Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Friday, June 12, 2026

A new national survey lays bare how Americans judge recent presidents -- and how deeply those views now split along ideological lines. A Pew Research Center study released June 10 found sharp divides over which U.S. president did the best job over the past 40 years, varying widely by voter group and political outlook.

More

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

Do you feel like you don't fit in as a 'Democrat' or a 'Republican?' Our new political typology shows this complexity, sorting the public into nine distinct groups based on their political and cultural values. The result is a picture of American politics with far more than just red and blue.

[image or embed]

-- Pew Research Center (@pewresearch.org) 2:15 PM · Jun 10, 2026

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

More from the article ...

... Overall, Barack Obama ranked as the most popular recent president across all Americans at 36 percent, followed by Ronald Reagan (21 percent) and Donald Trump (19 percent). In contrast, all other presidents attract only singledigit or low doubledigit support. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-11 09:26 PM | Reply

@#1

Wow, fmr Pres Obama polls as nearly twoce as popular as Pres Trump?

Of course, that result may not be surprising considering Pres Trump's popularity polling of late ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-11 09:30 PM | Reply

"Ronald Reagan (21 percent)"

Republicans don't even love Reagan any more!
And then they say, the Democrats have gone Far Left.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-11 09:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#3 ... Republicans don't even love Reagan any more! ...

You noticed that also?

Yeah.

Fmr Pres Obama polling higher than fmr Pres Reagan.

By a lot.



#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-11 09:42 PM | Reply

Meanwhile, back at the Presidential Historian ranch... DJT is still the Worst President Ever, twice.

Even conservatives on the Panel who didn't rate him Dead Last, rated him in the bottom 5.

Thanks, Trumpers!

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-06-11 10:14 PM | Reply

What whites think.

#6 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-06-12 09:15 AM | Reply

Shrub must be thrilled to get out of last place.

#7 | Posted by morris at 2026-06-12 08:22 PM | Reply

Reagoonietunes' fan base is dying off... is all... so more eyes are looking at his legacy... hmmm... critically?... dispassionately?... because they weren't there when he was a star in the "movin' picherz"?

Reagoonnietunes...Iran/Contra... Voodoo economics... trickledown delusions...raising debt ceiling 19 times in less than 8 years... followed by...Bushturd 1 "read my lips"... "No new taxes"... before I pass the largest tax hike in US history to cover my senile predecessors' demented fixations on repeating Calvinist clichs.

Seriously... 12 years of stupid on stupid cover-ups.

Ironically... teehee.. snicker... pfffft
Clinton used Bushturd 1's tax hikes and kept Reagoonietunes' military cuts in place to balance the budget... lol
For some reason that made a lot of cl0wns sad.... very sad...

Wait until they figure out how much of Obama's success was around the fact that he implemented a nationwide affordable healthcare system conceptualized and implemented by republicl0wn Mitt Romney... Obama says, " Great, a plan we can agree on! Let's call it the Affordable Care Act."... cl0wns say ACK!... noooooo effin' way.

Republicl0wns says to Romney can't run for president until he apologizes for coming up with "Romneycare" in the first place... and blame it on Obama by calling it Obamacare... to make it go away... ahem... the rest is history.

WTG pigs.

#8 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-06-13 07:35 AM | Reply

The morbidly obese orange chomo is still #1 in Moscow.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-06-13 01:49 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort