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Clinton had highest approval ratings leaving Office not joint highest
Clinton had the highest approval ratings leaving Office of all presidents with 66% making him the most popular president of all times. Ronald Reagan was second with 63%. This is very documented so saying joint most popular president is completely wrong and should be removed and say the president with highest approval ratings of all times instead ~2026-20807-1 (talk) 19:59, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
Where are you getting your numbers?
In the article, in the "Public Opinion" section, we are saying that Clinton's approval rating was 68%. We are getting that figure from a poll published by CBS News. That poll says that Clinton and Reagan both had 68%.
It's up to you to figure out why those CBS numbers are different from whatever numbers you are using. Bruce leverett (talk) 21:30, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
There's an Epstein email worthy of publishing on Bill's wikipedia page
Mark Epstein sent an email to Jeffrey asking if the photo of trump giving Bill Clinton a bj has been kept a secret. I think the public should read about this. Someone want to write it in? ~2026-99675-0 (talk) 07:53, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
"the photo of trump giving Bill Clinton a bj" I doubt that consensual oral sex between adults should be seen as particularly scandalous. Dimadick (talk) 15:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
Between two presidents, not just ordinary adults ~2026-12686-95 (talk) 18:34, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
Proposal: Use 1999 official portrait of Bill Clinton
Standard procedure on site is to use the latest official photograph (usually second term portraits) for living second-term presidents to mend the divide between presenting an individual as they were during their presidency/prime, and them now. Examples include:
Under this, I think that we should use Clinton's 1999 official photograph. Since Clinton is still alive, it's a great way of showing him as president, while still showing him at an older age, which seems to have stirred up a lot of controversyonthispagebeforehand.
Here are the image options IMO. Note that a wp:!vote for 1.1 or 1.2 counts as a general vote against 2.
Option 1.1: Official portrait, 1999
Option 1.2: Official portrait, 1999 (cropped to center on Clinton's face, but removes US flag)
Support option 1.1 per nom. — Knightoftheswords 05:19, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
Support option 2 Better colour and is more recognisable. And regarding a reason you provided, your proposed image is only around 6 years away from each other. GuyMan529 (talk) 21:02, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
Still the latest official portrait, which does show him at an older age, which is again standard procedure. This will combat frequent attempts to enforce even later images of Clinton post-presidency under the argument that the 1993 portrait shows him when he's less aged. — Knightoftheswords 01:37, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
You keep referring to a "standard procedure". Where is this standard listed? Assadzadeh (talk) 01:54, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
Thanks for the link to the earlier discussion, but of course, it looks somewhat like this discussion; I don't think it strengthens the case for or against.
I notice that Ronald Reagan uses his first-term official portrait. Richard Nixon uses his second-term official portrait. John F. Kennedy uses a 1963 portrait. Franklin D. Roosevelt uses a campaign portrait from 1944. But those guys aren't living, I suppose the right thing to do for BLP's is probably not the right thing to do for historical presidential biographies.
Other things being equal, there is some logic to using the more recent official portrait. But I have to admit, I agree with the guys who are siding with Clinton's first-term portrait. Somehow, it's more recognizable, more Clinton-esque. Bruce leverett (talk) 19:18, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
I'm not opposed to an official portrait from a president's second term, but in this case, Option 1 looks terrible: he has yellow teeth and his hair color is lighter than it actually was. It's as if a filter was used. So, unless a better portrait can be found, I would suggest staying with Option 2. Assadzadeh (talk) 07:59, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Which in my perspective at least, he does not have any major physical changes to his face regarding his age. Still, again, the 1993 portrait is better anyway as it’s more recognisable. GuyMan529 (talk) 18:08, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
Support option 1.2. — As laid out above, it has long been standard procedure to use the second/most recent White House portrait in articles about U.S. presidents. Giovanni Potage (talk) 04:04, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
Support Option 2 Clearly a better portrait than the yellowed Option 1. Assadzadeh (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
The retouching on option 1.2 looks so bad. That and the crop draw attention to his teeth, which we can see from other pictures weren't actually that yellow in 1999. It's a really unflattering photo. I could support option 2 or 1.1, but I don't agree that portraits for living former presidents need to be recent. I am surprised that nobody brought up Jimmy Carter yet, who both did a huge amount of work and aged considerably after his presidency. Despite this, we continued to use his presidential portrait even when it was 49 years out of date, and not by accident or oversight. 3df (talk) 11:14, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Portraits for former presidents, living or not, should be the official White House one. That's why no one changed Jimmy Carter's or any other president's for that matter, regardless of how they aged. Assadzadeh (talk) 12:40, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Sections "Sexual assault and misconduct allegations" and "Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein" belong to "Personal life," not "Public image"
The information presented as part of the sections "Sexual assault and misconduct allegations" and "Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein" primarily cover his conduct and dealings. The effect on his image is more tangential and not the focus of the sections, especially the relationship with Epstein section has zero references of how it affected his 'Public image'. I propose the two sections be moved under "Personal life". — Longewal (talk) 02:24, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
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