/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-infobae.s3.amazonaws.com/public/455NYFROMVD23NIUZRZ3P2QYW4.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1)
The 2019 edition of the ranking of the most admired men in the United States, prepared annually by the consultant Gallup since 1948, is a faithful reflection of the political polarization in which the country is immersed: tied for first place were former Democratic President Barack Obama and the current head of state, Republican Donald Trump. Among women, meanwhile, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump topped the list, although the first won twice as many votes as the current First Lady.
– –
The complementary figures of the study confirm the main premise. Among those who identified themselves as Democrats, the 41 percent chose Obama, while only 3 percent inclined to the current president. And in return, a 45 percent of Republicans consulted and two percent of Democrats named Trump the compatriot they admire most.
– –
Obama and Trump led the list exclusively. No other man received more than 2 percent of the votes among the more than 1,000 people consulted. Beyond the volume of the figures, the top 10 is completed by the former president Jimmy Carter, the founding magnate of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon musk, the philanthropist and founder of Microsoft, Bill gates, the Pope Francisco, the Democratic senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the legislator who led the process of political trial against Trump, Adam Schiff, the Dalai Lama and the investor Warren Buffet.
– –
The consultant indicated that the presidents in office usually lead the survey, and in the years where it is not so, it is because they do not enjoy political popularity. That was the case of Trump in 2017 and 2018, when his approval ratings measured by Gallup ended at 36 and 40 percent and he obtained 14 and 13 percent of the votes, respectively.
– –
In both years Obama continued in first place, place that occupies for the twelfth year and makes him next to the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the man who held the position most. This year, however, Trump reached a 45 percent popularity, which allowed him to reach the top, although shared. for the first time.
– –
In the case of women, Michelle Obama was at the top with 10 percent of the vote, five percent less than last year, when she had also achieved first place. Five percent of the Americans consulted, meanwhile, chose Melania Trump.
– –
The ranking was completed by the former television host Oprah Winfrey, the former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the climate activist Greta Thunbergthe british queen Elizabeth II, the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, the judge of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Guinsburg, the senator and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, the German chancellor Angela Merkel and the former ambassador to the United Nations, Nikky Haley.
– –
