Trump beats Obama as the most admired man in America

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• President Donald Trump is this year’s most admired man in America, according to the annual Gallup survey published on Tuesday.
• Trump beat former President Barack Obama who held the title for 12 consecutive years.
• In third place is President-elect Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump has been named the most admired man in America, ending former President Barack Obama’s 12-year rule. The results of the annual Gallup survey was released Tuesday.

Trump got 18 percent of the vote while 16% of the survey’s respondents voted for Obama. In third place is President-elect Joe Biden who got 6 percent of the votes. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci was voted by 3 percent of the respondents while 2 percent chose Pope Francis.

Completing the top 10 were Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, NBA superstar LeBron James and the Dalai Lama, all of whom got 1 percent.

Trump has been named the pollster’s most-admired man in 60 out of 74 years, including all eight years of Obama’s presidency and every year of George W. Bush’s presidency except for 2008. In 2017 and 2018, Trump had finished second to Obama.

This year is the 10th time Trump has made it to the top 10. Before becoming president, he made the list in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 2011. This is Biden’s second time in the top 10 after making the list in 2018.

Among Republicans who answered the survey, 48 percent of respondents named Trump as their most admired man. Gallup said there’s no other public figure who received more than 2 percent Republican support. Among independents, both Obama and Trump received 11 percent support. Fauci was the choice of 5 percent of Democrats but just 1 percent of Republicans.

The late Rev. Billy Graham holds the record for appearances in the survey’s top 10. The late reverend made it to the list 61 times before he died in 2018. Former President Jimmy Carter, who has been on the list 29 times, is the most-represented living person.

Twenty-one percent of respondents offered no response, while 11 percent named a friend or relative as their most admired.

Pollsters surveyed 1,018 adults from Dec. 1 to 17. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, The Hill reported.

Source: The Hill