A plurality of US voters thought that Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II, a new poll said.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 33% of US voters thought that the current president was the worst since 1945. Another 28% of voters picked former president George W Bush.
Obama has been a better president than George W Bush, 39% of voters said, while 40% said he was worse.
America would be better off if Republican Mitt Romney had won the 2012 presidential election, 45% of voters said, while 38% said the country would be worse off.
"Over the span of 69 years of American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with President George W Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
"Would Mitt have been a better fit? More voters in hindsight say yes."
American voters said (54 – 44%) the Obama Administration was not competent running the government. 47% said the president was paying attention to what his administration was doing, while 48% said he did not pay enough attention.
On the other hand, 35% voters said Ronald Reagan was the best president since World War II, receiving nearly twice as many votes as any other former president.
Bill Clinton came in second place at 18%, while John F Kennedy came in third with 15% of the vote and Obama came in fourth with 8% saying he was the best.
From June 24-30, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,446 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. Live interviewers called landlines and cellphones of the voters.
The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D, conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and the nation as a public service and for research.
Known for its exactness and thoroughness, the Quinnipiac poll is featured regularly in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and on national network news broadcasts.