All That Anti-Bush Propaganda Worked!

President George W. Bush, one of the most vilified of all American presidents, did very poorly in an online poll of U.S. News and World Report readers. He may have to wait a long time for the final verdict of history to vindicate him.

From the poll: What do you think? We want your votes on the worst presidents in American history. You may select up to three [only presidents with 1% or more of the votes are included].

• George W. Bush
69% of voters
• Richard Nixon
21% of voters
• Jimmy Carter
20% of voters
• Bill Clinton
17% of voters
• Ronald Reagan
14% of voters
• George H. W. Bush
13% of voters
• Warren Harding
11% of voters
• James Buchanan
10% of voters
• Herbert Hoover
10% of voters
• Abraham Lincoln
10% of voters
• Lyndon B. Johnson
9% of voters
• Andrew Johnson
6% of voters
• Ulysses S. Grant
5% of voters
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
4% of voters
• John Kennedy
3% of voters
• Woodrow Wilson
2% of voters
• Andrew Jackson
2% of voters
• Gerald Ford
2% of voters
• Franklin Pierce
2% of voters
• John Tyler
2% of voters
• Millard Fillmore
2% of voters
• Calvin Coolidge
1% of voters
• George Washington
1% of voters
• William Henry Harrison
1% of voters
• Harry S. Truman
1% of voters
• Zachary Taylor
1% of voters
• William Howard Taft
1% of voters
• Dwight Eisenhower
1% of voters
• Martin Van Buren
1% of voters
• Chester Arthur
1% of voters