Gallup: Trump Loses To Obama As Americans’ Most Admired Man

Former President of the United States Barack Obama and United States President Donald Trump smile as they walk down the east front steps of the Capitol Building after Trump is sworn in at the 58th Presidential Inaugu... Former President of the United States Barack Obama and United States President Donald Trump smile as they walk down the east front steps of the Capitol Building after Trump is sworn in at the 58th Presidential Inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.. Presidential Inauguration ceremony, Washington DC, USA - 20 Jan 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Americans named former President Barack Obama the most admired man in the world for the 10th year in a row, making President Donald Trump one of a handful of sitting presidents who have fallen short of that accolade, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.

Obama narrowly beat current Trump by three percentage points, with 17 percent of respondents naming him the most admired man in the world to Trump’s 14 percent.

According to Gallup, only a few incumbent presidents have not been named the most admired man in the world since the research company began asking the question in 1946. Trump joins a list that includes Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was Americans’ most admired woman in the world, according to the poll. She beat former first lady Michelle Obama by two percentage points, with 9 percent of respondents choosing Clinton. Only one percent of respondents did the same for current first lady Melania Trump.

According to Gallup, Clinton has retained her title for 16 consecutive years, while Obama has retained his for 10 years, including the current year, all eight years he was in office as president and the year he was first elected, in 2008.

Gallup conducted its survey from Dec. 4–11, 2017, via cell phone and landline interviews, from a random sample of 1,049 adults living in the United States, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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  1. Avatar for iamwil iamwil says:

    I wonder if this is the reason President Trump has not tweeted yet today?

  2. Avatar for mcbain mcbain says:

    Ouch

  3. That’s gonna leave a bigly mark…

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    No admiration! Sad!

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