Mark McNeilly is the author of George Washington and the Art of Business: Leadership Principles of America’s First Commander-in-Chief as well as Sun Tzu and the Art of Business: Six Strategic Principles for Managers. In the article below he criticizes the civic knowledge of American citizens.
Even Bill Clinton’s biggest admirers would be hard pressed to make a good case that he was as good a president as George Washington. Yet that is basically the conclusion of a 2008 Harris poll of 2300 adults in the U.S. Washington essentially tied Bill Clinton on the question “Who Was the Best President in History?” Amazingly, Washington only garnered 12% of the vote and ended up fifth on the list. Presidents like Andrew Jackson and Alexander Polk, whom historians in a Wall Street Journal poll rank in the top ten, don’t even garner 1% of the people’s vote in the Harris poll. (more…)
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