Donald Trump, Pope Francis Tied For Americans’ 2nd Most Admired Man

Pope Francis greets the faithful during an audience with the Italian National Social Security Institute's workers (INPS) in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pope Francis on Saturday greeted employees of Italian Nat... Pope Francis greets the faithful during an audience with the Italian National Social Security Institute's workers (INPS) in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pope Francis on Saturday greeted employees of Italian National Social Security Institute in St Peter’s Square, where he stressed the importance of supporting the dignity of work and workers.(Photo by Giuseppe Ciccia/NurPhoto) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** MORE LESS
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Donald Trump and Pope Francis don’t have much in common, but this year the two tied as Americans’ second most admired men in the world.

In a Gallup poll released on Monday, Americans named President Obama the most admired man in the world for the eighth time — he received 17 percent of Americans’ votes. Trump and Pope Francis tied for second place with 5 percent of the votes each.

Americans named Hillary Clinton the most admired woman in the world — 13 percent of those polled chose Clinton. She has been named the most admired woman 20 times. Malala Yousafzai won second place with 5 percent of the vote, followed by a tie between Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama for third place.

Gallup surveyed 824 Americans Dec. 2-6 via phone with a margin of error plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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