Most Admired Woman and Man in America: Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:19 AM EST

Article Source: USA Today

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President Bush and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton again top Gallup's annual lists of "most admired" men and women, the polling firm said Wednesday.
According to Frank Newport, Gallup Poll editor in chief, U.S. presidents typically come in first in this yearly rite, done this month as part of the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.

Bush's support — he was the choice of 10% of 1,011 Americans polled — was the lowest since he took office in 2001 and 2 percentage points above the No. 2 choice, former president Bill Clinton.

Sen. Clinton, now a Democratic presidential candidate, has been No. 1 on the list of most admired women since December 2002.

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Catch22

Interesting that the USA Today headline only mentions Bush: "Bush tops 'most admired' poll".

Actually Hillary Clinton had a lot more votes than GW Bush, although there was no uniform poll asking about the most admired person independent of gender.

It also underlines the polarization in the country that the two most admired people are probably among the most disliked Americans as well.

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4 votes

#1 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:22 AM EST

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Compare the results with 1999

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1 vote

#2 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:25 AM EST

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JoulesBeef

you have to wonder if there wee multiple choice answers or just " who do you admire"
and with the bush admin listening in, do you reallly want to say someone else? i dont need to be audited next year.

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1 vote

#3 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:34 AM EST

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Nick Ford

You think Bush would win a multiple choice poll? Come on. It's clearly a name-anyone deal.

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2 votes

#3.1 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:38 PM EST

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JoulesBeef

well it depends on the choices i guess.. bush, satan, hitler
but yeah i think he wins on name rec alone.

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#3.2 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:28 PM EST

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Catch22

Choices Open Ended, Not Multiple Choice

you have to wonder if there wee multiple choice answers or just " who do you admire"

While the methodolgy isnt clearly explained everything points to the conclusion that the answers were open ended and not multiple choice.

See, e.g. polling report.com

Of course with open ended questions you end up with many responses not being included.

These results are based on the Dec. 14-16 USA Today/Gallup poll, which asked Americans, without prompting, to say what man and woman "living today in any part of the world, do [they] admire most?" Gallup has asked the most admired man and woman questions in this format in all but two years since 1948....
The remainder of the top 10 most admired men after Bush and Clinton are former Vice President Al Gore (6%), Sen. Barack Obama (5%), the Rev. Billy Graham (3%), former South African President Nelson Mandela (3%), former President George H.W. Bush (2%), Microsoft founder Bill Gates (2%), Pope Benedict XVI (2%), and former President Jimmy Carter (2%).

The top 10 list for men is very similar to last year; the only change is that Gore is in and Gen. Colin Powell dropped out.

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#3.3 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:36 PM EST

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DirtClod88

Can someone point out - why does this matter?

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#4 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:58 PM EST

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Catch22

Personally I find public opinon to be interesting given that GW Bush and Senator Clinton are both admired and despised by relatively high percentages of the population.

Unfortunately, I find it indicative of a highly polaraized nation where strong feelings dominate and facts are brushed off.

Personally, I think Bush has been an increadibly bad President for the nation, and the fact that 10% of the nation sees him as the most admired man in the world at the moment is really sad. Presumably some feel the same about Hillary Clinton.

Many of these same feelings and likes for better and worse are going to shape the choice of the next President and the future of the country.

Of course, this doesnt interest a lot of people. My advice for those is to find something else that does.

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1 vote

#4.1 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:40 PM EST

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Whyren

Well, at the very least I'm glad to see that people in public service were chosen as most admired as opposed to, say, Paris Hilton or something.

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#5 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:17 PM EST

{"commentId":1305642,"authorDomain":"dirtclodis"}

DirtClod88

I agree Whyren - I'm somewhat surprised that it didn't end up being Jennifer Lopez and 50-Cent lol.

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#6 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:19 PM EST

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JoulesBeef

not too far off
pprah was second and angelina jolie 4th

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#6.1 - Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:31 PM EST

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	Poll: Bush, Hillary Clinton Most Admired	Associated Press	Wed Dec 26	12
	Poll: Bush, Hillary Clinton Most Admired	breitbart.com	Wed Dec 26	2

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