Obama and Hillary Clinton Top USA Today/Gallup Most Admired List…Again
- Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:56pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, Americans raised their fists this year to express frustration towards their elected officials and “the system.” Nonetheless, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have topped the 2011 USA Today/Gallup poll for Most Admired Woman and Most Admired Man living today in any part of the world. Clinton wins the award for a record 16th time and Obama has now been named the Most Admired Man four years in a row.
Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton trailed Obama in a distant second and third. Hillary too beat the competition by a wide margin, followed by Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama and then Sarah Palin.
Photo Credit: Gallup.com
The results are based on a December 15-18 USA Today/Gallup poll. Since Gallup first began asking the question in 1946, the Most Admired typically comes from the world of government, religion, business, entertainment, or humanitarian causes. Former Alaska Governor and Republican Candidate for Vice President Sarah Palin fell to fourth from second, where she placed each of the last three years.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump makes the list for the tenth time, and this year is tied in admiration with Pope Benedict XVI and Thomas Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Comments (145)
BlesstheJews
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:44pmI think this poll was taken in the Mall of America. The fine people of Minnesooota, who gave us Jesse Ventura, Keith Ellison and Al Franken.
Report Post »Jinglebob
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:29pmI think this poll was conducted in San Francisco and Hollywood.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:39pmCommunist China maybe?
Report Post »John_Free
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:45pmAmerika has become the land of “you can’t fix stupid!”…..And we will suffer and are suffering the consequences.
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:59pmwhat the heII is wrong with Jesse…?
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:26pmSad that Gannetts name would be attached to anything that stands behind a vote for anything associated with anti-American. Something both Clinton and Obama surely are.
For those who don’t know. The Gannett Company bought out Al Neuharth for the USA today. Gannetts fame came LONG before that when he opposed FDR‘s new deal and went snap on the Roosevelt Administration with FDR’s moves to pack the court. He even ran for president in 1940, and started the group known as the “NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT”.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:31pmIf this is true, this country has decided to crap on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and gone stark-raving mad.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:30amThis is obviously BS. Poll ANY average, hard working REAL American and the top 3 list for women wouldn’t have ANY of those three Socialists. Especialy Oprah and Moochile. As for the men’s side, yea ok. And i’m John Adams………….
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:00am.
Report Post »Ho-hum.
Hillary getting the Nobel Peace Prize this year?
Isn’t Obama due for a Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe?
Oh, yeah, a Pulitzer too!
Miguelito
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:10amI don’t believe Liberal polls!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:00pmThought I would made the list too !!
Report Post »MinnesotaMARINE
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 1:08pmDO NOT PAINT ALL Minnesotans with that brush!! Some of us are surrounded but we will hold our ground!
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:42pmONLY !7% that may be close to his approval rating …Like the Nobel peace prize he won. it means nothing…
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:47pmOnly 2 Republicans running for President are on the list
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:52pmTHIS has to be rigged…..People admire SlickBillyClinton OVER Billy Graham???
OMG This Nation is doomed.
No wonder USA Today is FREE in hotels
Report Post »It’s full of BS.
smokeyridgerunner
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:01pmThis just goes to show you just how stupid Americans are!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:34pmCan you admire 2 turds floating in a punch bowl?
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:44pmCalling them turds may be too much of a compliment
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:58pm@baddoggy
Report Post »Quit insulting Turds !!!!
hdm
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:34pmIt’s not the punch bowl, it’s the kool aid bowl and they have been drinking from it for years.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:38pmMy apologies to all turds…I am very sorry.
Report Post »Dosrios
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:32pm“There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
-Mark Twain
What part of Detroit was the poll taken in ?
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:40pmWho took the poll, the same dead people they get to vote?
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:16pmMust have been taken in Chitown at seiu and acorn
Report Post »Headquarters……
suz
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:32pmoperative words here: “usa today.”
Report Post »crazyoz
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:32pmWhere was the voting taken at the office of the New York Times?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:46pmAnd NPR …..
Report Post »His_Way
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:15pm…maybe at the OWS slums after their drugs arrived.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:31pmIs this proof of the ability to find all the brain dead people possible to come up with this vote. Either that, or the Progressives have succeeded in the dumbing down of most of America. Time for a Conservative poll to find who they hold in high esteem.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:44pmThey (the progressives and the government media) want us to think we are alone. We are not. You know it.
I’m reminded of the pre-2008 election joke: The younger Clinton (now working for MSNBC) asks a general if he’s ever afraid. He answers “Young lady, there are only three things in this world that worry me: Osama, Obama and Yo’momma”.
We know who the heroes are; and we know who they aren’t. No poll is going to tell me people want more of “this”.
Report Post »txwheels
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:29pmIF this article is certifiably true, it would only prove there are a lot of naive and ignorant people in the world…
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:35pmAbsolutely
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:26pmLOL. Obama and Hillary. What else is there to say but… MEH.
I was looking at the list from the Most Admired Man side and noticed that a Monson is on the list with 1%. Thought it might be a guy I was rading about today, but the guy I’m thinking about is named Manson (not Charles) but Jules Manson a California Libertarian, a City Council wannabe’ some years ago AND a BIG, BIG Ron Paul zeolot . He is being investigated for calling for the assasination of Obama and his family on Facebook. I thought I should bring it up as we’re talking about Obama…
Paul supporters just can’t seem to contain themselves sometimes whether in public or on the internet. A sort of Liberal-like Tourettes Syndrome I guess.
But back to Manson. He defended his right to speak freely while posting a long line of racist comments along with the assasination call for Obama and family. Manson who it’s said is a Tea Party member… is part of the reason why the Tea Party gets such a bad rap in many cases. Seems the Secret Service is investigating.
Report Post »bocajojo4
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:26pmWhat is wrong with these people! Are they in a trance!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:25pmWho votes these things?
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:45pmFolks with no picture-ID.
Report Post »The_Plumber_Says
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:19pmI’m with Zap………total BS
This is not news, it’s propaganda and no-one is listening
Report Post »nick7
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:27pmMore then that, it’s a fabrication. Surely, the most polished of liars would create the numbers by any means.
Report Post »semihardrock
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:19pmFACT- the USA Today is written at a 6th grade reading level for the intellectuals who read it along with all the bright pretty colors for stimulation….so this “headline” does not surprise anyone.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:18pmIf obama and wide load clinton can top that list 4 times and 16 times, then they are conducting the poll in an insane asylum.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:25pmMaybe they be pollin’ at the welfare office too?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:31pm@nobama:
Report Post »mebbe fo‘ sho’.
crackerone
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:20pmAll the voting for Clinton was done at “pantsuit bars.”
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:18pmI’m guessing the mechanics of this poll asked for a short list of admired persons without specifying a most admired and the ones who made the most lists ranked top. Thus they may not reflect anyone’s most admired person.
Report Post »conservativemom99
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:12pmGoes to show you CAN find 17% of people (hand picked or not) to knee-jerk say they admire the president when asked. No surprise…it’s a pretty typical response. It SHOULD be an admirable position. If we had a COMPETENT president, I think that number would be much higher…MUCH higher.
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:11pmI call B.S.
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:01pmHuge Pile…Very Huge Pile…
Report Post »Oldtexan in support of Israel
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:09pmGet ready we will see this kind of BS from now to Election Day. The media uses pools to shape public opinion not report it – what a load of crap.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:07pmObama most admired for 4 years in a row. Yea, and Kim Jung Il was born under a double rainbow, shot 11 holes in one on his first round of golf and his jumpsuits were a worldwide fashion trend. It all depends on what you believe and who you ask.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:07pmWhat? They polled their own kind. You can‘t say they aren’t loyal to a fault. They sure are.
Report Post »BornJewishMuslimByFaith
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:07pmUSA TODAY: The paper to make you puke.
Report Post »nskipper
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:04pmWho in the world are these people voting for this? It makes no sense, and just like the elections….it’s rigged!
Report Post »certified ethical hacker
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:09pmDo you need to ask that question, who do you think is doing this. This is prof of where this country has fallen to. I would really suspect most of the voters have no idea (or do not know that much abut the person they voted for) why they voted for that person other than they see them on the tele a lot.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:03pmAgree. Biased sampling and bean counters = rigged poll
Bean counters can turn any number to their favor,
kind of like air-brushing a photograph.
Desired results dictate method…just like climategate, polarbeargate
Report Post »KeystoneState
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:03pm“Most Reviled” too I’m sure, depending on who you’d ask.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:01pmWhat!? We are doomed…..
Report Post »certified ethical hacker
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:15pmgeez you think? Right now America (our USA) has cancer. you do not wanna kill the whole body but you might need to remove large portions of it and then hopefully the new science projects that allow for the regeneration of vital organs will have advanced enough to regrow them. In other words we are going to have to see some decent parts of the country say enough is enough and separate. There was a reason millions left Europe to come to America when the country had plenty of space to accommodate them. Now there is good reason for some region of the country
Report Post »to set up a new regime. this might sound unpatriotic to some but we have slept until it has come to this
possom
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:00pmWorst piece of fiction I’ve read all day!
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:08pmpossom
Report Post »I agree with you
OhSuzieQ
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:15pmOMG! That’s the truth!
Report Post »ddg7
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:18pmProof that the world will end in 2012.
Report Post »Tim Law
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:52pmI have to agree, the biggest lie of the day!
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