100 years Quote by Mitch McConnell

In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did…

— Juan Williams

Since 1900, only three other [than Donald Trump ] presidents have won the White House with a smaller percentage of the popular vote. Woodrow…

— Chuck Todd

As a general rule, midterm elections - in both their first terms and their second terms - aren't kind to incumbent presidents, even popular…

— Steve Kornacki

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.

— Ron Fournier

[I]f you look at United States history since World War II, you find that of the 10 presidents who preceded Barack Obama, seven left…

— Paul Krugman

Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan each suffered through his second four years. FDR was checkmated by Congress and the Supreme Court. Ike…

— Michael Beschloss

Presidents fall into second-term slumps for different reasons.

— Michael Beschloss

There have been many amazing Presidents in American history, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, all of whom I greatly…

— Donald Trump

Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the…

— Conrad Black

Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.

— Mort Sahl

Richard Nixon's career certainly ended in failure but someone who won an election with 60 percent of the vote, won 49 out of 50…

— Frank Luntz

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.

— Anonymous