Obama Named Best President in Our Lifetime by Most Americans

[Saint Frankenstein]

Too bad Buchanan never made it to potus. The Guy is like my brother or grandpa or something. My elder clone.

And I guess George Wallace is your cousin?

 

[sayak83]

A Pew Research poll released yesterday says that most Americans rank former President Barack Obama as the best president of their lifetimes.

44% polled named Obama as the best or second best President in their lifetime, Trump came in forth behind Bill Clinton who tied for second place with Ronald Reagan (both at 33%) with 19%.

Americans Say Barack Obama Was Best President of Their Lifetimes

Expected. He was brilliant.

 

[Cooky]

And I guess George Wallace is your cousin?

Oh no.. definitely not.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Oh no.. definitely not.

I just compare the two since Buchanan sounds like an old-timey segregationist type when he starts ranting about non-whites coming to flood the country and take it from white people, even if he is sensible about other topics. I've looked through some of his books and it's not pretty, his racist fear-mongering. You can sample some of it here: Pat Buchanan - Wikiquote

 

[Augustus]

Reagan was also the leader of a strong and influential union

Commie!!!!!

 

[metis]

A Pew Research poll released yesterday says that most Americans rank former President Barack Obama as the best president of their lifetimes.

44% polled named Obama as the best or second best President in their lifetime, Trump came in forth behind Bill Clinton who tied for second place with Ronald Reagan (both at 33%) with 19%.

Americans Say Barack Obama Was Best President of Their Lifetimes

Yep, and this is what in part drives Trump nuts and why he constantly tries to get his childish digs in, and also why he has wanted to undo every program that Obama initiated no matter how may innocent people that may hurt, such as repealing the ACA that would eliminate insurance for roughly 20 million Americans.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

What the conservatives in this forum don't understand and should be worried about is what does this say about how the Millenials and Gen X are going to vote in the next election? It doesn't look good for the Republicans. This poll should be making you say "Oh-oh"

 

[Road Warrior]

I think it's strange that the article says nothing about Kennedy.

It mentions every other President all the way back to Roosevelt. Could it be that none of the respondents named JFK?

i mean Nixon even got a share of the votes.

The poll itself is what is best to read.

Obama Tops Public’s List of Best President in Their Lifetime, Followed by Clinton, Reagan

 

[Road Warrior]

What the conservatives in this forum don't understand and should be worried about is what does this say about how the Millenials and Gen X are going to vote in the next election? It doesn't look good for the Republicans. This poll should be making you say "Oh-oh"

Correct.....IF they show up. They can't vote with their smartphones. They have to actually stand in line at the voting booth.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

Correct.....IF they show up. They can't vote with their smartphones. They have to actually stand in line at the voting booth.

You are correct on that.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Correct.....IF they show up. They can't vote with their smartphones. They have to actually stand in line at the voting booth.

I'm a Millennial and I've never voted in person, but I've voted in every general election since 2008 (my first year of eligibility). I always vote absentee. So try again to insult my generation.

 

[Road Warrior]

I'm a Millennial and I've never voted in person, but I've voted in every general election since 2008 (my first year of eligibility). I always vote absentee. So try again to insult my generation.

I often participate in early voting but have used absentee balloting when I was in the military. Nonetheless, voting is a matter of who shows up to vote, regardless how, not what people think in general.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I often participate in early voting but have used absentee balloting when I was in the military. Nonetheless, voting is a matter of who shows up to vote, regardless how, not what people think in general.

Fair enough. Ohio, where I live, allows anyone to vote absentee if they want. You just request a ballot to be mailed to you and mail it back. They used to only do it for the general elections but started allowing it for the midterms last year, too (so I voted in the midterms last year for the first time).

 

[The Reverend Bob]

Fair enough. Ohio, where I live, allows anyone to vote absentee if they want. You just request a ballot to be mailed to you and mail it back. They used to only do it for the general elections but started allowing it for the midterms last year, too (so I voted in the midterms last year for the first time).

They (The Millennials) did turn up for the 2018 elections and not only that Gen Z (those born after 1999) is now becoming eligible for the vote and they mostly identify with the Democrats. Of the electorate the Boomers and Silent Gen are a declining population. Boomers are at 28% of the electorate, Millennials are 27%, Gen X (my generation, thank you. We gave you Obama) is at 25%, Gen Z is closing in at 10% and the Silent Gen is at 9%. The Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z are mostly aligned in their political and social views with the Democratic party. The voting bloc that usually votes Republican (Boomers and Silent Gen) is in decline.

 

[Road Warrior]

Fair enough. Ohio, where I live, allows anyone to vote absentee if they want. You just request a ballot to be mailed to you and mail it back. They used to only do it for the general elections but started allowing it for the midterms last year, too (so I voted in the midterms last year for the first time).

The key parts being "request a ballot" and actually mailing it back.

 

[Road Warrior]

They (The Millennials) did turn up for the 2018 elections and not only that Gen Z (those born after 1999) is now becoming eligible for the vote and they mostly identify with the Democrats. Of the electorate the Boomers and Silent Gen are a declining population. Boomers are at 28% of the electorate, Millennials are 27%, Gen X (my generation, thank you. We gave you Obama) is at 25%, Gen Z is closing in at 10% and the Silent Gen is at 9%. The Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z are mostly aligned in their political and social views with the Democratic party. The voting bloc that usually votes Republican (Boomers and Silent Gen) is in decline.

All true, but the main factor is actually voting. You've identified the parts of the population but not the percentage of those who vote. Let me help you become educated:

2016: Voting in America: A Look at the 2016 Presidential Election

2018: Voter Turnout Demographics - United States Elections Project

 

[The Reverend Bob]

All true, but the main factor is actually voting. You've identified the parts of the population but not the percentage of those who vote. Let me help you become educated:

2016: Voting in America: A Look at the 2016 Presidential Election

2018: Voter Turnout Demographics - United States Elections Project

And let me educate you.

Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms

And they are set to do it again in 2020

 

[Road Warrior]

And let me educate you.

Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms

And they are set to do it again in 2020

I'm fine with that. It's inevitable. What you are missing is the disproportionate voting percentages of each group. What the link doesn't show is how they voted.


Let's not forget that the older people become, the more conservative they become......let's just hope not RWNJ conservative.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

I'm fine with that. It's inevitable. What you are missing is the disproportionate voting percentages of each group. What the link doesn't show is how they voted.

Other Pew Research polls have shown that Gen X, the Millennials and Gen Z mostly identify as liberal.

Let's not forget that the older people become, the more conservative they become

And the more older they become, the more dead they become. We are witnessing the Great Conservative Die Off.

 

[columbus]

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Well, isn't it currently the Woodstock generation

who are running the USA?
Tom