Barack and Michelle Obama both sit at number two as most admired man and woman in the world.

Courtesy of YouGov: 

Bill Gates and Angelina Jolie are once again the world’s most admired man and woman in YouGov’s annual study of which public figures the people of our planet look up to. 

Tech pioneer and philanthropist Gates has topped the list every time YouGov has conducted the survey, while Jolie has also come first in each of the three surveys since 2015 when separate male and female categories were introduced. 

In the US, former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama top the lists. 

This year, the study expanded to cover the views of people in 35 countries – the most ever – and means that YouGov interviewed more than 37,000 people to compile the list.

Interestingly enough YouGov offers another graphic which shows that there is only one country where Donald Trump is more admired that Barack Obama.

 Of course it's Russia.

But just barely.

Trump is NEVER going to emerge from Obama's shadow, no matter what he does.

Americans once again choose Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as the most admired man and woman.

Courtesy of Gallup: 

Americans once again are most likely to name Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as the man and woman living anywhere in the world they admire most, as they have for the past 10 years. The pair retain their titles this year, although by much narrower margins than in the past. Obama edges out Donald Trump, 17% to 14%, while Clinton edges out Michelle Obama, 9% to 7%.

The 2017 survey marks the 16th consecutive year Clinton has been the most admired woman. She has held the title 22 times in total, more than anyone else. Eleanor Roosevelt is second with 13 wins. Obama has now been named the most admired man 10 times, trailing only Dwight Eisenhower, who earned the distinction 12 times. Obama won all eight years he was president, plus 2008 -- the year he was first elected -- and this year, his first as a former president.

I love the fact that Hillary has the first spot on the female side, and is closely followed by Michelle Obama, with Melania Trump showing up eighth on the list well below Elizabeth Warren and Angela Merkel.

Trump showed up at number two, which is troubling, but he did lose a percentage points since last year.

However I seriously doubt that he will spend very long near the top, as the more we learn about him the less the American people like him. 

Once again among Americans Hillary Clinton and President Obama are the most admired man and woman in the world. This makes twenty years in a row for Hillary.

Courtesy of Gallup:  

Americans again name Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama the woman and man living anywhere in the world they admire most. Both win by wide margins over the next-closest finishers, Malala Yousafzai for women and Pope Francis and Donald Trump for men.

 This makes the twentieth time that Hillary has claimed this honor and the eighth time for Obama.

I have to admit I am more than little saddened by the fact that Trump is so close to the top and completely puzzled by Palin's inclusion at all. 

For sixth year in a row President Obama is the world's most admired man. Suck it Republicans!

Courtesy of Reuters:  

Americans named President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the world's most admired living man and woman in 2013, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. 

Obama topped the annual list for the sixth consecutive year, a typical ranking for a sitting U.S. president, the polling organization said. 

But the percentage of those surveyed who choose him as the most admired man fell to 16 percent this year, down from 30 percent in 2012.

Well of course it fell with the GOP smear machine working overtime to destroy his  credibility and undermining him at every turn what else could we expect? However despite that he still comes out on top.

The man will go down in history as one of our greatest Presidents ever, despite the attempts by the Republicans to invalidate his presidency. 

I also find it rich that the most admired woman is Hillary. That must really burn the GOP's ass.