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Poll: Most rate Reagan over Clinton
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say Ronald Reagan, who died this month, will be remembered as a better president than Bill Clinton, who is trying to improve his image with a new autobiography, according to an Associated Press poll
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Let's look at the numbers from when he was president rather then after a mourning period filled with fawning retrospectives.
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this article.
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June 7, 2004— Ronald Reagan is misremembered as one of the most popular presidents, an assessment based more on his skills as a communicator and effectiveness as a campaigner than on public views of his accomplishments while in office. His job approval ratings, in fact, were mid-tier. Across his tenure an average of 57 percent of Americans approved of Reagan's work as president, tied with Bill Clinton and within a point of Lyndon Johnson.
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