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Comparing “better” under Biden or Trump depends on which metrics you use: inflation was much higher early in Biden’s term (peaking around 9% in 2022) but came down later, while early in Trump’s second...
Requests for a “top 10 positive accomplishments” of Donald Trump’s second presidential term must rely on partisan claims, executive actions, and early statutory wins rather than an authoritative, neut...
Historians and academic surveys most often place James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and (in modern polls) Donald Trump among the presidents judged most harmful or least effective; common reasons given in...
Available reporting shows violent crime and homicides that rose around 2020–2021 have fallen in 2023–2025, with several city- and national-level data series recording substantial declines (examples: m...
Historians generally rank presidents through recurring expert surveys that score leadership, accomplishments and crisis management; long-running projects include the Presidential Greatness Project and...
Modern polling aggregates (post‑World War II through present) show wide variation in average presidential approval; Gallup’s historical tables cite Jimmy Carter averaging about 45.5% — “essentially ti...
Donald Trump’s most-cited recent national approval readings cluster around the low 40s: Reuters/Ipsos and other outlets report a 41% approval in early December, while aggregated trackers show net appr...
Evaluations of whether Donald Trump is a “good president” split sharply along policy lines and partisan views: his administration has issued at least 217 executive orders and dozens of major actions t...
National polling through early January 2026 shows Donald Trump running below majority approval in most large trackers, with averages and reputable polls clustering in the high-30s to low‑40s for “appr...
Multiple recent polls and journalist interviews show a rising number of 2024 Trump voters expressing regret or blaming Trump for economic pain; specific estimates vary by survey and method, with Polit...
Public opinion polls from late 2024–early 2025 show large shares of Americans saying Joe Biden will be judged poorly by history: Gallup found 54% expect him to be “below average” or “poor” (a net scor...
Inflation during Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2021) remained low and stable, averaging roughly 1.9–2.5% year‑over‑year and dipping to 1.2% in 2020 amid the COVID downturn, according to multiple ret...
Donald Trump’s approval in 2025 is generally lower than the peak early-term approvals enjoyed by Barack Obama and George W. Bush, though short-term averages and trackers show variation by pollster and...
Recent expert surveys and media compilations place Donald Trump consistently in the lower tier of presidential rankings, with some 2024 assessments ranking him as the single lowest‑rated president and...
Public opinion and some polls show a significant share of Americans expect Joe Biden’s presidency to be judged negatively — Gallup reports a net score of –35 for Biden vs. Richard Nixon’s –42 in a Jan...
Public opinion and expert surveys show Donald Trump ranks low on measures of moral authority compared with many modern presidents: a 2025 Gallup analysis finds Trump rated worse on ethics than most re...
Donald Trump’s second term has already generated sharp public criticism and falling approval: Gallup reports his job approval fell to 36% with 60% disapproval , and multiple polls show sustained secon...
From 2015–2024, mainline Protestant denominations—especially the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)—registered some of the largest reported membership losses, while The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
Pew (2023–24 Religious Landscape Study) finds the long decline in Christian affiliation has slowed and monthly in-person attendance is roughly flat at about one‑third of adults; 37% say they are membe...
Major polls and studies show U.S. church membership and regular attendance have fallen markedly over the last two decades, but recent data from Pew and Gallup in 2024–2025 indicate the long downward s...