If you--like me--have spent entirely too much of your life driving through Illinois on I-74, where there is a prominent sign pointing out that Ronnie went to college in nearby Eureka, then the "Reagan was born in California" question is probably not too hard for you.
I mean, Jefferson, without any explicit or implied authority to do so, entered into the Louisiana Purchase. Maybe that's the exception that proves the rule, but that was a pretty radical undertaking at the time, and rather obscures his legacy as a proponent of "small government."
Does anybody know why Buchanan was so bad? I just answered yes because he was one of the forgettable middle presidents that people weren’t overly fond of.
2.Pretty hard for him to find a wife when he certainly wasn't looking for one. Since he was a homosexual and lived with the same man for most of his adult life...
3. Wouldn't have mattered who followed him, he was objectively terrible
Buchanan has been last on nearly every list I've seen (aside from the few that have William Henry Harrison there, since he was only in office for 30 days).
Trump dislodged Buchanan from last place recently in polls of presidential historians. Amongst the general public they are much more likely to pick someone recent (Trump, Obama, Bush, Carter). About 40% of Americans believe that Trump is the worst president in history. Amongst historians it's usually Buchanan, though lately Trump, and other popular choices for worst include Andrew Johnson and Warren G Harding.
I misspoke. I think that 40% figure is from an article I read that said this many Americans believed Trump to be the worst president in their lifetimes or since the end of WW2, not in all of history. I'm not sure what percentage believe that.
But that's because most people don't know presidential history. They only learn about the great ones, and for a lot of people, if you asked them *why* Jefferson or Teddy Roosevelt were great, they couldn't tell you. Most people just say "the worst" is the most recent president from the opposing party. Lots of Republicans genuinely believe Obama is the worst president in history because they know his administration. Scholarship on the issue puts him somewhere near the top of the middle, but the average person has no idea about Buchanan, Grant, Harding, or Taylor, all of whom were demonstrably worse by any measure.
2. Only president who couldn't find a wife.
3. You would look inferior too if you were followed by Lincoln.
2.Pretty hard for him to find a wife when he certainly wasn't looking for one. Since he was a homosexual and lived with the same man for most of his adult life...
3. Wouldn't have mattered who followed him, he was objectively terrible