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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Poll Watch: PPP (D) Favorability Survey of Ex-Presidents

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.

Giuliani on Debt Limit Debate: Dems and GOP Could Learn from JFK and the Gipper

Rudy Giuliani, in an interview with The Daily Caller:

As both parties fight over a debt reduction deal during the debate in Congress over raising the debt ceiling, Giuliani said. “It would be really nice if we could bring back John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.” 

“Both of them could probably preach some wisdom to both political parties,” he explained. “John F. Kennedy could preach the value of tax cuts to a party that doesn’t seem to understand that, and preach major tax cuts which really worked for Kennedy.” 

“And Reagan could preach the art of the possible, meaning you can’t get everything you want. Try to get 50, 60, 70, 80 percent,” he said. “That would really make Washington work a lot better.”

UPDATE: McKay Coppins, a reporter for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, tweets:

Giuliani defends McConnell's debt ceiling idea, sez he should have been a better "poker player" & waited longer to propose it

UPDATE II: Rudy Giuliani, in an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio:

"We should make the best deal we can make on spending cuts but not put the country into default... It would hurt our party for ten years if we're responsible for that. And beyond poor politics, it would be the wrong thing to do."

UPDATE III: Dartmouth Now's Susan J. Boutwell reports:

Obama, GOP Leaders ‘Acting Like Children’

Giuliani chided President Obama and Congressional Republicans for refusing to compromise in ongoing talks on whether to raise the federal debt limit. Republicans need to accept lower spending cuts and Obama has to give up trying to raise taxes, he said. 

“They’re not acting like adults. They’re acting like children in a playpen who want all the toys to themselves,” said the former mayor.

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