# Who would make a better President?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 9, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543 "2025-12-09T05:41:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543/1 "2025-12-09T05:41:00Z")

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_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543/1))_

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**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543/2 "2025-12-09T16:54:16Z")

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Criterion for deciding: “Which one does less damage?”

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543/3 "2025-12-09T17:06:52Z")

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Neither would do anything to make the country better.

One wouldn’t do anything to make the country worse.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543/4 "2025-12-10T23:37:17Z")

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This is true.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543/5 "2025-12-10T23:38:52Z")

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We’d probably have people complaining about the racoon’s use of the autopen, though, and wondering who’s _really_ in charge.