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Demovictory9

(32,475 posts)
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 04:28 AM Dec 2020

Trump ends Obama's 12 year run as "most admired man" (only cuz Dem's split their vote )

Trump wins ONLY BECAUSE Dems split their vote between Obama and Biden
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18 percent of the U.S. adults surveyed in Gallup's annual poll named President Trump when asked which man “living anywhere in the world they admire most.” | Patrick Semansky/ AP Photo

By KELLY HOOPER

12/29/2020 06:30 PM EST

President Donald Trump has come out on top as Americans’ most-admired man for 2020, according to Gallup’s annual survey, ending former President Barack Obama’s 12-year run with the title.

This year’s poll results mark the first time Trump has won most-admired man on his own, after last year tying with Obama for the title. Former first lady Michelle Obama still ranks as the most-admired woman in 2020, earning the title for the third year in a row, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in second place.


18 percent of the U.S. adults surveyed named Trump when asked which man “living anywhere in the world they admire most,” while 15 percent named Obama. President-elect Joe Biden was third.


The results of the poll, conducted Dec. 1-17, were heavily split along party lines, with 48 percent of Republicans naming Trump and 32 percent of Democrats opting for Obama as their top choice. Biden was also a popular choice for Democrats, earning 13 percent of their responses.

No other public figure besides Trump received more than 2 percent of Republicans’ votes. Trump and Obama tied on the vote of independents, each earning 11 percent, while Biden earned 3 percent.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/29/trump-gallup-most-admired-452126
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Trump ends Obama's 12 year run as "most admired man" (only cuz Dem's split their vote ) (Original Post) Demovictory9 Dec 2020 OP
SICK elleng Dec 2020 #1
The other Party... Mike Nelson Dec 2020 #2
Most notorious, recognized, evil, ...maybe, but Admired? I've lost any respect for Gallup I may napi21 Dec 2020 #3
this is actually good news. Exposes the trumpites even further mnmoderatedem Dec 2020 #4
Yeah musclecar6 Dec 2020 #5
At least it was only 18% who picked Trump True Dough Dec 2020 #6

Mike Nelson

(9,967 posts)
2. The other Party...
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 04:55 AM
Dec 2020

... is going crazy with pride. They believe this means he really "won" the popular vote. I point out that Obama and Biden followed and they just say Obama is dropping. They do not see that people are naturally moving toward Biden at #3. Another example of how they don't see logic and reality very well.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
3. Most notorious, recognized, evil, ...maybe, but Admired? I've lost any respect for Gallup I may
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 05:00 AM
Dec 2020

have had. Over the years I always thought they did a good job. With this one, we're either missing something in the polling, or Gallup polled a bunch of nuts!

mnmoderatedem

(3,729 posts)
4. this is actually good news. Exposes the trumpites even further
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 05:44 AM
Dec 2020

the man who cheated on his wife with a porn star shortly after the birth of their son and got caught on tape bragging about sexually assaulting women and getting away with it is their most admired. Says a lot about them.

Like we didn't already know.

musclecar6

(1,690 posts)
5. Yeah
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 07:12 AM
Dec 2020


Like we didn't know already. All about them deplorables/ facists. Good news is dear leader will be thrown out on his ass in 21 days. Then all eyes will be on Joe and Kamala and he will " Donald who "

True Dough

(17,325 posts)
6. At least it was only 18% who picked Trump
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 08:16 AM
Dec 2020

Still way too high but not out of line with his share of warped disciples. For anyone to say, "I admire Donald Trump" is akin to admitting, "I admire racists/misogynists" and "I admire completely self-centered individuals."

Good luck with that.

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