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Poll: Majority of Democrats think Obama was better president than Washington

A majority of Democratic voters said former President Obama was a better leader than founding father and first president of the U.S. George Washington in a new poll.

The poll, conducted by Monmouth University, found that 63 percent of Democratic survey respondents believed that Obama was a better president than Washington. Twenty-nine percent of those polled believed that Washington beat out the 44th president. 

Among all registered voters surveyed, 58 percent say Washington was a better president compared to 33 percent for Obama. Compared to Trump, Washington received 71 percent support while the president received 15 percent.

Forty-four percent of Republican voters polled said Washington was a better president than Trump, while 37 percent said Trump is better than Washington. 

Read entire article at The Hill