Criteria for Evaluating the President:
1. Sets clear goals and initiate programs to carry out those goals
2. Set up an oppositional program to "Old Failed Policies"
3. Gains popular support for their programs and leadership (character?)
4. Ability to work with Congress
5. Handles the economy well
6. Responds to emergencies
Rank the following Presidents from 1 to 10 (1-Best through 10-Worst)
President Concensus Rating
Thomas Jefferson 1
Andrew Jackson 6
Theodore Roosevelt
3
Woodrow Wilson
10
Franklin D. Roosevelt
2
Harry Truman
5
Dwight Eisenhower
6
John F. Kennedy
9
Richard Nixon
8
Ronald Reagan
4
Bill Clinton
7
