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.
quickesst
(6,283 posts).... were president now, we would still be living in America instead of Amerika.
no_hypocrisy
(46,182 posts)It shouldn't have been close!!
riversedge
(70,299 posts)This is going to eat at Trumps EGO!
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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 Trumps streak of receiving less support than his Democratic rivals continues in the latest edition of Gallups 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 polls 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 polls 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 Trumps 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................................................
rurallib
(62,448 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)ffr
(22,671 posts)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.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)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.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Cha
(297,650 posts)of REALIT Y is Refreshing!
DR
Aloha Cha.
Cha
(297,650 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,154 posts)Fucking total loser.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)but if Trump called Obama to congratulate him, the devil would be handing out ice skates.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)Liberal Insights
(109 posts)I can't say that I'm surprised.