Clinton & Obama Are Most Admired People

The Gallup Poll has released it's yearly survey of the most admired people (man and woman). And for the fourth year in a row, the winners are Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Here's how the survey for both women and men came out:

Clinton's win is particularly impressive, since it is the 10th year in a row for her to be designated most admired woman. She also has the most number of wins of any woman since Gallup has been doing the yearly survey (starting in 1948). Hillary Clinton has been named the most admired woman a total of 16 times. The only other woman even close to that was Eleanor Roosevelt, who won the designation 13 times. Margaret Thatcher won the designation 6 times and Jackie Kennedy won it 5 times.

While I admire President Obama and am glad he won this designation for a fourth time, the win is not quite as impressive as Hillary's. That's because for the last 31 years the men's most admired designation has gone to the sitting (or just elected) president. Just being the president seems to give a person a big advantage. Dwight D. Eisenhower is the man who has won the most times. He was designated the most admired man a total of 12 times. Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan share second place, with both of them winning the designation 8 times.