2022 FORUM PRESIDENTIAL RANKINGS!!!!!

[vcczar]

The rankings below are ordered chronologically. Forum Rank is how they ranked when the 21 individual forum rankings were averaged together. I then used the Carter through Biden rankings to determine which rankers were more friendly towards Democrats and which were more friendly towards Republicans. The Blue Rank is the ranking among Democrat-friendly rankers and the Red Rank is the ranking among Republican-friendly rankers. The Balanced Party Rank is when I averaged these two rankings equally. We had more Blue Rankings than Red Rankings, so this shows what the ranking might have looked like if this forum didn't lean Liberal. For these party rankings, I had exclude rankings by those who were exactly even between Democrats and Republicans. Their ranking is included only in the Forum Rank. Four rankers were 

Pres	Forum Rank	Balanced Party Rank	Red Rank	Blue Rank	Notes
Washington	3	2	1	4
Adams, J	21	27	32	18	Disliked more by R
Jefferson	7	5	3	13	Slavery likely hurt him among B
Madison	18	12	7	21	Same as w/ Jefferson
Monroe	19	9	8	19	Same as w/ Jefferson and Madison
Adams, JQ	23	25	30	16	Wannabe antebellum FDR liked by B
Jackson	36	38	33	38	Disliked by everyone
Van Buren	34	37	35	34	ditto
Harrison, WH	31	29	25	26
Tyler	41	41	39	40
Polk	15	13	13	17
Taylor	27	33	28	27
Fillmore	37	35	29	36
Pierce	43	42	41	42
Buchanan	45	45	45	45	Consensus worst pres
Lincoln	1	1	2	1	almost consensus best pres
Johnson, A	44	44	44	44
Grant	11	6	15	10	Probably liked by B and R for different reasons
Hayes	26	30	23	28
Garfield	29	18	20	20
Arthur	24	28	26	25
Cleveland	30	26	17	31	Quasi-Libertarian draws partisan response
Harrison, B	28	23	18	24	In many ways, I'd think B should have liked him more
McKinley	22	15	9	29	B turned off by Imperialistic, pro-industrialist nature
Roosevelt, T	2	4	14	2	R reluctant acceptance of FDR precursor
Taft	17	8	12	15
Wilson	38	39	42	32	21st century thought has ripped Wilson and Jackson to shreds.
Harding	40	40	36	39
Coolidge	13	10	5	22	Likely liked by B and R for totally different reasons
Hoover	35	36	31	35
Roosevelt, FD	4	7	24	3	Expected partisan reaction
Truman	9	11	19	9
Eisenhower	5	3	6	6	Was moderate enough to warrant few objections
Kennedy	10	14	21	11
Johnson, LB	6	22	37	5	Second most partisan reaction. A god for B and a devil for R; The Democratic Reagan.
Nixon	33	34	22	33	Nixon improves now that Trump is the new Nixon.
Ford	20	17	16	23
Carter	16	32	40	14	Partisan response. B overlooks the economics for integrity and environmental vision.
Reagan	32	21	4	37	Most partisan reaction. A god for R; devil for B; The GOP LBJ.
Bush, GHW	25	19	10	30	Probably wouldn't rank as high for R if Trump never existed.
Clinton	12	16	27	12
Bush, GW	39	31	11	41	See my notes for his dad.
Obama	8	20	34	7	Expected partisan result
Trump	42	43	43	43	Consensus: a failure according to both B and R. No way he beats Biden in 2024. Could lose primary.
Biden	14	24	38	8	Expected partisan result, roughly equal to Obama. Note: He's just behind Obama in B rank and in the top 10. He's only 4 behind Obama for R. Right about in the middle for Balanced Rank.

[vcczar]

Crazy to think that from about 1892-2008 that Grant was considered one of the worst presidents. He's really rebounded. Generally the rebounds occur about 10 years after a presidency when they happen, it seems. 

21st century has changed rankings regarding Grant, Jackson, and Wilson the most. I think post-Trump, Harding and Nixon will be reevaluated. I expect LBJ to go up once personal memory of the Vietnam War fades. Both Bushes will rise post-Trump. Basically, Trump is so bad he's going to raise four presidents in their rankings for not being as bad as Trump. I think JFK might actually fall once personal memory of him fades, mainly because he had almost zero legislative accomplishments.