At least in his home state of Texas, former President George W. Bush gets a little respect.

Thirteen percent (13%) of Texas voters say Bush will be remembered as one of America’s five best presidents, according to a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.

Of course, over three times as many (41%) say history will view him as one of the five worst presidents, while 44% say he’ll be remembered somewhere in between. Two percent (2%) are undecided.

Nationally, though, just six percent (6%) say Bush will be viewed as one of the five best, while 57% say one of the five worst and 34% somewhere in between.

Fifty percent (50%) of Texas voters also say Bush made the United States safer on his watch, although 40% disagree. Nine percent (9%) are not sure.

Among voters nationwide, just 38% said Bush made the country safer, and 47% disagreed.

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When asked what the former president will be most remembered for as he moves home to Crawford, 41% say the war in Iraq, followed by 18% who think his response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks top the list. Next comes 16% who say the war on terror, 12% the economy, four percent (4%) the response to Hurricane Katrina and one percent (1%) his role in trying to achieve Middle East peace. These numbers track closely with the national figures.

Twenty-five percent (25%) of Texas Republicans say Bush will be remembered as one of America’s five best presidents, an opinion shared by 12% of unaffiliated voters and three percent (3%) of Democrats. Sixty-nine percent (69%) of the state’s Democrats think he will go down in history as one of the five worst presidents, and 47% of unaffiliateds and just seven percent (7%) of GOP voters agree.

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Republicans, 24% of Democrats and 39% of unaffiliated voters say Bush will be remember somewhere in between. Bush fared better among all three groups in Texas than he did nationally.

Married voters are twice as likely to consider Bush one of the best and far less likely to consider him one of the worst, compared to unmarried voters.

Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans and 51% of unaffiliated voters say he made the country safer during his presidency, but only 10% of Democrats share that view.

Partisanship colors to some degree the response on what Bush will be best remembered for, too. While the plurality of Republicans (35%) say the war on terror, 55% of Democrats and the plurality of unaffiliated voters (41%) say the Iraq war. Eighteen percent (18%) of Democrats and 12% of unaffiliateds say the economy, compared to six percent (6%) of GOP voters.

In the final Rasmussen Reports survey in Texas before Election Day last year, 37% of Texas voters rated Bush’s performance as president as good or excellent, while 44% said he was doing a poor job.

In the final full month of his presidency, just 13% of American adults said they Strongly Approved of the way Bush performed his job as president. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapproved.

Forty-one percent (41%) of voters in Texas Strongly Approve of Barack Obama’s performance to date, while 19% Strongly Disapprove. These are slightly lower than Obama’s figures nationwide.

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