Most admired man: Trump/Obama
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Started by metmike - Dec. 31, 2019, 11:46 a.m.

Trump, Obama tie for America's most admired man in 2019: Survey

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-obama-tie-americas-admired-man-2019-survey/story?id=67984441

Both Trump and Obama each earned 18% support among Americans as the man "living today in any part of the world" they admired most, according to the survey.

But in a polarized electorate, the results of the poll break strongly along partisan lines, with 41% of Democrats, 12% of Independents, and only 3% of Republicans choosing Obama, and 45% of Republicans, 10% of Independents, and 2% of Democrats opting for Trump.

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By metmike - Dec. 31, 2019, 11:51 a.m.
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Gallup: Trump and Obama tie as America's most admired man


https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-barack-obama-gallup-most-admired-man-744784a7-1385-4d5e-ba71-eb14ca1f5f32.html

Most admired man:

  • 1 (tie). Barack Obama (18%)
  • 1 (tie). Donald Trump (18%)
  • 3 (tie). Jimmy Carter (2%)
  • 3 (tie). Elon Musk (2%)
  • 5. Bill Gates (2%)
  • 6. Pope Francis (1%)
  • 7. Bernie Sanders (1%)
  • 8. Adam Schiff (1%)
  • 9. The Dalai Lama (1%)
  • 10. Warren Buffett (<1%)

Most admired woman:

  • 1. Michelle Obama (10%)
  • 2. Melania Trump (5%)
  • 3. Oprah Winfrey (3%)
  • 4. Hillary Clinton (3%)
  • 5. Greta Thunberg (3%)
  • 6. Queen Elizabeth II (2%)
  • 7. Nancy Pelosi (2%)
  • 8. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2%)
  • 9. Elizabeth Warren (1%)
  • 10 (tie). Angela Merkel (1%)
  • 10 (tie). Nikki Haley (1%)
By TimNew - Dec. 31, 2019, 1:16 p.m.
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I can think of a lot of men, including myself,  that I respect more than either of them. 

By mcfarm - Dec. 31, 2019, 6:22 p.m.
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I would that is an amazing accomplishment for Trump. With the 90% negative coverage he gets versus the 90% fake positive stories about Obama and tie him is incredible. And incredibly bad news for the dems.

By metmike - Dec. 31, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
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Yeah mcfarm,

That shocked me too.


I seriously would have picked Jimmy Carter.