > > 8. Harry Truman > > 9. Jimmy Carter > > 10. Theodore Roosevelt > > 11. George Bush (the elder) > > 12. Thomas Jefferson > > 13. Dwight Eisenhower > > 14. Richard Nixon > > > > Republicans, Democrats Vary Substantially on Greatest U.S. President > > > > The latest polling finds dramatic (but not necessarily surprising) > > differences between the Republicans' and Democrats' choices for the > greatest > > president in history. Three Democratic presidents -- Kennedy (25%), > Clinton > > (21%), and Franklin Roosevelt (13%) -- are Democrats' most frequent > choices > > as the greatest president. Lincoln is the only Republican president > > identified by a large number of Democrats, with 9% saying he is the > greatest > > president. > > > > Among Republicans in this poll, 23% mention the current president. Lincoln > > is mentioned by 20%, 18% mention Reagan, and 9% mention Washington. No > more > > than 3% of Republicans nominate any Democratic president as the greatest > of > > all time. > > > > Independents have a more mixed view, with Lincoln, Kennedy, Clinton, and > > Franklin Roosevelt each getting between 11% and 16% of the votes. > > > > .... > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit > http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
