It’s over.
After a 17-year reign, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is no longer Gallup’s “most admired” woman.
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The new queen: former first lady Michelle Obama, a huge star on the book tour circuit and miles ahead of Clinton in 2020 presidential polls.
“For the first time in 17 years, a woman other than Hillary Clinton has been named by Americans as the woman they admire most. Former first lady Michelle Obama, who finished second to Clinton three times and is currently touring to promote her recently released autobiography, won by a significant margin this year. Oprah Winfrey was second, with Clinton and Melania Trump next,” said Gallup this morning.
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Better yet, her husband, former President Barack Obama, topped the most admired list of men for an 11th year in a row. President Trump was second.
The poll is the latest confirmation that the Obama’s are the face of the Democratic Party, eclipsing the Clintons totally.
The numbers don’t lie. When asked who they admired most, 15 percent mentioned Michelle Obama. Only 4 percent mentioned Hillary Clinton.
For men, 19 percent mentioned Barack Obama. Former President Bill Clinton was just a blip, at 1 percent.
Obama is on the verge of Gallup history. Said the poll analysis, “Barack Obama is now just one first-place finish short of tying Dwight Eisenhower for the most times being Most Admired Man. Eisenhower won the distinction 12 times — the eight years he was president from 1953 through 1960, as well as in 1950, 1952, 1967 and 1968.”
As with everything in American life, partisanship impacts the results. Democrats said the Obamas were their most admired, Republicans picked the Trump.
“Democrats and Republicans had dominant favorites for Most Admired Man, with 35 percent of Democrats naming Obama and 32 percent of Republicans naming Trump. Independents were slightly more likely to name Obama (13 percent) than Trump (10 perce t), while Republicans more often mentioned Obama (7 percent) than Democrats did Trump (1 percent),” said Gallup.
“Michelle Obama was Democrats’ favorite for Most Admired Woman, with 28 percent naming her, compared with 7 percent for Winfrey and 7 percent for Clinton. Obama also won by a significant margin among independents. Melania Trump was the top finisher among Republicans, at 9 percent, with Obama and Winfrey getting 5 percent each,” it added.
