Donald Trump, Pope Francis Tie in 'Most Admired Man' Gallup Poll

[onager]

Donald Trump, Pope Francis Tie in 'Most Admired Man' Gallup Poll

Donald Trump tied Pope Francis for the title of second most admired man in the world, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. Both men lost the title to Barack Obama; Hillary Clinton was voted the world's most admired woman.

The Gallup polls, which have been taken for both genders every year since 1948, asks respondents, "What woman or man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most?"

The multi-billionaire hotelier and the leader of the Catholic Church earned 5 percent of the vote each; President Barack Obama won more than three times their respective shares, with 17 percent. Bernie Sanders ranked third in the poll, pulling 3 percent of the vote.

Bill Gates, Ben Carson, the Dalai Lama, George W. Bush and the Reverend Billy Graham earned 1 percent each.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/donald-trump-pope-francis-tie-in-most-admired-man-gallup-poll-20151228

[mr blur]

1. This would be the man "most admired" by Americans, I suppose?

The average Brit would laugh and point at both of them.

[Act_of_Reparation]

2. Well, this is kind of Britain's fault when you think about it.

I mean, it isn't like you guys sent the best and brightest over to get this party started.

[onager]

3. Yep, the Gallup Poll

How else can we tell it's American? Because the Velveeta of theology, Billy Graham, has appeared in it no less than 59 times thru the years. Though he's tied with the Dalai Lama this year, which must annoy him.

I always like Garry Wills' comment that Graham had, with hard work and perseverance, managed to turn himself into "the thinking man's Easter Bunny." And when Graham was pimping for his buddy Richard Nixon, Wills called that "an alliance of moral dwarfs."

[LeftishBrit]

4. Presumably this is specifically in America?

A British poll in early 2015 made Stephen Hawking the most admired man, and inevitably perhaps, Queen Elizabeth the most admired woman:

http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/photos/great-britains-most-admired-men-and-women-of-2015/ss-AA9lf3P#image=16

Followed by David Attenborough and Judi Dench; and then Barack Obama and Malala Yousafzai.

[Lordquinton]

5. Interesting results

"The multi-billionaire hotelier and the leader of the Catholic Church" And also Trump.