Bill Clinton

==Public opinion==

[[File:Clinton approval rating.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Clinton's [[United States presidential approval rating|approval ratings]] throughout his presidential career (Roper Center)]]
Throughout Clinton's first term, his job approval rating fluctuated in the 40s and 50s. In his second term, his rating consistently ranged from the high-50s to the high-60s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pollingreport.com/clinton-.htm | title=Bill Clinton: Job Ratings | publisher=Pollingreport.com | access-date=August 17, 2011}}</ref> After his impeachment proceedings in 1998 and 1999, Clinton's rating reached its highest point.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/20/impeachment.poll/ | title=Clinton's approval rating up in wake of impeachment | work=CNN | date=December 20, 1998 | access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> According to a [[CBS News]]/''New York Times'' poll, Clinton left office with an approval rating of 68&nbsp;percent, which matched those of Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt as the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-look-back-at-the-polls/ | title=A Look Back at the Polls | work=[[CBS News]] | first=Bootie | last=Cosgrove-Mather | date=June 7, 2004 | access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> Clinton's average [[Gallup Organization|Gallup poll]] approval rating for his last quarter in office was 61 percent, the highest final quarter rating any president has received for fifty years.<ref name="Jan2001Gallup">{{cite web|first=David W.|last=Moore|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/2125/clinton-leaves-office-mixed-public-reaction.aspx|title=Clinton Leaves Office With Mixed Public Reaction, Gallup Organization|website=[[Gallup.com]]|date=January 12, 2001}}</ref> Forty-seven percent of the respondents identified themselves as being Clinton supporters.<ref name="Jan2001Gallup" />

As he was leaving office, a CNN/''[[USA Today]]''/Gallup poll revealed that 45&nbsp;percent of Americans said they would miss him; 55&nbsp;percent thought he "would have something worthwhile to contribute and should remain active in public life"; 68&nbsp;percent thought he would be remembered more for his "involvement in personal scandal" than for "his accomplishments"; and 58&nbsp;percent answered "No" to the question "Do you generally think Bill Clinton is honest and trustworthy?"<ref name="Jan2001Gallup" /> The same percentage said he would be remembered as either "outstanding" or "above average" as a president, while 22&nbsp;percent said he would be remembered as "below average" or "poor".<ref name="Jan2001Gallup" /> [[ABC News]] characterized public consensus on Clinton as, "You can't trust him, he's got weak morals and ethics—and he's done a heck of a good job."<ref name=langer>{{cite web| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=120952| title=Poll: Clinton Legacy Mixed| agency=ABC News| date=January 17, 2001| first=Gary | last=Langer | website=[[ABC News]]| access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref>

In May 2006, a CNN poll comparing Clinton's job performance with that of his successor, George W. Bush, found that a strong majority of respondents said Clinton outperformed Bush in six different areas questioned.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/12/bush.clinton.poll/index.html | title=Poll: Clinton outperformed Bush | work=CNN | date=May 15, 2006 | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> Gallup polls in 2007 and 2011 showed that Clinton was regarded by 13 percent of Americans as the greatest president in U.S. history.<ref>Lydia Saad, [http://www.gallup.com/poll/26608/lincoln-resumes-position-americans-toprated-president.aspx Lincoln Resumes Position as Americans' Top-Rated President: Reagan and Clinton lead among members of their respective parties], Gallup (February 19, 2007).</ref><ref>Frank Newport, [Americans Say Reagan Is the Greatest U.S. President: Lincoln and Clinton next on the list; Washington fifth], Gallup (February 18, 2011).</ref>

In 2014, 18 percent of respondents in a [[Quinnipiac University Polling Institute]] poll of American voters regarded Clinton as the best president since World War II, making him the third most popular among postwar presidents, behind John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.<ref name="Q Poll">[http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2056 Obama Is First As Worst President Since WWII, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Voters Say Romney Would Have Been Better], Quinnipiac University (July 2, 2014).</ref> The same poll showed that just 3 percent of American voters regarded Clinton as the worst president since World War II.<ref name="Q Poll" />

A 2015 poll by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' asked 162 scholars of the [[American Political Science Association]] to rank all the U.S. presidents in order of greatness. According to their findings, Clinton ranked eighth overall, with a rating of 70 percent.<ref>{{cite news | first1=Brandon | last1=Rottinghaus | first2=Justin | last2=Vaughn | title=New ranking of U.S. presidents puts Lincoln at No. 1, Obama at 18; Kennedy judged most overrated | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=February 16, 2015 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/02/16/new-ranking-of-u-s-presidents-puts-lincoln-1-obama-18-kennedy-judged-most-over-rated/ | access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref>
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