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For fixing economy, Americans prefer Gipper to FDR

November 2, 2011 by B. Daniel Blatt

Wonder if the White House has seen this poll:

Ronald Reagan beat out Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the former president Americans would like to see in the White House during these trying economic times, a new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll finds.

Thirty-six percent of those polled said they wanted the Gipper to lead America out of the economic crisis, while 29 percent picked Roosevelt. Thomas Jefferson came in third place with the support of 14 percent of those polled, followed by Roosevelt’s successorHarry Truman at 8 percent. William Henry Harrison, who was inaugurated in March 1841 and died one month later, came in last with 1 percent support.

Maybe that’s because there’s actual evidence that Reagan’s policies worked, helping end an economic downturn and create an era of prosperity.  By contrast, FDR’s policies worked only in theory.

Filed Under: Economy, Real Reform, Ronald Reagan, We The People

Comments

  1. John R says

    November 2, 2011 at 7:28 pm - November 2, 2011

    FDR policies worked ONLY AFTER WE WERE IN WW2. I know. I lived through that period.

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