--- description: Falling behind his predecessor George W. Busgh title: Barack Obama Worse President Than Bush, Nixon, Poll Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dac79376ea66f78/69869a49e8524b6caa603b99/president-barack-obama-cabinet.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Obama is the Worst President Since World War II, Poll Says by [Joan E. Greve](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 2:59 PM CUT  President Barack Obama pauses during a cabinet meeting at the White House on July 1 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama pauses during a cabinet meeting at the White House on July 1 in Washington, DC.Pool—Getty Images by [Joan E. Greve](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2014 2:59 PM CUT More Americans consider Barack Obama to be the worst President since World War II than they do any other president, according to [a new poll](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2056 "undefined"). The Quinnipiac poll out Wednesday found that 33% of Americans see Obama as the worst post-war president, while just 8% consider him the best. Another 28% see former President George W. Bush as the worst. Richard Nixon, the only American President ever to resign in disgrace, was picked the worst by 13%, according to the poll. And 45% of Americans think the U.S. would be better off if Mitt Romney had been elected President in 2012, according to the poll, while 38% think the country would be worse off. Ronald Reagan was the most common answer among those surveyed for the best President since World War II, with 35% choosing the Republican icon. Another 18% chose Bill Clinton, and 15% chose John F. Kennedy. The survey of 1,446 registered voters, conducted June 24-30, had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2949984/barack-obama-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2949984/barack-obama-poll/"},"headline":"Obama is the Worst President Since World War II, Poll Says","datePublished":"2014-07-02T14:59:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:56:32.903Z","description":"Falling behind his predecessor George W. Bush","url":"https://time.com/2949984/barack-obama-poll/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","Obama","George W. Bush","mitt romney","World War II","Reagan","President Obama","Poll","Ronald Reagan","bush","Romney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dac79376ea66f78/69869a49e8524b6caa603b99/president-barack-obama-cabinet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joan E. Greve","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joan-greve/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dac79376ea66f78/69869a49e8524b6caa603b99/president-barack-obama-cabinet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obama Cabinet Meeting","caption":"Obama Cabinet Meeting","creditText":"Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2949984/barack-obama-poll/","name":"Obama is the Worst President Since World War II, Poll Says"}}]}] ```