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As noted here, the sitting POTUS almost always wins the male side of this poll (the only exception in the last 35 years was in 2008 when Obama won). It will be interesting to see if he'll win for a ninth time this year, as this will likely be the last time that he'll be in the public spotlight enough to get enough votes. (Eisenhower was the only man to win more than eight times, owing to his popularity immediately following WWII.)
Looking deeper into the poll data shows that more people responded with a friend or a relative than any single person with the exception of Obama/Hillary. The only rival to Hillary in recent years of this poll was Oprah Winfrey, and she's faded since her daily syndicated talk show ended.
You realize that they used the list of people who got free ObamaCare for the list of people to contact for this poll right? That's like going into the hood and asking people what they think about free housing, food stamps and welfare for Christ's sake.
You realize that they used the list of people who got free ObamaCare for the list of people to contact for this poll right? That's like going into the hood and asking people what they think about free housing, food stamps and welfare for Christ's sake.
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It's a Gallup poll, and these objections don't really make sense, given that the Reagans and Bushes "won" this poll a combined 25 times in past years. When you ask a sampling of Americans questions like "What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire the most? And what is your second choice?", there's a good chance that the POTUS is going to be one of the more common responses, regardless of who's in office at the time. Also common are naming a family member or personal friend, and "none/no opinion" (the latter getting more selections than any single person in this last poll, including Obama), but that doesn't make for a good print story.
It's a Gallup poll, and these objections don't really make sense, given that the Reagans and Bushes "won" this poll a combined 25 times in past years. When you ask a sampling of Americans questions like "What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire the most? And what is your second choice?", there's a good chance that the POTUS is going to be one of the more common responses, regardless of who's in office at the time. Also common are naming a family member or personal friend, and "none/no opinion" (the latter getting more selections than any single person in this last poll, including Obama), but that doesn't make for a good print story.
Did you read the polling source? Nope! We didn't have Obamacare back then. 🙄
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