"Americans most admire . . ." - CNN story about Gallup poll

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"According to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama retain their place in the eyes of Americans as the Most Admired Woman and Most Admired Man on Earth living today."

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/28/bakshi-americans-most-admire-barack-obama-and-hillary-clinton

I'm guessing they didn't do a lot of polling of THIS particular forum, but it is representative of the country as a whole.

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If they polled SC, they might get 17% for each of them as well.

Personally I'd put my mom ahead of Clinton and Oprah.

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Seventeen percent of poll respondents mentioned Hillary Clinton as the woman they admired most, followed by 7% who named Oprah Winfrey and 5% who named Michelle Obama. Other leading women included Sarah Palin, Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Ellen DeGeneres and Michele Bachmann.

Seventeen percent of poll respondents mentioned Barack Obama as the man they admired most, followed by 3% mentioning George W. Bush and 2% mentioning Bill Clinton. Other leading men this year included the Reverend Billy Graham, Warren Buffett, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, Pope Benedict XVI and Bill Gates.

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I find it "interesting" Thomas Monson placed so high. That would mean roughly 1/2 of all the Mormons in the US see him as the most admired.

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I'm guessing they didn't do a lot of polling of THIS particular forum, but it is representative of the country as a whole.

Not particularly - 45.9% Reps, 45.2% Dems and no Indies.

Mike
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If they polled SC, they might get 17% for each of them as well.

Personally I'd put my mom ahead of Clinton and Oprah.

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Seventeen percent of poll respondents mentioned Hillary Clinton as the woman they admired most, followed by 7% who named Oprah Winfrey and 5% who named Michelle Obama. Other leading women included Sarah Palin, Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Ellen DeGeneres and Michele Bachmann.

Seventeen percent of poll respondents mentioned Barack Obama as the man they admired most, followed by 3% mentioning George W. Bush and 2% mentioning Bill Clinton. Other leading men this year included the Reverend Billy Graham, Warren Buffett, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, Pope Benedict XVI and Bill Gates.

so - religion, politics and entertainment prevails - I suspect if you had to just create a list of "people you've heard about" it would likely balance out about the same then.....

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