While not epochal, Mr. Carter’s presidency is now treated more kindly by many historians, a reassessment fueled not just by what he did in office but what he did after leaving office.
Mr. Carter is still held out as a totem of failure by Republicans, still an attack line against Democrats like President Biden.
Mr. Carter has not climbed the ranks into the pantheon of great presidents by any means, but he is no longer consigned near the bottom of the heap either.
In surveys of historians by Siena College, Mr. Carter rose from 33rd place in 1982 shortly after he left the White House to 24th place in 2022.
With a half-dozen more presidents now included in the assessments, that means Mr. Carter, who was judged better than just six other presidents four decades ago, is deemed above 21 other presidents today.
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