Obama Bests Trump as Most Admired Man in 2016

[highplainsdem]

Source: Gallup

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Americans are most likely to name President Barack Obama as the man they admire most in 2016. Twenty-two percent mentioned Obama in response to the open-ended question. President-elect Donald Trump was second at 15%. It is Obama's ninth consecutive win, but the seven-percentage-point margin this year is his narrowest victory yet.

The results are based on a Dec. 7-11 poll. Since 1946, Gallup has asked Americans to name the man, living anywhere in the world, whom they admire most.

Incumbent presidents typically win the distinction -- in the 70 times Gallup has asked the question, the president has won 58 times. The 12 exceptions were mostly times when the sitting president was unpopular, including 2008, when Americans named President-elect Obama over President George W. Bush. Obama and Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 are the only presidents-elect to win the distinction. Eisenhower finished first 12 times, more than any other man in history. Obama is now second all-time with nine first-place finishes.

Obama's win over Trump this year is largely a result of the president earning more mentions among Democrats than Trump receives from Republicans. Fifty percent of Democrats named Obama as most admired, compared with 34% of Republicans choosing Trump.

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Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/200771/obama-bests-trump-admired-man-2016.aspx

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Hillary Clinton was the most admired woman, the poll found -- for the 21st time, and the 15th consecutive time.


I saw a tweet suggesting that Trump's new tweet storm this morning, beginning with a complaint about President Obama, might have something to do with Gallup tweeting about this poll only minutes earlier.

[True Dough]

1. And Drumpf will tweet in protest about this

in 3, 2, 1...

[Sunlei]

3. he already did. RW medias are driving a wedge between Obama private transition discussions with

trump. Republicans really don't want Obama to tell the truth to trump. Republicans would rather trump sits in his tower spewing crazy tweets the next 4 years, isolated in a bubble.

So Republicans can get on with raping America of every DROP of Federal money AND State money.

Take Americans money and stuff it into their "For Profit" corporate pockets. "Vouchers" galore, privatize everything, prisons, schools, parks, streets, infrastructure, wildfire fighting, lead poison 'help'- rip massive profits and the Americans get what 50% is left for education, health care, emergency, food, housing assistance.

[Achilleaze]

2. Eat it, Comrade Casino (R - Loser).

[WhiteTara]

8. Bigly loser.

[ailsagirl]

17. Looks like he's wearing pink lipstick

[Shrek]

4. Trump was second?

You have got to be kidding me.

[Sunlei]

6. On Republicans bullshit Mt. everyone loves a 'bad boy' .

[Sunlei]

5. he reads every tweet.

Sunlei ‏@Sunlei_Houston · now

@realDonaldTrump you are a FOOL. Iran is Russia ALLY and Russia PLAYS U FOR A FOOL. your Fellow Repubs play you for a fool too.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. "I would have won that too, if it hadn't been for all the illegal immigrants who voted.

Also, I didn't try to win that. But I would have won if I had wanted to.

Also, I don't want celebrities to perform at the ignoration."

[ailsagirl]

9. WELL I WOULD HOPE SO!!!!!!!!!!

(Not yelling-- just AMAZED... as if there could be ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER!!!!!!!!!!)

[a kennedy]

10. AND I AM YELLING.........D*MN RIGHT HE SHOULD BE.

and I'm going to miss him, his family and the Joe Biden family as well. and I'm never getting "over it".

[ailsagirl]

14. THEN I'LL YELL TOO

DITTO EVERYTHING YOU WROTE!!!!!!!!!!!

[a kennedy]

16. Good......

[They_Live]

11. aha! bUt in Electoral Admiration...

n/t

[tenorly]

12. And wait just until a year or two.

Between the corruption, incompetence, and sheer bad faith, Trump will make Obama look better and better almost by the day.

[ailsagirl]

18. We don't have to wait THAT long

He's blown it every day (at least once) since the "election"

Nothing will change-- he thinks winning will make him happy-- it won't, obviously

Unfortunately for all of us, he's always looked for happiness in the wrong places

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. The Gropenfuhrer repsonds

[Blue Shoes]

15. Isn't this a bit disconcerting

"It is Obama's ninth consecutive win, but the seven-percentage-point margin this year is his narrowest victory yet. "

That so many people admired Trump. Its not necessarily the raw amount, but the rate of change.