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riversedge

(70,299 posts)
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 11:01 AM Dec 2017

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Retain Most Admired Titles

Source: gallop




December 27, 2017
by Jeffrey M. Jones
Story Highlights

Barack Obama edges out Donald Trump as most admired man
Hillary Clinton wins narrow victory over Michelle Obama
Clinton has won the past 16 years; Obama the past 10

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans once again are most likely to name Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as the man and woman living anywhere in the world they admire most, as they have for the past 10 years. The pair retain their titles this year, although by much narrower margins than in the past. Obama edges out Donald Trump, 17% to 14%, while Clinton edges out Michelle Obama, 9% to 7%........................



..............The 2017 survey marks the 16th consecutive year Clinton has been the most admired woman. She has held the title 22 times in total, more than anyone else. Eleanor Roosevelt is second with 13 wins. Obama has now been named the most admired man 10 times, trailing only Dwight Eisenhower, who earned the distinction 12 times. Obama won all eight years he was president, plus 2008 -- the year he was first elected -- and this year, his first as a former president............................










Read more: http://news.gallup.com/poll/224672/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-retain-admired-titles.aspx



Great to see two Democrats at the top of the most Admired list. Happy New year to all.
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Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Retain Most Admired Titles (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2017 OP
If either of these two people.... quickesst Dec 2017 #1
"Edges"? "Narrow margin"? no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 #2
Trump is only first-year president to ever lose Most Admired Man poll riversedge Dec 2017 #3
for once something he earned on his own rurallib Dec 2017 #4
Trump should not even be ON the list! riversedge Dec 2017 #6
16th consecutive year that HRC has been named most admired woman!! How can this be? ffr Dec 2017 #5
#shepersisted. Congrats to Obama and Hillary. Trumps Ego takes a real HIT! riversedge Dec 2017 #7
There is a terrible sickness in this country that would allow 14% mdbl Dec 2017 #8
Well deserved! DesertRat Dec 2017 #9
Yes some cold hard dose Cha Dec 2017 #10
Sure is! DesertRat Dec 2017 #14
Aloha, DesertRat! Cha Dec 2017 #15
But its someone elses fault! Here comes the tweet... truthisfreedom Dec 2017 #11
I know he could never do it, Cold War Spook Dec 2017 #12
Good morning America!! riversedge Dec 2017 #13
I'm delighted, but Liberal Insights Dec 2017 #16

quickesst

(6,283 posts)
1. If either of these two people....
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 11:09 AM
Dec 2017

.... were president now, we would still be living in America instead of Amerika.

riversedge

(70,299 posts)
3. Trump is only first-year president to ever lose Most Admired Man poll
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 12:13 PM
Dec 2017

This is going to eat at Trumps EGO!



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Trump is only first-year president to ever lose Most Admired Man poll https://shareblue.com/trump-is-only-first-year-president-to-ever-lose-most-admired-man-poll/#.WkPDUc_3aFw.twitter … by @owillis












Trump is only first-year president to ever lose Most Admired Man poll



https://shareblue.com/trump-is-only-first-year-president-to-ever-lose-most-admired-man-poll/#.WkPDUc_3aFw.twitter
By Oliver Willis | December 27, 2017

Donald Trump is the first president to lose Most Admired Man his first year in office — in the history of polling. He lost to President Barack Obama.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump’s streak of receiving less support than his Democratic rivals continues in the latest edition of Gallup’s survey of the most admired man and woman in the United States.

But even worse for Trump, he has broken a record — he is the first first-year president not to be named most admired.

Trump comes in second after President Barack Obama, who he also came behind in 2015 and 2016. Obama has had a lock on most admired man since 2008. Hillary Clinton, who defeated Trump by nearly 3 million votes in the popular vote last year, has been named the most admired woman for the 16th consecutive year.

Michelle Obama is the second most admired woman in the survey, as she has been for several years.

More humiliating for Trump is that he has broken the trend in the poll’s 71-year history where a president in his first year has also been named the most admired man.

Previous first year presidents who won since 1946, the poll’s first year: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson (won after his only presidential election win, though he was already president), Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.

The break with history continues to underline Trump’s historic unpopularity. Unlike other White House residents, Trump received almost no bump in support after being sworn in, has never received over 50 percent support, and has lost support consistently throughout his first year................................................

ffr

(22,671 posts)
5. 16th consecutive year that HRC has been named most admired woman!! How can this be?
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 12:46 PM
Dec 2017

We've been told by just about everyone on TV that she's a flawed human being. Some news organizations & the GOP have gone as far as to demonize her.

MOST ADMIRED WOMAN! Wow! Congrats Hillary Clinton! Wait, for one second. If she's a demon who people admire, then we all must be demon admirers, according to the RW.

Call me a whatever name you want, I admire Hillary Clinton.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
8. There is a terrible sickness in this country that would allow 14%
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 04:46 PM
Dec 2017

of those polled to say they admired trump. The only person that I would think could answer that way would be Jared and Melania. That shouldn't be 14% unless they only polled 20 people.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
12. I know he could never do it,
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 09:31 AM
Dec 2017

but if Trump called Obama to congratulate him, the devil would be handing out ice skates.

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