By 51 to 32 percent, Americans believe that he has divided the nation, rather than brought it together.
But he also painted a picture of a nation divided.
In 1858, slavery and states' rights were the forces that divided the nation.
At home the war divided the nation as no previous war had done.
Last year's election revealed a nation sharply divided by geography.
Unwilling to enter the third millennium together, they spend the last hours of 1999 building a wall to divide the nation in two.
When spring came in 1861 Larkin did not even know that a war was starting which would divide the nation.
It will divide the English nation and undermine our nationality.
The recent election in Germany showed just how divided the nation is over the best response to the economic headwinds.
One in five felt she had divided the nation and presided over an era of "greed".