Partisan Polarization Colors Presidential Ratings

A recent YouGov poll shows that Americans’ evaluations of U.S. presidents are increasingly filtered through party identity: popular consensus (Lincoln, Washington) survives, but recent presidents (Obama, Biden, Trump) produce much larger partisan gaps, with Trump uniquely split — high 'failure' ratings overall despite strong positive ratings from his party. — If historical memory of presidents is now partisan, that erodes shared civic narratives and amplifies incentives for winners to rewrite institutional legitimacy.