The worst-performing past president among the general public is James K. Polk, to a significant extent because so few Americans have an opinion of him (quite justifiably). Historians, meanwhile, think the worst president on that measure of greatness was … Donald J. Trump.
No president has a larger gap between his rankings by the public and by the experts. He’s 20th on the public’s list (one place behind Biden) and 45th on the scholars’.
No president has a larger gap between his rankings by the public and by the experts. He’s 20th on the public’s list (one place behind Biden) and 45th on the scholars’.
