President Trump dethroned former President Barack Obama as the most admired man in 2020, while Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, claimed the title of most admired woman for the third consecutive year, according to an annual Gallup poll.
Trump’s new title was despite patterns from previous decades of research that suggested that incumbent presidents with unfavorable approval ratings were rarely at the top of the list.
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In 2017 and 2018, Trump’s approval ratings were 36% and 40%, respectively, and he lagged behind Barack Obama.
This year, however, with 39% approval, he managed to defeat Obama, thanks to the consistent votes of Republicans, 48% of whom chose Trump.
Meanwhile, Democrats split their vote between Obama and other popular figures in 2020, including President-elect Joe Biden and infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci, bringing Obama down from 41% last year to 32% this year.
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Overall, 18% of Americans named Trump, 15% named Obama, 6% Biden and 3% Fauci, Gallup reported. The remaining 10 men include Pope Francis, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, Lakers icon LeBron James and Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
Michelle Obama, on the other hand, obtained votes from 10% of Americans, while vice president-elect Kamala Harris – who made history this year as the first woman and the first African American to win the position – obtained 6% of the votes and the first Mrs. Melania Trump captured 4%.
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Other choices included Oprah Winfrey, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Democratic MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Queen Elizabeth II, Supreme Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett and climate change activist Greta Thunberg.