The President of the United States tops the list of most admired men in the country. According to recently conducted Gallop pole, Barrack Obama ranks the highest when it comes to the most admired man among Americans. However, the second name on the list is set to raise a few eyebrows.
There are actually two persons tied on the second spot and one of them is none other than Presidential candidate, Donald Trump. The other being Pope Francis, with duo finishing on 5% each. They still lag behind President Obama by a great margin with the President clearly the ultimate winner with 17% respondents.
However, the rise of Donald Trump to the second spot is nothing short of a massive surprise given his controversial personality. The presidential candidate is the new entry in the list and his controversial campaign to become the next president of the United States has somehow made him a prominent figure among the masses.
Gallup conducted the poll in an open ended fashion by simply asking the people about the man they admire the most. Donald Trump, who is also a successful businessman, came in the top ten on four previous occasions. He was in the top ten in year 1988, 1989, 1990, and later in 2011. However, for the first time he has managed to reach the podium by finishing joint second with Pope Francis this time around.
In the other survey of the most admired women of the year, another presidential candidate and the former front runner and the secretary of state, Hilary Clinton topped the list. She has once again defended her crown of the most admired women in America for a record 14th year straight. The Democrats will take confidence from this survey that both lists are headed by Democrats again this year with Barrack Obama leading the list of most admired men in the United States and Hillary Clinton being the most admired Woman in the country for 14th year in a row.
The top 10 list of the most admired men in America shows a similar pattern. Three of the top ten person are America’s current or former presidents in the form of Barrack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The other three most admired persons include three current presidential candidates, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Ben Carson. There are also three religious spiritual leaders on the list with Pope Francis coming joint second. The other two are Dalai Lama and the Rev. Billy Graham. The last spot has been taken by founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates.
In the top ten admired women list, Hillary Clinton tops the list, followed by Carly Fiorina, who is also a presidential candidate. The other women on the list also include Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel and former secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. The other people on the list are Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Queen Elizabeth of England, first lady Michelle Obama, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, famous television personalities Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres. There is also a place for Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan on the list.
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