# How good a national leader would you be?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-a-national-leader-would-you-be/708208>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 26, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-a-national-leader-would-you-be/708208 "2014-12-26T14:02:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-a-national-leader-would-you-be/708208/41 "2014-12-29T02:13:40Z")

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I have no reason to believe I would be anything other than thoroughly mediocre. I’m a nice person who honestly wants to help people but I doubt I have the ability to be an effective top dog. Frankly, I suspect this is true of 90% of all people and the people in this poll giving any answer highly than “mediocre” are hopelessly deluded.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-a-national-leader-would-you-be/708208/42 "2014-12-29T04:07:09Z")

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I put “above average.” I have a demonstrated talent for learning, and for seeing the detailed workings of incredibly complex systems. I am also a highly trained and effective negotiator.

What I’m not, is charming. There’s also the fact that my stamina is not what it used to be. And I think my vision of what constitutes a “good” leader would be very different from the average Americans. Basically I’ll be aiming for a Nordic-style social democracy.

So yeah, no second term for me, but _I_ would give my work a high grade.

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