Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Presidential Poll

Thinking about the United States Presidents we have had since World War II, which one would you consider the best president?

• Ronald Reagan 35% (28%)
• Bill Clinton 18% (25%)
• John Kennedy 15% (18%)
• Barack Obama 8%
• Dwight Eisenhower 5% (5%)
• Harry Truman 4% (7%)
• Lyndon Johnson 3% (1%)
• George Bush Sr. 3% (2%) 
• Jimmy Carter 2% (5%)
• George W. Bush 1% (3%) 
• Gerald Ford 1% (1%)
• Richard Nixon 1% (1%)

Among Democrats

• Bill Clinton 34% (48%)
• John Kennedy 18% (26%)
• Barack Obama 18%
• Ronald Reagan 6% (7%) 
• Lyndon Johnson 6% (1%)
• Harry Truman 4% (7%)
• Jimmy Carter 4% (5%)
• Dwight Eisenhower 2% (2%)
• George Bush Sr. 1% (0%) 
• Gerald Ford 1% (0%)
• George W. Bush 0% (0%) 
• Richard Nixon 0% (0%)

Among Republicans

• Ronald Reagan 66% (56%)
• George Bush Sr. 6% (5%) 
• John Kennedy 6% (8%) 
• Dwight Eisenhower 4% (6%)
• Harry Truman 4% (6%)
• Barack Obama 4%
• Bill Clinton 3% (2%)
• Richard Nixon 2% (2%)
• George W. Bush 1% (8%) 
• Gerald Ford 1% (0%)
• Lyndon Johnson 0% (0%)
• Jimmy Carter 0% (3%)

Among Independents

• Ronald Reagan 36% (25%)
• John Kennedy 17% (17%)
• Bill Clinton 16% (22%)  
• Dwight Eisenhower 8% (7%)
• Harry Truman 6% (9%) 
• George Bush Sr. 4% (2%)
• Jimmy Carter 2% (6%)
• Barack Obama 2% 
• George W. Bush 1% (3%)
• Richard Nixon 1% (1%) 
• Gerald Ford 1% (1%)
• Lyndon Johnson 1% (2%)

Among Men

• Ronald Reagan 37% (36%)
• Bill Clinton 18% (23%)
• John Kennedy 14% (14%)
• Dwight Eisenhower 6% (5%)
• Harry Truman 6% (8%)
• Barack Obama 6%
• Lyndon Johnson 4% (1%)
• George Bush Sr. 2% (2%)
• Jimmy Carter 2% (4%)
• George W. Bush 1% (2%)
• Richard Nixon 1% (1%)
• Gerald Ford 0% (0%)

Among Women

• Ronald Reagan 33% (20%)
  
• Bill Clinton 18% (28%)
• John Kennedy 15% (21%)
• Barack Obama 10% 
• George Bush Sr. 4% (3%)
• Dwight Eisenhower 4% (5%)
• Harry Truman 4% (6%)
• Jimmy Carter 3% (5%)
• Lyndon Johnson 2% (1%)
• George W. Bush 1%
• Gerald Ford 1% (1%)
• Richard Nixon 1% (1%)

Which of these twelve presidents we have had since World War II would you consider the worst president?

• Barack Obama 33%
• George W. Bush 28% (34%)
• Richard Nixon 13% (17%)
• Jimmy Carter 8% (13%)
• Lyndon Johnson 3% (4%)
• Bill Clinton 3% (16%)
• Ronald Reagan 3% (3%)
• Gerald Ford 2% (2%) 
• George Bush Sr. 2% (3%)
• Dwight Eisenhower 1% (0%)
• John Kennedy 0% (1%)
• Harry Truman 0% (1%)

Among Democrats

• George W. Bush 54% (56%)
• Richard Nixon 20% (18%)
• Ronald Reagan 6% (6%)
• Barack Obama 4%
• George Bush Sr. 4% (6%)
• Lyndon Johnson 3% (3%)
• Gerald Ford 2% (1%)
• Bill Clinton 1% (3%) 
• Jimmy Carter 1% (2%) 
• Dwight Eisenhower 1% (0%) 
• Harry Truman 0% (1%)
• John Kennedy 0% (0%)

Among Republicans

• Barack Obama 63%
• Jimmy Carter 14% (28%)
• Richard Nixon 5% (15%)
• George W. Bush 5% (7%)
• Bill Clinton 4% (34%)  
• Lyndon Johnson 4% (6%)
• Dwight Eisenhower 1% (0%)
• Gerald Ford 0% (2%) 
• John Kennedy 0% (2%)
• Harry Truman 0% (1%)
• George Bush Sr. 0% (0%)
• Ronald Reagan 0% (0%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 36%
• George W. Bush 23% (35%)
• Richard Nixon 14% (17%)
• Jimmy Carter 9% (12%)
• Bill Clinton 3% (15%)
• Ronald Reagan 3% (3%)
• Gerald Ford 2% (3%) 
• Lyndon Johnson 2% (4%)
• George Bush Sr. 1% (4%)
• John Kennedy 0% (1%)
• Harry Truman 0% (1%)
• Dwight Eisenhower 0% (0%)

Among Men

• Barack Obama 34%
• George W. Bush 26% (33%)
• Jimmy Carter 11% (18%)
• Richard Nixon 11% (15%)
• Lyndon Johnson 4% (5%)
• Ronald Reagan 4% (3%)
• Gerald Ford 3% (2%)
• Bill Clinton 2% (14%)
• George Bush Sr. 1% (3%)
• Dwight Eisenhower 0% (0%)
• John Kennedy 0% (1%)
• Harry Truman 0% (1%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 32%
• George W. Bush 30% (35%)
• Richard Nixon 15% (18%)
• Jimmy Carter 6% (8%)
• Lyndon Johnson 3% (4%)
• Bill Clinton 3% (18%)
• Ronald Reagan 3% (3%)
• George Bush Sr. 2% (4%)
• Dwight Eisenhower 1% (0%)
• Gerald Ford 0% (2%) 
• John Kennedy 0% (1%)
• Harry Truman 0% (1%)

Survey of 1,446 registered voters was conducted June 24-30, 2014. The margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points. Party ID: 31% Democrat; 26% Republican; 35% Independent. Results from the poll conducted May 23-30, 2006 are in parentheses.

Poll Watch: PPP (D) Presidential Favorability Survey

PPP (D) Presidential Favorability Poll

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• George Washington 89% / 3% {+86%}
• Abraham Lincoln 85% / 7% {+78%}
• Thomas Jefferson 74% / 6% {+68%}
• John F. Kennedy 70% (74%) / 21% (15%) {+49%}
• Teddy Roosevelt 66% / 9% {+57%}
• John Adams 59% / 5% {+54%} 
• Dwight Eisenhower 62% / 11% {+51%}
• Harry S. Truman 62% / 11% {+51%}
• John Quincy Adams 52% / 7% {+45%}
• Franklin D. Roosevelt 62% / 22% {+40%}
• Ulysses S. Grant 51% / 16% {+35%}
• Andrew Jackson 49% / 15% {+34%}
• Ronald Reagan 62% (60%) / 30% (30%) {+32%}
• James Monroe 39% / 6% {+33%}
• James Madison 37% / 7% {+30%}
• Gerald Ford 49% (45%) / 28% (26%) {+21%}
• Bill Clinton 54% (62%) / 38% (34%) {+16%}
• George H.W. Bush 51% (53%) / 42% (35%) {+9%}
• Woodrow Wilson 34% / 20% {+14%}
• Andrew Johnson 26% / 18% {+8%}
• Zachary Taylor 15% / 9% {+6%}
• William Henry Harrison 14% / 8% {+6%} 
• William McKinley 17% / 13% {+4%}
• James Garfield 16% / 13% {+3%}
• Benjamin Harrison 12% / 9% {+3%}
• William Howard Taft 17% / 15% {+2%}
• Grover Cleveland 14% / 13% {+1%}
• Rutherford B. Hayes 12% / 11% {+1%}
• Jimmy Carter 44% (45%) / 44% (43%) {0%}
• John Tyler 10% / 10% {0%}
• James K. Polk 9% / 9% {0%}
• Franklin Pierce 8% / 8% {0%}
• George W. Bush 45% (41%) / 46% (51%) {-1%}
• Martin Van Buren 13% / 15% {-2%}
• James Buchanan 11% / 13% {-2%}
• Barack Obama 46% / 49% {-3%} 
• Lyndon Johnson 34% (36%) / 42% (39%) {-8%}
• Chester A. Arthur 10% / 13% {-3%} 
• Herbert Hoover 25% / 29% {-4%}
• Calvin Coolidge 18% / 22% {-4%}
• Millard Fillmore 7% / 12% {-5%}
• Warren Harding 12% / 19% {-7%}
• Richard Nixon 27% (19%) / 59% (62%) {-32%}

Among Democrats

• John F. Kennedy 90% (90%) / 7% (6%) {+83%}
• George Washington 86% (89%) / 3% (3%) {+83%} 
• Abraham Lincoln 87% / 5% {+82%} 
• Bill Clinton 84% (87%) / 11% (9%) {+73%}
• Franklin D. Roosevelt 79% / 8% {+71%}
• Thomas Jefferson 73% / 6% {+67%} 
• Teddy Roosevelt 73% / 6% {+67%} 
• Barack Obama 80% / 16% {+64%}  
• Harry S. Truman 67% / 11% {+56%} 
• Jimmy Carter 72% (66%) / 17% (17%) {+55%}
• John Adams 56% / 5% {+51%}
• Dwight Eisenhower 57% / 14% {+43%} 
• John Quincy Adams 50% / 9% {+41%}
• James Monroe 41% / 8% {+33%} 
• Andrew Jackson 47% / 16% {+31%}
• Lyndon Johnson 56% (54%) / 27% (22%) {+29%}
• Ulysses S. Grant 46% / 18% {+28%} 
• James Madison 36% / 8% {+28%}  
• Woodrow Wilson 43% / 16% {+27%} 
• Andrew Johnson 29% / 17% {+12%}
• Zachary Taylor 17% / 10% {+7%} 
• Gerald Ford 41% (39%) / 35% (31%) {+6%}
• William Henry Harrison 16% / 10% {+6%}
• William McKinley 18% / 14% {+4%} 
• Grover Cleveland 17% / 15% {+2%} 
• Benjamin Harrison 14% / 12% {+2%}
• John Tyler 12% / 11% {+1%}
• James Garfield 14% / 15% {-1%}
• Rutherford B. Hayes 12% / 13% {-1%} 
• Martin Van Buren 14% / 17% {-3%}  
• Chester A. Arthur 12% / 15% {-3%}
• James Buchanan 12% / 16% {-4%}
• James K. Polk 9% / 13% {-4%} 
• Franklin Pierce 8% / 13% {-5%}
• William Howard Taft 15% / 21% {-6%}
• Millard Fillmore 7% / 14% {-7%}  
• Calvin Coolidge 16% / 25% {-9%}
• Warren Harding 11% / 23% {-12%}
• Herbert Hoover 22% / 37% {-15%} 
• Ronald Reagan 34% (35%) / 53% (51%) {-19%}
• George H.W. Bush 27% (30%) / 66% (55%) {-39%}
• George W. Bush 19% (13%) / 73% (79%) {-54%}
• Richard Nixon 17% (9%) / 73% (72%) {-56%}

Among Republicans

• George Washington 92% / 4% {+88%} 
  
• Ronald Reagan 92% (90%) / 6% (7%) {+86%}
• Abraham Lincoln 84% / 9% {+75%}  
• Thomas Jefferson 78% / 4% {+74%} 
• George H.W. Bush 80% (80%) / 14% (14%) {+66%}
• George W. Bush 79% (79%) / 15% (16%) {+64%}
• Dwight Eisenhower 71% / 8% {+63%}
• John Adams 58% / 5% {+53%} 
• John Quincy Adams 55% / 5% {+50%}
• Teddy Roosevelt 61% / 12% {+49%}  
• Ulysses S. Grant 59% / 11% {+48%} 
• Harry S. Truman 57% / 12% {+45%} 
• Andrew Jackson 54% / 9% {+45%}
• Gerald Ford 61% (49%) / 20% (23%) {+41%}
• James Monroe 36% / 4% {+32%} 
• James Madison 37% / 6% {+31%}
• John F. Kennedy 56% (59%) / 32% (25%) {+24%}
• Franklin D. Roosevelt 48% / 34% {+14%} 
• Herbert Hoover 30% / 18% {+12%}
• Andrew Johnson 26% / 14% {+12%}  
• William Howard Taft 18% / 10% {+8%} 
• James Garfield 17% / 10% {+7%}
• Zachary Taylor 14% / 8% {+6%}  
• Benjamin Harrison 11% / 5% {+6%}
• Woodrow Wilson 27% / 22% {+5%}  
• Calvin Coolidge 20% / 15% {+5%}
• William Henry Harrison 13% / 8% {+5%}
• Grover Cleveland 13% / 8% {+5%}  
• Rutherford B. Hayes 12% / 7% {+5%}  
• Franklin Pierce 9% / 4% {+5%}
• William McKinley 15% / 11% {+4%} 
• James Buchanan 12% / 8% {+4%}
• James K. Polk 9% / 5% {+4%}
• Warren Harding 14% / 12% {+2%}
• Martin Van Buren 12% / 12% {0%} 
• John Tyler 9% / 9% {0%}
• Millard Fillmore 6% / 8% {-2%}  
• Chester A. Arthur 9% / 12% {-3%}
• Richard Nixon 39% (31%) / 49% (49%) {-10%}
• Lyndon Johnson 20% (16%) / 53% (61%) {-33%}
• Bill Clinton 27% (33%) / 65% (62%) {-38%}
• Jimmy Carter 19% (20%) / 70% (74%) {-51%}
• Barack Obama 12% / 84% {-72%}  

Among Independents

• George Washington 88% / 3% {+85%} 
• Abraham Lincoln 84% / 7% {+77%} 
• Thomas Jefferson 71% / 8% {+63%}
• John Adams 63% / 5% {+58%} 
• Teddy Roosevelt 63% / 9% {+54%}
• Harry S. Truman 62% / 10% {+52%} 
• Dwight Eisenhower 59% / 11% {+48%} 
• John Quincy Adams 50% / 6% {+44%}
• John F. Kennedy 62% (70%) / 26% (16%) {+36%}
• James Monroe 41% / 7% {+34%} 
• Franklin D. Roosevelt 57% / 26% {+31%}
• James Madison 37% / 8% {+29%} 
• Ronald Reagan 59% (62%) / 31% (28%) {+28%}
• Ulysses S. Grant 46% / 22% {+24%} 
• Andrew Jackson 45% / 21% {+24%}
• Gerald Ford 42% (49%) / 30% (24%) {+12%}
• Bill Clinton 50% (59%) / 40% (37%) {+10%}
• Woodrow Wilson 30% / 25% {+5%} 
• William Henry Harrison 12% / 7% {+5%} 
• William Howard Taft 19% / 16% {+3%} 
• William McKinley 17% / 14% {+3%}
• Zachary Taylor 13% / 10% {+3%}  
• James Garfield 16% / 14% {+2%}
• Benjamin Harrison 12% / 10% {+2%}
• Franklin Pierce 8% / 7% {+1%}
• James K. Polk 8% / 9% {-1%}
• Barack Obama 46% / 48% {-2%}  
• George H.W. Bush 43% (55%) / 45% (33%) {-2%}
• Martin Van Buren 13% / 16% {-3%}  
• Rutherford B. Hayes 10% / 13% {-3%} 
• John Tyler 8% / 11% {-3%}
• Andrew Johnson 20% / 25% {-5%}
• Chester A. Arthur 8% / 13% {-5%}
• Grover Cleveland 10% / 16% {-6%} 
• Jimmy Carter 38% (43%) / 47% (45%) {-9%}
• Calvin Coolidge 18% / 27% {-9%}
• James Buchanan 8% / 17% {-9%}
• Millard Fillmore 6% / 16% {-10%} 
• Herbert Hoover 22% / 33% {-11%}
• George W. Bush 36% (39%) / 50% (54%) {-14%}
• Warren Harding 10% / 26% {-16%}
• Lyndon Johnson 23% (33%) / 49% (40%) {-26%}
• Richard Nixon 25% (22%) / 54% (64%) {-29%}

Survey of 1,200 American voters was conducted February 9-12, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 40% (41%) Democrat; 37% (34%) Republican; 22% (25%) Independent/Other. Political views: 28% (31%) Moderate;25% (24%) Somewhat conservative; 20% (17%) Somewhat liberal; 17% (16%) Very conservative; 11% (12%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 8-11, 2011 are in parentheses.

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PPP (D) Favorability Survey of Ex-Presidents

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• John F. Kennedy 74% / 15% {+59%}
• Ronald Reagan 60% / 30% {+30%}
• Bill Clinton 62% / 34% {+28%}
• Gerald Ford 45% / 26% {+19%}
• George H.W. Bush 53% / 35% {+18%}
• Jimmy Carter 45% / 43% {+2%}
• Lyndon Johnson 36% / 39% {-3%}
• George W. Bush 41% / 51% {-10%}
• Richard Nixon 19% / 62% {-43%}

Among Democrats

• John F. Kennedy 90% / 6% {+84%}
• Bill Clinton 87% / 9% {+78%}
• Jimmy Carter 66% / 17% {+49%}
• Lyndon Johnson 54% / 22% {+32%}
• Gerald Ford 39% / 31% {+8%}
• Ronald Reagan 35% / 51% {-16%}
• George H.W. Bush 30% / 55% {-25%}
• Richard Nixon 9% / 72% {-63%}
• George W. Bush 13% / 79% {-66%}

Among Republicans

• Ronald Reagan 90% / 7% {+83%}
• George H.W. Bush 80% / 14% {+66%}
• George W. Bush 79% / 16% {+63%}
• John F. Kennedy 59% / 25% {+34%}
• Gerald Ford 49% / 23% {+26%}
• Richard Nixon 31% / 49% {-18%}
• Bill Clinton 33% / 62% {-29%}
• Lyndon Johnson 16% / 61% {-45%}
• Jimmy Carter 20% / 74% {-54%}

Among Independents

• John F. Kennedy 70% / 16% {+54%}
• Ronald Reagan 62% / 28% {+34%}
• Gerald Ford 49% / 24% {+25%}
• Bill Clinton 59% / 37% {+22%}
• George H.W. Bush 55% / 33% {+22%}
• Jimmy Carter 43% / 45% {-2%}
• Lyndon Johnson 33% / 40% {-7%}
• George W. Bush 39% / 54% {-15%}
• Richard Nixon 22% / 64% {-42%}

Among Moderates

• John F. Kennedy 78% / 9% {+69%}
• Bill Clinton 74% / 21% {+53%}
• Gerald Ford 49% / 21% {+28%}
• Jimmy Carter 58% / 30% {+28%}
• Ronald Reagan 54% / 33% {+21%}
• Lyndon Johnson 44% / 30% {+14%}
• George H.W. Bush 42% / 41% {+1%}
• George W. Bush 25% / 67% {-42%}
• Richard Nixon 14% / 66% {-52%}

Among Men

• John F. Kennedy 71% / 18% {+53%}
• Ronald Reagan 66% / 28% {+38%}
• George H.W. Bush 57% / 34% {+23%}
• Bill Clinton 58% / 38% {+20%}
• Gerald Ford 47% / 27% {+20%}
• George W. Bush 46% / 49% {-3%}
• Lyndon Johnson 35% / 44% {-9%}
• Jimmy Carter 39% / 52% {-13%}
• Richard Nixon 25% / 61% {-36%}

Among Women

• John F. Kennedy 77% / 12% {+65%}
• Bill Clinton 65% / 30% {+35%}
• Ronald Reagan 55% / 32% {+23%}
• Gerald Ford 42% / 26% {+16%}
• Jimmy Carter 50% / 36% {+14%}
• George H.W. Bush 49% / 37% {+12%}
• Lyndon Johnson 37% / 36% {+1%}
• George W. Bush 37% / 53% {-16%}
• Richard Nixon 15% / 63% {-48%}

Survey of 665 voters was conducted September 8-11, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.8 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 41% Democrat; 34% Republican; 25% Independent/Other. Political views: 31% Moderate; 24% Somewhat conservative; 17% Somewhat liberal; 16% Very conservative; 12% Very liberal.

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