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Political Figures / Public Figures See also: Barack Obama | George W. Bush | Bill Clinton

Most/Least admired

A - B
Jack Abramoff | Madeleine Albright | George Allen | John Ashcroft | Michele Bachmann | Haley Barbour | Bob Barr | Evan Bayh | Glenn Beck | Ben Bernanke | Joe Biden | Michael Bloomberg | John Boehner | Bill Bradley | Sam Brownback | Patrick Buchanan | Warren Buffett | Jeb Bush | Laura Bush

C (1)
Herman Cain | Eric Cantor | Dick Cheney

C (2)
Wesley Clark | Hillary Clinton | Chris Christie

D
Mitch Daniels | Tom Daschle | Howard Dean | Tom Delay | Jim DeMint | Chris Dodd | Elizabeth Dole

E - F
John Edwards | Russell Feingold | Bill Frist

G
Robert Gates | Timothy Geithner | Dick Gephardt | Newt Gingrich | Rudy Giuliani | Alberto Gonzales | Al Gore | Bob Graham | Alan Greenspan

H - J
Chuck Hagel | Dennis Hastert | Mike Huckabee | Duncan Hunter | Jon Huntsman | Jesse Jackson | Jim Jeffords | Bobby Jindal

K
Ted Kennedy | John Kerry | Teresa Heinz Kerry | Dennis Kucinich

L - N
Scooter Libby | Joe Lieberman | Cindy McCain | John McCain | Mitch McConnell | Bob McDonnell | Ralph Nader

O
Michelle Obama | Sandra Day O'Connor

P
Sarah Palin | Ron Paul | Tim Pawlenty | Nancy Pelosi | Ross Perot | Rick Perry | David Petraeus | Rob Portman | Colin Powell

R (1)
Harry Reid | Condoleezza Rice | Bill Richardson | Tom Ridge | John Roberts | Pat Robertson

R (2)
Ann Romney | Mitt Romney | Karl Rove | Marco Rubio | Donald Rumsfeld | Paul Ryan

S - W
Rick Santorum | Antonin Scalia | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Al Sharpton | Fred Thompson | Tommy Thompson | John Thune | Donald Trump | Jesse Ventura | Tom Vilsack | Scott Walker | Mark Warner | Oprah Winfrey | Jeremiah Wright

Most Admired, Least Admired

USA Today/Gallup Poll. Dec. 15-18, 2011. N=1,019 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 4.
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MOST ADMIRED MAN "What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice?"

	Ranked according to number of responses in 2011	Combined First and Second Choices
	Ranked according to number of responses in 2011	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%
	1 Barack Obama	17	22	30	32	5	3	-
	2 George W. Bush	3	5	4	5	10	13	19
	3 Bill Clinton	2	4	1	2	8	5	5
	4 Billy Graham	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
	5 Warren Buffett	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
	tie 6 Newt Gingrich	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
	tie 6 Donald Trump	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	8 Pope Benedict XVI	1	2	2	2	2	2	3
	9 Bill Gates	1	2	2	1	2	1	3
	10 Thomas Monson	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
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MOST ADMIRED WOMAN "What woman that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice?"

	Ranked according to number of responses in 2011	Combined First and Second Choices
	Ranked according to number of responses in 2011	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%
	1 Hillary Clinton	17	17	16	20	18	13	13
	2 Oprah Winfrey	7	11	8	8	16	9	12
	3 Michelle Obama	5	5	7	3	-	-	-
	4 Sarah Palin	4	12	15	11	-	-	-
	5 Condoleezza Rice	3	2	2	7	5	8	10
	6 Laura Bush	2	1	1	2	3	4	4
	tie 7 Margaret Thatcher	2	1	1	2	2	2	3
	tie 7 Ellen DeGeneres	2	-	-	1	-	-	-
	tie 9 Queen Elizabeth	2	2	2	-	1	1	-
	tie 9 Michele Bachmann	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Dec. 11-14, 2009. N=1,008 adults nationwide.
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"Now I'd like to ask you a series of questions about the past decade. Now I'm going to mention some people who have served in public life at some point in the past decade. Please tell me which one or two of these people, if any, you have the most regard and respect for. . . ." Half sample (Form A), MoE ą 4.4
						.
		%
	Barack Obama	28
	Colin Powell	27
	Bill Clinton	21
	George W. Bush	17
	Hillary Clinton	14
	John McCain	13
	Sarah Palin	13
	Dick Cheney	9
	Al Gore	8
	Joe Biden	3
	None (vol.)	3
	Unsure	1
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"Now I'd like to ask you a series of questions about the past decade. Now I'm going to read you some people who have served in public life at some point in the past decade. Please tell me which one or two of these people, if any, you have the least regard and respect for. . . ." Half sample (Form B), MoE ą 4.4
						.
		%
	George W. Bush	33
	Dick Cheney	27
	Al Gore	19
	Barack Obama	19
	Sarah Palin	16
	Bill Clinton	14
	Hillary Clinton	10
	Joe Biden	9
	John McCain	5
	Colin Powell	1
	None (vol.)	3
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"Now thinking just about the past year, I'm going to read you a list of people who did things that diminished their standing with the public. Which ONE of these people most disappointed you? John Edwards for having an affair while his wife is being treated for cancer. Tiger Woods for having extramarital affairs. Chris Brown for hitting and abusing his girlfriend Rihanna. The Balloon Boy parents for carrying out a hoax. The reality television family of Jon and Kate for exposing their affairs and divorce. David Letterman for having extramarital affairs with women who work for him. Alex Rodriguez for using steroids to enhance his performance in baseball." If more than one: "Well, if you had to choose just ONE, which would you say MOST disappointed you?" N=1,008, MoE ą 3.1
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		%
	John Edwards	33
	Tiger Woods	16
	Chris Brown	15
	Balloon Boy parents	11
	Jon and Kate	6
	David Letterman	4
	Alex Rodriguez	4
	None (vol.)	8
	Unsure	3

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