President Obama and Hillary Clinton are Americans’ most admired man and woman in the world in 2015, according to a new poll.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump then tied with Pope Francis for second-most admired, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday.
On the list of most admired men, Obama earned 17 percent. That puts him on top for the eighth time, second only to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who topped the list 12 times. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan were both named the most admired men in the U.S. eight times as well.
After Obama came Trump and Pope Francis, who were both tied in second place with 5 percent each.
Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders earned 3 percent, and Bill Gates earned 2 percent. A smattering of political and religious male leaders, including the Dalai Lama and former president George W. Bush, rounded out the top 10 with 1 percent each.
Trump has finished in the top 10 five times, in 2015, 2011, 1990, 1989 and 1988.
On the women’s side, Clinton earned 13 percent, putting her on top of the annual poll for a record 20th time. Coming in second to the former secretary of state: 2014 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai with 5 percent, and Oprah Winfrey and first lady Michelle Obama tied with 4 percent.
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi, all made the list with 2 percent or less.
The telephone poll of 824 U.S. adults was conducted Dec. 2-6 and carries an overall margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
