C-SPAN.org | Created by Cable. Offered as a Public Service.
  
 Advanced Search
Schedules Featured Topics C-SPAN Series C-SPAN Websites Resources
 
Live TV/Radio Live TV/Radio Video Library Video Library
TV Schedules Book TV Schedule
Radio Schedule C-SPAN Alert
111th Congress Health Care Response to Terrorism
Obama Administration Energy Politics
Supreme Court Iraq U.S. Economy
America & the Courts The Communicators Q&A
Booknotes Newsmakers Road to the White House
Book TV Prime Minister's Questions Washington Journal
C-SPAN Radio Specials
American Presidents C-SPAN's Civics Bus Q&A
American Writers Capitol Hearings StudentCam
Blair House Capitol Spotlight Students & Leaders
Booknotes Economic Stimulus Tocqueville
Book TV Lincoln 200 Years The Capitol
C-SPAN Classroom Lincoln Book The Supreme Court
C-SPAN Radio Politics The White House
C-SPAN Video Library Presidential Libraries
C-SPAN Podcasts Political News
C-SPAN Viewer's Guide Media Organizations
Congress/Legislative Blogs
White House/Executive Policy Organizations
Supreme Court/Judiciary Featured Links Archive
State/Local C-SPAN Special Pages
International
 

Survey in the News

NATIONAL TV
NBC
  • NBC Nightly News
  • Hardball with Chris Matthews
  • Countdown with Keith Olbermann
CNN
  • The Situation Room
  • Campbell Brown
CNN.com:
  • "Lincoln wins: Honest Abe tops new presidential survey"
CBS
  • "60 Minutes": Andy Rooney
ABC
  • Jake Tapper
WIRES
AP
  • "Lincoln ranked best president by historians"
  • "Former President Clinton: Obama off to good start"
REUTERS
  • "Lincoln Tops Among U.S. Historians"
UPI
  • "Lincoln tops C-SPAN presidents ranking"
NATIONAL RADIO
NPR
  • Morning Edition
ONLINE
Politico
  • Mike Allen's Playbook
MAGAZINES
U.S. News & World Report
  • "Historians Rank George W. Bush Among Worst Presidents"
NEWSPAPERS
Washington Post
  • Al Kamen's In the Loop
  • Chris Cilllizza's The Fix
Houston Chronicle
  • "C-SPAN rates presidents: Bush 43 near bottom; LBJ, top"
  • "Historians: Lincoln top president; George W. Bush 36th"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • "Truman's own: Missourian No. 5 on best presidents list"
Kansas City Star
  • "Let the debate begin: New C-SPAN survey of presidents rates Truman #5, Lincoln #1, Reagan #10 and W.....36th"
Portland Oregonian
  • "Historians rate best - and worst - presidents ever"
  • "Bill Clinton: A Presidents' Day bargain"
Salem Oregon Statesman Journal editorial
  • "It takes time to weigh presidential success"
The Hill
  • "Historians Rank Presidents"
Roll Call
  • Morton Kondracke
L.A. Times
  • "C-SPAN ranks presidents: Abe still on top, shocker at the bottom"
Chicago Tribune
  • "Presidential rankings: Leadership"
Chicago Sun-Times
  • "Ranking the presidents"
  • "C-SPAN 2009 presidential rankings"
Dallas Morning News
  • Highland Park Cafeteria celebrates George Washington's birthday
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • "And for extra credit, rank our presidents"
Lancaster Intelligencer
  • St. Anne's students meet James Buchanan for Presidents Day
St. Joseph News Missouri
  • Happy Birthday and Congrats!
Baton Rouge Advocate editorial
  • Our Views: Rating the presidents
Biz Journals
  • C-SPAN ranks U.S. presidents
Kalamazoo Gazette
  • Voices: Readers Responses
New London Connecticut Day
  • "Stacking Up Presidents"
Chicago Daily Herald
  • "During Crisis, Those Who Are Great Answer The Tough Call"

Survey Links

  • Index
  • Total Scores/Overall Ranking
  • Survey Participants
INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP
                     CHARACTERISTICS
  • Public Persuasion
  • Crisis Leadership
  • Economic Management
  • Moral Authority
  • International Relations
  • Administrative Skills
  • Relations with Congress
  • Vision/Setting An Agenda
  • Pursued Equal Justice For All
  • Performance Within Context of Times
 
   
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Video Help
  • Employment
  • Copyright Policy
  • Podcasts
  • C-SPAN Products