Attention IS ATTENTION….
Good or BAD, eh?
President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama have tied for the title of Americans’ most admired man, according to Gallup’s annual survey — marking the first time the current commander in chief has achieved the distinction and the 12th consecutive first-place showing for his immediate predecessor.
Eighteen percent of U.S. adults nominated Trump when asked which man “living today in any part of the world” they admired most, while another 18 percent identified the most recent Democratic president.
The results of the poll, conducted Dec. 2-15, were split sharply along party lines, with 45 percent of Republicans selecting Trump for the honor and 41 percent of Democrats opting for Obama.
Trump captured the support of 2 percent of Democrats and 10 percent of independents, while Obama garnered 3 percent support from GOP respondents and 12 percent from independents.
Last year, 13 percent of Americans chose Trump as the most admired man, and 14 percent picked him in 2017, the first year of his presidency. He placed second to Obama in both surveys.
Apart from the two presidents, no other man attained the votes of more than 2 percent of those questioned in the 2019 poll.
Rounding out the list of Americans’ 10 most admired men are former President Jimmy Carter, technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Pope Francis, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, California Rep. Adam Schiff, the Dalai Lama and investor Warren Buffett.
Among Americans’ most admired women, former first lady Michelle Obama claimed the prize spot for the second year running and was the only woman to achieve double-digit support….
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I was going to think the good news is that 64% of the people have common sense, but the runners up list leaves some to be desired as well, so that will drop the number a bit.
Whom I am admiring the most today are the Christian worshipers who thanks to their concealed carry rights prevented many more people from being killed in a church and also the Jewish Hanukkah celebrants who fought back any way they could also and prevented loss of life.
While there is indeed much to admire about Jimmy Carter this year, my list would also include George and Laura Bush, Mitt and Ann Romney, David and Nancy French, and billionaire Robert F. Smith for both existing and for paying off the student debt of the graduating class of Morehouse College.
Honorable mention to Joe Walsh for his willingness to take on a task that nobody else was willing to do.
Additional honorable mentions to Alex Trebek, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and now John Lewis as well.
Least admired Americans (not currently in prison or at large) would be Keith and Trump.
Also. Col. Vindman on the Most Admired list.
CG?
Common Sense?
Brain washings?
I can understand Republicans not “admiring” Obama,but Trump?
I mean couldn’t they have admired George W Bush or Mitt Romney or Hell just about anyone else !
It’s still way less than half among Republicans who named him. Every person to ever be President or First Lady has eventually “won” the prize since the start.
It was almost half.
Astounding .
Generally an “admired” person is someone you would like to or have your children emulate.
Even if one supports him ,why would one want to emulate Trump?
Then again maybe loud mouth ,boisterous boorish behavior is “in” now!
I don’t get out as much as I used to.If Trump is now an admirable person ?
I’m glad I’ve been staying in more!
I think these days we see more people make distinctions between admiring and emulating, which is unfortunate.