Trump ends Obama's 12-year run as most admired man: Gallup

[left-of-center2012]

President Trump has ended former President Obama's 12-year run as the most admired man in America, edging out his predecessor in the annual Gallup survey released Tuesday. Eighteen percent of the survey's respondents named Trump as their most admired man, compared to 15 percent who named Obama and 6 percent who named President-elect Joe Biden. Three percent named National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, while 2 percent chose Pope Francis.

Rounding out the top 10 were Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and the Dalai Lama, all of whom received 1 percent.

The sitting U.S. president 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. Trump had finished second to Obama in 2017 and 2018.

The record holder for appearances in the survey's top 10 is the late Rev. Billy Graham, who made the list 61 times before his 2018 death. Former President Carter, who has appeared on the list 29 times, is the most-represented living person.

Pollsters surveyed 1,018 adults from Dec. 1 to 17. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Twenty-one percent of respondents offered no response, while 11 percent named a friend or relative as their most admired.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531906-trump-ends-obamas-12-year-run-as-most-admired-man-gallup

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Proud to be first - I call BULLSHIT.

[Blue Owl]

40. Yup, someone's phoning in a favor to Fat Donnie

[Towlie]

51. Not really. It's just a misleading, poorly conceived, poll.

 
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In the simplest terms, if there are many good VIPs whom good people like the most, but one bad VIP whom the bad people like the most, the bad VIP will be the most admired person.

[Polybius]

54. Well, he only won with 18% of the vote

30% of the country is batshit insane. I can see 18% of them picking Trump.

[TDale313]

2. 🤢

WTAF?!?

[snowybirdie]

3. 4%

Margin of error! 18% v 15%.

[irisblue]

4. Codswollop

[Cha]

61. MALARKEY!

[rownesheck]

5. It was probably

a landline phone poll.

[LisaL]

9. Of Trump supporters?

NT

[rownesheck]

15. People who still have landlines

trend older. Lots of old people love trump. It's the same group of people who answer their cell phones when numbers they don't recognize call.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

31. From the methodology:

Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones and cellular phones, with interviews conducted in Spanish for respondents who are primarily Spanish-speaking. Each sample of national adults includes a minimum quota of 70% cell phone respondents and 30% landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas by time zone within region. Landline and cell phone telephone numbers are selected using random digit dial methods. Gallup obtained sample for this study from Dynata. Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household on the basis of which member has the next birthday.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

43. Yes, because Gallup hasn't figured out that landlines aren't accurate.

This isn't some undergrad student doing a survey for a class. It's Gallup.

[greenjar_01]

6. You did it, Trump!

Now go away.

[Greybnk48]

7. I second the claim of utter and complete BULLSHIT!

This is propaganda.

[CatMor]

8. There is no way I believe this.

[DFW]

10. Sure

I believe that like I believe Matt Gaetz will be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature next year.

[Faux pas]

11. Bullshit

on a stick in our faces.

[BainsBane]

12. He's still a loser.

to the core.

[Towlie]

13. What kind of poll would ask for the "most admired man" and leave out women?

 
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Simply by asking the question that way, the pollsters reveal their misogynistic right-wing bias.

[catrose]

22. Michelle Obama won again, followed by Kamala and then Melania

[lapucelle]

25. Gallup has a seperate poll for "Most Admired Woman".

Michelle Obama won for the third year in a row.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/328193/donald-trump-michelle-obama-admired-2020.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_content=morelink&utm_campaign=syndication

Hillary Clinton held the title for 16 years in a row and a record 22 times.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michelle-obama-voted-most-admired-woman-bumps-hillary-clinton-top-n952391

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup%27s_most_admired_man_and_woman_poll

[Towlie]

39. I see. Well, did anyone consider what Gallup will do when we finally have our first woman president?

 
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What will happen regarding the tread that "The sitting U.S. president 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."

When a woman is elected president will it count against her if she isn't named the "most-admired man"?

Gallup needs to rethink this.

[left-of-center2012]

34. Do you want them to include 'man' ...

In the most admired woman poll?

[Towlie]

48. Yes, with "or" between those words. Better yet, just do a "most admired person" poll.

 
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See my post above where I ask "... did anyone consider what Gallup will do when we finally have our first woman president?"

[Bucky]

57. And why the heck don't we have a most admired non-binary person poll?

[Blasphemer]

14. It's just like the Reagan phenomenon

He topped "best president" lists for years because all of the Republicans voted for him while Democrats split their vote. This is just more proof that the the GOP is Trump and they can't run from him.

[Chellee]

19. And he still only got 18%.

Also, 18+15+6+2=41. Did 59% of people name their Dad? Nobody else even got up to 1%?

[Klaralven]

16. Methodology makes it heavily dependent on news coverage

First,
1. What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most?
And who is your second choice?
RECENT TREND: COMBINED FIRST AND SECOND CHOICES
(Ranked according to number of responses, 2020)

https://news.gallup.com/poll/328193/donald-trump-michelle-obama-admired-2020.aspx

[wryter2000]

17. People in touch with reality were split

Obama plus Biden beats Trump easily. Every single MAGAT voted for Trump.

[Harker]

18. Voter fraud!

There's a book containing a conversation with H.H. The Dalai Lama on my kitchen table.

"The Art of the Deal", my arse.

[malaise]

20. People voted for a man responsible for nearly 350,000 deaths and 20 million infections

Bullshit!

[Bucky]

58. Not sure why you're saying "nearly"

That odometer is gonna flip before the week is out

[malaise]

62. You are correct

It could be 400,000 by inauguration day

[Initech]

21. Gross!!!

What has that man done that is admirable?

[Thekaspervote]

23. Oh bullshit!! Take that survey next year and get back

Not that I buy this either

[Hugin]

24. The real headline here is that former President Obama and President-elect Biden split the...

'most admired man' at 21% leaving Trump far in the dust at a mere 18%.

I guess that impartial pollster Gallup doesn't see it that way.

[Hugin]

28. Oh, 'thehill'... Never mind. n/t

[left-of-center2012]

35. Attack the Hill?

For publishing a Gallup poll?

"Oh, the Hill."



Guessing the Gallup poll appeared in a dozen other sites.

[Hugin]

38. The Hill wrote the unnecessary misleading puff-piece headline. n/t

[left-of-center2012]

65. Oh please !

Trump ends Obama's 12-year run as most-admired man
https://www.wiscnews.com/news/national/trump-ends-obamas-12-year-run-as-most-admired-man-michelle-obama-most-admired-woman/collection_6b5e5b24-d9e7-5489-86d4-3479680603ce.html

Trump ends Obama’s reign as most admired man in America, poll finds
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article248144590.html

Trump Ends Obama’s 12-Year Streak as America’s Most Admired Man
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-ends-obama-12-streak-180116763.html

Trump ends Obama’s 12-year run as most admired man on Gallup poll
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-obama-michelle-gallup-most-admired-2020-b1780020.html

Trump Ends Obama’s 12-Year Streak as America’s Most Admired Man
https://www.thewrap.com/trump-most-admired-gallup-obama/

Trump ends Obama's 12-year run as most-admired man
https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/national/trump-ends-obamas-12-year-run-as-most-admired-man-michelle-obama-most-admired-woman/collection_2b30b9e9-90f1-543b-97db-c22a82dc771b.html

[Hugin]

66. All of this effort on your part proves what?

The Hill is a Republican propaganda conduit?

What?

[treestar]

30. Right

A little deflection to Biden for winning the election.

[muriel_volestrangler]

41. Actually, Gallup talked about the split prominently; it was The Hill that ignored it

Here's how Gallup's article starts:

Donald Trump, Michelle Obama Most Admired in 2020

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
18% name Trump as most admired man; Barack Obama places second at 15%
Few Republicans name anyone other than Trump; Democrats split their votes
Michelle Obama named most admired woman for third year in a row

https://news.gallup.com/poll/328193/donald-trump-michelle-obama-admired-2020.aspx

And their details:

When the sitting president is not the top choice, it is usually because he is unpopular politically. That was the case in 2017 and 2018 when Trump had 36% and 40% approval ratings, respectively, and finished second to Obama as most admired man.

Even though Trump is similarly unpopular now -- 39% approve of his performance -- his dominant performance among Republicans, contrasted with Democrats splitting their choices among multiple public figures, pushes him to the top of the 2020 most admired man list.

Forty-eight percent of Republicans name Trump this year, with no other public figure receiving more than 2% of Republicans' votes.
Obama is the top choice among Democrats, at 32%, but that is down from 41% last year. President-elect Joe Biden (13%) is also commonly named by Democrats.
Additionally, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, is named by 5% of Democrats but only 1% of Republicans, further contributing to Democrats' relative dispersion of choices.
Independents are evenly split between Trump (11%) and Obama (11%), with another 3% naming Biden and 2% Fauci.

I think they drew the correct attention to it; I would further say that with 48% of Republicans choosing Trump, and no other public figure more than 2%, there's an implied "cult of Trump".

[Hugin]

42. So, I was correct to subsequently write it off on thehill.

More so than Gallup.

[Cha]

64. Yes you were.. & I'm going to

remember that about "the hill".

TY!

[Music Man]

52. Bingo.

Biden is now assuming the cultural role Obama did, and it only makes sense that they'll split the vote. Silly headline.

[Miigwech]

26. I call for a re-count! LOL

[GoCubsGo]

27. So, 82% DO NOT admire him.

Whatever. Perhaps this will cause him to lay off of his manbaby tantrums for a few hours.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. Obama and Biden split the vote.

Joe’s election rose him to prominence and people who might otherwise have said Barack went to Joe.

It’s all silly and I doubt Trump will ever get the title again but you know his narcissistic ass is going to act like this is some big deal.

[Blues Heron]

32. beam me up scotty

[onetexan]

33. How much did the Con or his cronies pay to Gallup to publish garbage like this?

[jalan48]

36. Weird. I guess these type of polls don't really mean a hell of a lot.

[JonLP24]

37. Elon Musk? Trump?

WTF?

[ismnotwasm]

44. Ew.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

45. Why are people going to conspiracy? It took 18% to "win."

We know that 30% of the country is batshit crazy Trump supporters. Should Gallup just not include them in their poll?

[Gothmog]

46. Was this a Rassie poll?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

47. Why mention a margin of error? Bracing us for an upset in the 'real' Most Admired Person vote?

[Totally Tunsie]

49. Not Borowitz?

[ProfessorGAC]

50. Despite Posts Above...

...I question the methodology.
And, despite those methods, I question the value of a poll that decides the result on getting 18% of the vote.
Because there's no balancing question.
The delta between admired & loathed might be more meaningful.
And, no way does Obama fall behind the IOTUS if measured that way.

[True Dough]

53. Just the idea of Trump being admired

makes me want to puke.

[Takket]

55. um.... Biden syphoning votes off Obama does not make drumpf the most admired person in America

You can't name a person "the most admired in America" with a single round of voting. This would be like the NCAA declaring a national basketball champion based on whoever scored the most points in the first round of the tournament........

you need to take the top 8 and have a second round of voting.... then top four... then top 2...........

this is a nonsensical way of voting.

[Bucky]

56. LOL -- the same day his approval ratings drop to 39%

If anyone ever needed a lesson in the mathematics of first-past-the-post polling methodology, here you have it.

18% for Trump vs. 24% for incontrovertible anti-trumps coming in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.

This is also an object lesson for any friends you might have decrying the need for alternatives to our two party system.

[Ron Green]

59. Lots of disbelief on this thread. Y'all realize, don't you, that

most people aren’t very smart? And that a wide-open poll of Americans always looks rather like the Jerry Springer show.

[WyattKansas]

60. Anyone who admires Donald Dumbass needs their head examined.

And also look closely at how much of a thieving fraud they are or really want to be.

[lunatica]

63. That's impossible

Trump’s ratings are like his signature. Up, down, precipitous, jagged, dizzying rollercoaster sharp elbows jabbing the American people painfully in the ribs, large, fat, meaningless and in your face.