Posted on 12/27/2017 9:39:49 AM PST by ransomnote
Barack Obama’s legacy may be under attack by President Trump — but he still has bragging rights as the most admired man in the world, according to a new Gallup poll.
The poll found 17 percent of people questioned named Obama the man they admired most, a drop from 22 percent last year.
Trump took second place with 14 percent, while Hillary Clinton was named the most admired woman for the 16th year in a row, with 9 percent of mentions, Gallup found.
Obama has now been named the most admired man 10 times in a row, trailing only Dwight Eisenhower, who earned the distinction 12 times.
The 44th president won all eight years he was in office, plus 2008 — the year he was first elected — and this year, his first as an ex-president.
Trump is one of few incumbent presidents who have not been named the most admired among all Americans. The incumbent has won 58 of 71 times.
Previous incumbent commanders-in-chief who did not finish first include Harry Truman in 1946-1947 and 1950-1952, Lyndon Johnson in 1967-1968, Richard Nixon in 1973, Gerald Ford in 1974-1975, Jimmy Carter in 1980, and George W. Bush in 2008.
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LOL! Never heard that before!
I absolutely doubt this. They are a vile couple.
ML/NJ
POTUS Trump took second place after a two year smear Campaign by every major Media outlet.
Not too bad, only 3 points behind Lord Obama who was treated like a Saint by the Press.
LMAO.....where’s that baby that falls over from laughing so hard.
That POS is the biggest fraud that was ever perpetuated upon the American people. What’s bad about it is the whole Congress knew what he was, and is, and let it all happen anyway....whadda joke. They should all hang.
JOCKEYING for UN PRESIDENT.
Trump supporters mostly hang up on pollsters.
Popular with the world, but led his party to historic losses at all levels of government. So really, who cares?
Might not be fake news, but the polls sure are! What non-liberal even bothers to respond to phone polls anyway?
Rope...invest in rope.
I discovered a few weeks ago that there is at least one HERE who will angrily defend the alleged gender of the Fraud’s “wife”.
obama should be arrested for conspiracy to distribute drugs in the United States from Hezbollah . The witnesses are the DEA who were ordered to stand down.
Un-fricking-believable.
The poll found 17 percent of people questioned named Obama the man they admired most, a drop from 22 percent last year.
Trump took second place with 14 percent.
1.5 billion muslims
“Soon, I’ll be nothing but a horrible memory (obama)”.
Can’t come soon enough as far as I’m concerned.
Does anyone really believe these crap polls?
Greatly admired:
Josef Stalin
Mao Tse Tung
Hugo Chavez
That must be why Trump won the election .... because everyone so admired how he fundamentally changed America.
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