# Favorite US Presidents elected during your lifetime **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150 "2005-03-25T04:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/1 "2005-03-25T04:03:57Z")
1 Kennedy 2 Clinton 3 ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/2 "2005-03-25T04:09:27Z")
Ooops 1 Kennedy 2 LBJ 3 Clinton 4 Carter 5 G H W Bush 6 G W Bush 7 Ford 8 Nixon 9 Reagan ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/3 "2005-03-25T05:02:34Z")
Clinton. For course, I was born in 1980, so I don’t have many options, and I only became truly and independantly politically aware during Clinton’s Presidency. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/4 "2005-03-25T05:57:31Z")
1. Reagan 2. Eisenhower 3. GHW Bush ---
**Author:** ![bclouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@bclouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bclouse)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/5 "2005-03-25T06:08:51Z")
I liked Clinton but Carter is the only president that I actually respect as a person. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/6 "2005-03-25T06:19:14Z")
> [@Lorenzo](#): > > Ooops > > 1 Kennedy > 2 LBJ > 3 Clinton > 4 Carter > 5 G H W Bush > 6 G W Bush > 7 Ford > 8 Nixon > 9 Reagan Ford wasn’t elected. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/7 "2005-03-25T06:31:19Z")
1. Reagan 2. GW Bush 3. G HW Bush 4. Clinton 5. Carter 6. LBJ 7. Nixon ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/8 "2005-03-25T06:35:19Z")
No brainer. Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/9 "2005-03-25T06:52:43Z")
Like **Eonwe** , I was also born in 1980, and therefore the only possible option for a vague left-winger and admirer of Charming People would be ol’ Clinton. But then I’m not American, so I don’t know if I count for the purposes of this thread! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/10 "2005-03-25T07:16:17Z")
1.Clinton 2. G.W. Bush 3. Reagan 4. G.H.W. Bush I Keep in mind, I didn’t vote for any of them. I could only have been old enough to vote for G.W., but the nickel came up “tails” so I voted Democrat. I did vote for Dukakis in my kindergarden mock election, though. (Bush won) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/11 "2005-03-25T07:25:17Z")
Unfortunately, since my coming of voting age to vote in the 1978 election, I cannot truthfully say that I liked _any_ man elected president. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/12 "2005-03-25T07:28:16Z")
Harry Truman FDR I could hardly stand FDR while he was president. I’ve since come to see that he converted what could have been a violent change into a relatively peaceful change. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/13 "2005-03-25T07:32:38Z")
I disagreed with **LB Johnson** on his handling of the Vietnam War, but his skill in handling Congress is legendary. His approach to the civil rights issue will be discussed in history classes long after I’m dead. The LBJ tapes RM Nixon was a psychotic nutcase, but his pioneering forays in China and the EPA will reverberate forever. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/14 "2005-03-25T07:39:58Z")
I am in the same boat as **Eonwe** ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/15 "2005-03-25T07:48:43Z")
Andrew Shepherd Tom Beck Dave Kovic James Marshall Merkin Muffley ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/16 "2005-03-25T09:29:08Z")
Clinton didn’t really make much an impression on me either way, so I’m mostly neutral towards him… I’m too young to remember Reagan, the first election I can recall was the elder Bush, and I don’t really have much in the way of feelings either way for him either. Of course I “supported” him then as much as a 3rd? 4th? grader can, but that’s just because my parents voted for him. In retrospect, both did some stuff that I don’t agree with, but nothing that inspires me to the sort of negative feelings I have towards our current King George. I guess as long as I feel they’re at least maintaining the status quo (rather than actively making things worse like I thing K.G. is doing) I’m OK with them, whoever they are. I can’t honestly say I’ve ever known a politician that inspired me or that could even be my “favourite,” though a couple of Congresscritters have come close. Maybe I can get him in on a technicality, since I think he left office about the same time I was born… I really like a lot of the work Carter has done post-Presidency. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/17 "2005-03-25T13:08:48Z")
Kennedy Carter Clinton You couldn’t get me to put either Bush on this list if you held a gun to my head. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/18 "2005-03-25T13:13:07Z")
Carter Carter Carter Clinton ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/19 "2005-03-25T13:13:33Z")
David Palmer. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150/20 "2005-03-25T13:30:58Z")
My favorite? As in, the one I liked the best? Carter. With the possible exception of Hoover, the most honorable and decent man to have held the office. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-presidents-elected-during-your-lifetime/296150.md?page=2)