Top 10 Most Overrated U.S. Presidents
Some presidents have legacies that outlast their actual actions. Here they are.
Thank God he's number 1 on this list. Let's start with the fact that 138 members of his administration were indicted or convicted of crimes. Reaganomics obliterated the middle class, he completely ignored the AIDS crisis, made the war on drugs 10 times worse, and is responsible for the worst scandal in American foreign policy history. Took credit for an already collapsing Soviet Union, and flooded the White House with hyper conservative white supremacist evangelical conspiracy theorists. And the worst part is, we stop think he's a GREAT president!
Finally. A list he actually deserves to be number 1 on. Worst president that we ever had. He believed trees caused pollution. Poor children should eat ketchup for their vegetable. Trickle down economics. What a sham. He destroyed the middle class. Iran Contra for which he took no responsibility. Worst president in modern times.
Implemented backwards and racist policies, and now Republicans worship him like a god.
Most overrated president for sure. The most overrated Democratic president is Bill Clinton, by the way. He's a neoliberal shill with multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him. It's a miracle that there is a president more overrated than him, but I guess Ronald Reagan is a miracle worker.
Why is this conservative sack of crap still praised to this day? He's nothing but a vile hypocrite on his own matters especially during the Salvadoran civil war. He made my people unnecessarily suffer more than they have to. I hated this guy so much.

Easily the most overrated president in U.S. history. He extended the great depression by many years and ushered in big government to our nation.
His various policies greatly extended the Great Depression, and his administration virtually eliminated freedom of the press during his tenure (via creation of FCC, etc). He allowed billions to be stolen from private individuals by Executive Order 6102 which outlawed the private ownership of gold. Once private citizens' gold had been seized, the subsequent Gold Reserve Act allowed Roosevelt to change statutory price of gold from $20.67 to $35 per ounce, thereby devaluing the U.S. dollar, as the dollar was then gold-based. Literally billions of dollars were stolen from US citizens in this way. Whether it was true or not, a running joke among Democrats at the time was that this was okay, as Republicans had held most of the gold.
Policies extended the Great Depression not helped it, used internment camps against Japanese are the two that immediately come to mind but I could write a book on why he is overrated if I had the time.
How is this lazy bum below Ronald Reagan? FDR is the only President of the United States who I can't respect. He sat on his bovine buttocks, leading the ONE nation classified as a "superpower" at the time, while Winston Churchill and JOSEPH STALIN took care of Hitler. Had Pearl Harbor not been bombed, WWII would've had a completely different outcome. Jews should be thanking Japan, because had it not been for them, FDR would've stayed neutral, and although I don't think he's worse than Hitler, he's a loser and a wuss.

The most unqualified person to ever be elected to our nation's highest office, not even completing even one term as a senator, won that State Senate election without any opposition, and not having any personal accomplishments prior. He did have the distinction of being our country's first interracial black/white president, not fully black, which is probably why the racist democratic party, the founding party of the KKK tolerated him, just Google his vice president's description of him to verify! He seemed to hate America, and wanted to "Fundamentally Transform" America into a Socialist Nation. Did not even know how many states were in the USA while campaigning. Even his own wife stated that she was not proud to be American until her husbands election to president. He Had connections with several well known socialists/communists like Frank Marshal Thomas, Early mentor to Obama, who was rumored to be his real father, which was the real reason his birth certificate was highly desired, ...more
I don't consider him to be "the worst president" of the US, but he is definitely overrated. He's treated like a saint by Democrats just because he "talked nicely", but he skyrocketed the national debt, created many complications with Obamacare, etc. Now that Joe Biden is president now, I can say that he'll be even worse than Obama due to his diminishing mental capacity.
Most of you don't want to admit it, but you hate President Obama because he is black. The government corrupted things for black people before Obama was born. It was brainwashed into people for generations. Obama is a better president than you'll ever be.
Usually, it requires many years to fairly evaluate a presidential administration, but not so for Obama. He is clearly the worst chief executive in our nation's history. He is in a class by himself for incompetence, and no one else is even close.

He is so bad. I don't like swearing and I don't like when people swear, but he had a parrot named Poll that repeated his swear words! And he swore when he's angry.
That doesn't necessarily mean he's bad, but I just think that's funny.
Not doubt he was the worst president we have ever had he did absolutely nothing all he did was kick natives out.
Isn't he the super racist one?

The only thing that this man did right or above average in the war was morale. He had this idealist view that the war would have this romantic ending in New York, and he could not get over the fact for years that it was not going to happen. He was a hubristic man because he preferred fighting in the traditional fighting style in which he was obviously losing, and even when his brilliant generals under him decided that he should adopt a war of posts, or a Fabian tactic, he was reluctant. He was impressive however at Valley Forge, even though he was not exceptional. People regarded him as this almost sort of a deity and this facade gave the militiamen something to believe in. At most, he was a mascot or a cheerleader of a football team.
Washington was a great leader in the Revolutionary War as well as the first president.. However, he did not do much in his two terms. He did show control and a more important grasp on what's important for the country over his wanting for power, but his presidency did not have much of an impact as one would think.
Father of our country and hero of the Revolution.
Why is he named after so many things? He was ugly and wore wooden teeth

There is no doubt that he is one of the most popular and well known Presidents. He was beloved by all the people . You know that he was a womanizer but still you can't help but excuse that because you are lured by his charm, yes he was handsome! But still you can't count him as a very great president.
Through his 3 years, JFK only had a shaky economy and the mishandling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. He didn't do much. He might not have had a lot of time to do anything, but the legacies of people should be considered based on their actions, not their potential.
This is kinda unfair. Why call a president overrated if he died early? He was going to be a good president anyways. The only bad thing he did was start war on Vietnam. He technically saved the world, in the Cuban Missle Crisis. You people wouldn't be here today.
Ronald Reagan is not overrated. What did Reagan do wrong? JFK for one thing had sex with another woman in the Oval Office and he had a shaky economy and mishandled the Cuban Missile Crisis. The only reason he is popular is he died due to assassination

He is not first because the topic is most overrated and not worst president. With the majority of Americans realizing he is the worst President in history he can only be overrated by the minority of racists.
This list is for actual presidents, not morons who think they're an actual president.
He said Nambia is a country... then he said said he meant Narnia. Both aren't countries. He is dumb like my teacher.
The people have mixed feelings on him, but you can't see a youtube comment section that doesn't have people praising him.

Oversaw victory in WWI and oversaw the Treaty of Versailles, which provided sovereignty for many new nations.
Way too overrated. This guy was actually very racist and unpresidential over all.
Yes he did let women vote, but on top of that he made awful choices and was openly racist

Most of his policies were disaterous, and even his successes required others to carry the heavy load for him.
Should be number one.
What did he do again?

While FDR and (especially) Truman wanted/achieved Federal Benefits and Federal Aid... This man absolutely knowingly opened the floodgates to absolute Federal DEPENDENCE, too many people abuse every help GIVEN to them and still expect more. His tombstone should read "the taxpayer will pick up the bill"
Yes his racial/domestic progress is wonderful but he's the president that started this snowball turned avalanche we call a debt.
By the way Reagan doesn't belong on any overrated list with at least 20 candidates. He did inherit jimmy carter's pathetic tenure. But it was more than that, the transparency, the assurance only he could deliver, and the fact that the man won... And won every single deal was premeditated.
Johnson was on track to having one of the best domestic policies in American policy. And then Vietnam happened. His lack of awareness went to his downfall as Johnson just couldn't have a "New Deal-esk" platform while fighting in a war.
Johnson's administration was the most corrupt of all time, and made Nixon look like a Boy Scout.
He had the good fortune to die before most of it came to light, which prevents almost all negative reaction.

People know he wasn't great, but I have him bottom 10 all time. Started the Iraq War for no reason, failed horribly in response to Katrina, passed the PATRIOT Act which is maybe the worst law ever passed, and started a recession that lasted until the end of his presidency.
What ever rating he has, it is more than he deserves.
Number 23? Really? Get him to #1.

Lying under oath aside, Clinton seemed to run out of steam at the end of his presidency. The economy went down and the federal government was hated more than ever. Although his presidency might be too early to judge, the way that the public approves of him might be inaccurate.
The most intelligent, eloquent, humane, compassionate and brilliant president we've ever had. This man is the most underrated, if anything. Best president, ever!
Why is he not number one?

Declared Martial law without consent of congress, drafted thousands of men to their deaths without consent and to top it off he seems to get credit for the freeing of slaves even though he didn't care at all about freeing them.
Worshipped in the media to condition the people into accepting tyrants like Bush and Wilson.
Belongs #1 on this list. He didn't free a single slave, was actually against abolition and believed in the inferiority of blacks. Suspended habeas corpus, illegally invaded the southern states, refused peaceful alternatives to emancipation, had newspapers shut down and had people arrested, deported, and even executed who criticized him.
Only opposed slavery for military and economics reasons, not because he thought it was morally wrong. He also opposed equal rights for blacks and wanted them deported back to Africa.
He never freed all the slaves in America in his lifetime. People think he did. He feed the slaves in the confederacy to win the war. Other then that he was a good president

Although changing around the way the government handled big business, TR was not the best when it came to actual legislation and solving problems. His greatest achievement might be the Meat Inspection Act and that was spurred because of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle".
This guy is savage

Victory in Japan. Enough said.

Awful presidency. He may have had an energy policy, but much of his presidency was dominated by foreign affairs and he actually escalated the Cold War.
Carter had huge indecision with the economy, switching his platform several times. He had no real authority or confidence in his presidency.


It depends what you're opinion of a "good" president is. Polk did get a great amount of land from Mexico. However, he did so forcefully and was a very poor act of imperialism. Although the ends were good, the means weren't as much.
Stole Mexican land by starting an unecessary war. Bottom 10 in my opinion


"Read my lips. No new taxes."
Taxes are raised.



Garbage president, and even a worse human-being.

Gosh, it's John QUINCY Adams that should be here, not John Adams. He saved this nation from a war that was unnecessary. And that is why he served only one term.

Nothing that good really went on during his presidency. He abused the power of his role and didn't have a real exit strategy to Vietnam. Some people believe that Watergate overshadows his accomplishments as president, but there weren't many in the first place.
Overrated by supporters