President Barack Obama is the most admired man in America for the ninth consecutive year, according to the Gallup poll published on Wednesday.
With 22% of voters placing President Obama at the #1 spot, 15% of voters put Donald Trump in spot #2.
via Gallup:
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.
The remainder of this year’s top 10 most admired man list includes Pope Francis, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Rev. Billy Graham, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Dalai Lama, former President Bill Clinton, businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates, and Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
This year marks the 60th time Graham has finished in the top 10 — a Gallup record. That includes making it into the top 10 every year since 1955, with the exception of the 1962 survey and in 1976, when the question was not asked.
Pence is the only newcomer among the top 10 men this year. Trump has finished in the top 10 five prior times — in 1988, 1989, 1990, 2011 and 2015. Clinton made the top 10 for a 25th time and Gates for a 17th. Former President George W. Bush finished outside the top 10 for the first time since he was elected in 2000.
Peep the full list below.
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| 1. Barack Obama | 22 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 30 |
| 2. Donald Trump | 15 | 5 | * | — | * | 1 | * | — |
| 3. Pope Francis | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 4. Bernie Sanders | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | * | — | — |
| 5. Rev. Billy Graham | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 6t. Benjamin Netanyahu | 1 | * | 1 | * | * | * | * | * |
| 6t. The Dalai Lama | 1 | 1 | * | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | * |
| 6t. Bill Clinton | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 6t. Bill Gates | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10. Mike Pence | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — |
| Ben Carson | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | * | * | — | — |
| Stephen Hawking | 1 | * | 1 | — | * | * | * | * |
| Warren Buffett | 1 | * | * | * | * | 2 | * | * |
| Joe Biden | 1 | * | — | — | 1 | * | — | * |
| Elon Musk | * | 1 | * | — | — | — | — | — |
| George W. Bush | * | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Jimmy Carter | * | 1 | * | 1 | * | * | 2 | 1 |
| George H.W. Bush | * | * | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | * | 1 |
| Prince William | * | — | 1 | * | * | * | * | — |
| Mark Zuckerberg | * | 1 | — | — | — | * | — | — |
| Michael Jordan | * | 1 | — | — | * | * | — | 1 |
| Mitt Romney | * | * | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | * | * |
| Thomas Monson | * | * | * | * | — | 1 | 1 | * |
| Friend/Relative | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Other | 24 | 30 | 34 | 40 | 25 | 35 | 37 | 35 |
| None/No opinion | 23 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 25 | 25 |
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