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The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey is Pure Garbage. Here's Why.

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Matt Margolis
Feb 20, 2024
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According to the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, Joe Biden was ranked as the 14th-best president in history. That’s even better than Ronald Reagan—who was elected and reelected in national landslides—who came in at 16th place.

The survey was conducted by political science professors Brandon Rottinghaus from the University of Houston and Justin Vaughn from Coastal Carolina University.

Equally insulting is the 7th-place ranking of Barack Obama, whose ranking has only climbed several spots in the survey since the previous surveys in 2018 and 2015.

These rankings are not only insulting but also an indictment of blatantly biased academia. I have some experience assessing presidents and their records, so I feel compelled to address the ridiculous results of this survey and explain why they are pure garbage.

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