2017
C-SPAN 2017 Survey of Presidential Leadership
EMBARGOED UNTIL 5AM FEBRUARY 17 2017
Public Persuasion Crisis Leadership
No.
President
2017
Final Scores and Ranks
Overall
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Economic
Management
Score
International
Relations
Administrative
Skills
Relations with
Congress
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Moral Authority
Rank
Score
Vision / Setting an
Agenda
Rank
Score
Pursued Equal
Justice For All
Performance
Within Context of
Times
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
1
Washington
868
2
91.4
4
94.1
2
84.1
1
97.6
1
87.6
2
84.7
2
82.8
2
93.2
2
54.4
13
97.7
1
2
Adams, J.
604
19
50.7
22
62.8
17
62.5
15
70.7
11
70.2
13
59.9
21
52.0
24
57.8
20
52.6
15
64.6
19
3
Jefferson
727
7
82.1
8
72.4
13
63.3
13
78.5
6
71.5
11
71.8
7
74.0
5
87.2
5
47.8
17
78.6
6
4
Madison
610
17
62.3
18
60.4
19
57.9
19
72.9
9
56.9
22
62.7
17
60.1
13
63.4
18
47.2
18
66.4
16
5
Monroe
646
13
64.5
17
66.1
14
58.0
18
66.2
16
79.5
7
66.4
11
66.2
9
65.6
14
43.5
25
69.9
11
6
Adams, J. Q.
590
21
42.7
33
54.1
23
58.6
17
70.1
12
68.5
15
61.4
18
44.3
32
65.5
15
66.9
9
57.6
22
7
Jackson
609
18
82.2
7
73.5
10
47.6
26
59.3
20
58.0
20
56.5
23
53.7
21
79.0
10
31.2
38
68.1
13
8
Van Buren
450
34
46.0
30
41.1
35
37.1
40
46.8
33
51.0
26
55.1
26
47.9
28
41.8
33
38.9
30
44.5
33
9
Harrison, W. H.
383
38
47.6
28
32.7
38
37.8
38
46.9
31
34.3
42
34.5
40
40.5
38
40.4
36
31.4
37
37.1
38
10
Tyler
372
39
36.8
39
40.1
36
37.7
39
34.7
37
50.9
28
40.6
38
31.0
41
37.5
37
24.1
41
38.9
36
11
Polk
637
14
68.8
13
73.8
9
63.2
14
53.2
27
67.5
16
69.0
9
64.6
11
76.6
11
32.1
36
68.6
12
12
Taylor
458
31
48.5
27
47.6
28
46.1
28
51.0
28
49.7
30
45.2
35
43.3
35
44.1
30
36.3
34
46.5
30
13
Fillmore
394
37
36.3
40
42.4
34
40.8
34
35.8
36
48.2
34
42.9
36
43.1
36
37.1
39
28.6
39
38.4
37
14
Pierce
315
41
32.3
41
26.9
41
36.6
41
29.6
39
37.5
40
36.7
39
36.6
40
27.5
41
22.6
42
28.8
41
15
Buchanan
245
43
23.9
43
17.4
43
30.1
42
20.5
43
32.1
43
34.0
41
28.4
42
19.7
43
18.4
43
20.4
43
16
Lincoln
907
1
92.4
3
97.8
1
80.9
2
96.2
2
86.4
3
85.6
1
79.5
4
97.6
1
93.1
1
97.1
2
17
Johnson, A.
275
42
24.9
42
25.3
42
38.0
37
24.3
41
40.1
39
28.5
43
17.1
43
26.2
42
24.5
40
26.3
42
18
Grant
557
22
60.9
19
58.7
21
47.1
27
61.4
19
60.4
19
40.8
37
54.6
20
50.7
23
64.0
10
58.0
21
19
Hayes
458
32
46.1
29
45.7
30
47.6
25
46.9
32
48.5
33
49.8
29
45.8
30
42.5
32
38.0
32
47.0
28
20
Garfield
481
29
51.1
21
44.1
31
46.1
29
58.1
22
43.4
36
48.8
32
48.6
27
47.0
25
46.7
20
47.3
27
21
Arthur
446
35
41.3
37
42.8
32
43.8
31
44.2
35
47.5
35
52.3
28
45.9
29
41.8
34
40.8
27
45.9
32
540
23
60.0
20
54.7
22
50.1
24
56.6
26
56.1
23
58.4
22
53.6
22
55.6
21
38.6
31
56.7
23
22/24 Cleveland
23
Harrison, B.
462
30
43.8
32
42.5
33
43.3
32
47.7
30
51.0
27
49.3
30
50.5
26
43.5
31
43.8
24
46.2
31
25
McKinley
627
16
67.4
16
64.8
16
64.3
11
63.5
18
65.5
17
65.4
13
65.6
10
63.5
17
41.4
26
65.4
18
26
Roosevelt, T.
807
4
92.6
2
83.5
5
76.2
4
84.1
5
84.4
4
78.8
4
72.0
7
87.6
4
62.8
11
85.4
4
27
Taft
528
24
45.1
31
49.9
26
55.2
20
56.7
25
57.8
21
65.8
12
52.3
23
45.9
28
44.7
22
54.6
24
28
Wilson
683
11
77.8
11
73.4
11
69.5
9
75.7
8
71.3
12
70.0
8
55.2
16
83.0
7
36.2
35
71.1
10
29
Harding
360
40
41.4
36
32.1
39
40.6
35
24.7
40
42.1
37
32.5
42
43.8
34
32.8
40
37.0
33
33.2
40
30
Coolidge
506
27
49.8
24
46.8
29
52.7
22
59.1
21
50.9
29
56.3
25
55.1
18
44.9
29
39.5
29
51.0
26
31
Hoover
416
36
37.0
38
29.7
40
28.4
43
48.0
29
49.6
31
64.7
14
44.9
31
37.1
38
40.0
28
36.6
39
32
Roosevelt, F. D.
855
3
96.8
1
94.1
3
75.7
5
85.7
3
89.7
1
79.1
3
80.1
3
92.7
3
68.8
8
92.3
3
33
Truman
737
6
67.8
14
85.1
4
68.8
10
72.8
10
82.6
5
67.5
10
57.9
14
73.0
13
81.4
4
80.7
5
34
Eisenhower
745
5
73.0
12
82.3
6
71.5
6
85.6
4
81.5
6
77.0
5
72.0
6
64.1
16
60.7
12
77.2
7
35
Kennedy
722
8
86.4
6
79.4
7
70.7
7
66.9
15
69.5
14
63.3
15
61.3
12
80.9
9
71.7
7
72.5
9
36
Johnson, L. B.
687
10
67.5
15
59.7
20
63.9
12
57.8
24
41.5
38
72.3
6
83.0
1
81.7
8
91.5
2
68.0
14
37
Nixon
486
28
49.0
26
49.1
27
52.6
23
23.0
42
72.3
10
56.5
24
42.8
37
50.2
24
46.6
21
44.0
34
38
Ford
509
25
42.5
34
53.6
24
44.9
30
57.9
23
54.2
25
52.9
27
54.9
19
41.5
35
53.1
14
53.8
25
39
Carter
506
26
42.5
34
40.0
37
41.5
33
67.1
14
49.4
32
49.1
31
44.2
33
50.8
22
75.1
5
46.9
29
40
Reagan
691
9
90.9
5
74.1
8
60.9
16
68.8
13
76.8
9
47.4
33
68.9
8
84.9
6
44.6
23
74.1
8
41
Bush, George H. W.
596
20
49.8
23
72.7
12
52.9
21
64.0
17
77.3
8
63.1
16
56.3
15
46.1
27
52.0
16
62.0
20
42
Clinton
634
15
79.6
9
61.5
18
78.6
3
33.2
38
63.8
18
60.7
20
55.1
17
63.1
19
72.3
6
65.9
17
43
Bush, George W.
456
33
49.0
25
52.3
25
38.2
36
45.8
34
36.4
41
45.5
34
51.9
25
46.3
26
47.0
19
43.3
35
44
Obama
669
12
77.9
10
65.4
15
69.6
8
77.5
7
55.1
24
61.3
19
37.8
39
73.3
12
83.2
3
67.5
15
Sorted by President 2/14/17
Survey Results Copyright 2017 National Cable Satellite Corporation