With Agency Report — Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has had a turbulent year as things went south for him — He failed to clinch a re-election, he couldn’t bag the TIME Man of the Year. Perhaps, now he has something to cheer for as his populist ideas continue to shape thoughts and opinions in the U.S and around the world, regardless of the bulwark of oppossing views.
For the first time, he edged out former President Barack Obama as the most admired man in America, a new Gallup poll showed on Tuesday.
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“Trump tied former President Barack Obama for the honour last year but edged out his predecessor this year”, Gallup said in a statement.
“Trump’s first-place finish ends a 12-year run as the most admired man for Obama, tied with Dwight Eisenhower for the most ever,” Gallup added.
When asked without any prompting who they regarded as the most admired man, 18 per cent of respondents named Trump, while 15 per cent picked Obama.
Six per cent chose President-elect Joe Biden, and three per cent selected top U.S. health official Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Gallup noted in the statement that Trump’s support among Republicans remains strong at 48 per cent, with no other man gaining more than 2 per cent of the party’s support.
Meanwhile, Democrats’ support for Obama declined from 41 per cent last year to 32 per cent this year, as party members split their votes.
Thirteen per cent named Biden, and 5 per cent picked Fauci as the most admired man.
Independents were evenly split between Trump and Obama at 11 per cent, while 3 per cent named Biden, and 2 per cent picked Fauci.
As for the most admired woman, Michele Obama once again topped this year’s list.
Overall, 10 per cent of Americans named the former first lady, followed by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with 6 per cent, and current First Lady Melania Trump with 4 per cent.
Rounding out the top 10 most admired men are President-elect Joe Biden at 6 percent, Dr. Anthony Fauci at 3 percent, Pope Francis at 2 percent, with Tesla founder Elon Musk, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, NBA star LeBron James and the Dalai Lama finishing with 1 percent each.
Both Fauci, who is on the president’s coronavirus task force, and James broke into the list for the first time.
First lady Melania Trump came in third among most-admired women with 4 percent, followed by media mogul Oprah Winfrey with 3 percent, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Queen Elizabeth II with 2 percent.
US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and environmental activist Greta Thunberg both finished with 1 percent.
Republicans chose Trump as their most admired by 48 percent, and no other public figure got more than 2 percent of Republicans’ votes.
Among Democrats, Obama was selected by 32 percent — down from 41 percent last year.
Fauci was named most admired by 5 percent of Democrats but only 1 percent of Republicans.
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