https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histo rical_rankings_of_presid

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Because to the bias of the people doing the research, his stacking the courts was good and for the betterment of mankind. However, if someone like Regan or Bush had done the same thing, my God, they wouldn't even be in the rankings of best president and would be in their own category of "Constitutional dictator."

I actually think it might be the nature of the justices he appointed, like the popular Robert H. Jackson, rather than stacking the court. Stacking the court may be reflected in his 16 rank for integrity, along with running the extra two terms and jeopardizing the American 2 term unwritten rule (prior to that).

I think the general popularity of FDR comes from when he came to power, how long he kept power, and the situations he dealt with during his time. Whether or not you like fascism, it is safe to say that it was a big historical achievement for him to fend off both fascism and communism and keep this country from bending the principles on which it was found to fit one of these ideologies. You had people from both the left (Huey Long) and right (Business Plot) trying to take power during such a tumultuous time period that it amazing American democracy was still standing.

I also have a hard time accepting some of these rankings, such as IQ. How do we know how truly intelligent some of these men were when they didn't even measure IQ until the Twentieth Century.