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Presidential Rankings: Another Symptom of the University Virus

The latest ranking of U.S. presidents has been mocked for such absurdities as rating President Joe Biden over Ronald Reagan and placing Donald Trump last.
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Presidential Rankings: Another Symptom of the University Virus
The sculptures of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. Dean Franklin/CC-BY
Rob Natelson
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The latest ranking of U.S. presidents—the American Political Science Association’s Presidential Greatness Survey—has been mocked for such absurdities as rating President Joe Biden over Ronald Reagan and placing Donald Trump as dead last.
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Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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