{"id":1567,"date":"2020-09-25T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T18:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2020-09-25T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T18:14:49","slug":"obamas-are-most-admired-man-and-woman-in-world-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=1567","title":{"rendered":"Obamas Are ‘Most Admired’ Man And Woman In World: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Celine Castronuovo<\/a><\/p>\n

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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama now hold the top spots for most admired man and woman in the world in the British data firm YouGov\u2019s annual poll released Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama ousted Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates from the most admired title for the first time since YouGov started conducting the survey in 2014. Gates now holds second place for most admired man, followed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in third.<\/p>\n

Michelle Obama is ranked number one for women for the second year in a row. Angeline Jolie, who previously held the top spot, was ranked second in Tuesday\u2019s survey, followed by Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

According to YouGov, the 2020 study was the largest conducted thus far, with more than 45,000 people in 42 countries and territories surveyed.<\/p>\n

The group said that it determines rankings based on respondents\u2019 answers to two questions: whether the respondent admires the figure and if the respondent admires the specific figure most of all.<\/p>\n

YouGov reported that Obama\u2019s rise to first place in the survey was accompanied by President Trump\u2019s fall to 15th place. This comes as the former president and first lady have both criticized Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as his overall policy record.<\/p>\n

In his address last month at the Democratic National Convention<\/a>, Barack Obama gave a rare direct rebuke against Trump, labeling the current administration as a threat to American democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am also asking you to believe in your own ability \u2014 to embrace your own responsibility as citizens \u2014 to make sure that the basic tenets of our democracy endure,\u201d Barack Obama said in the speech. \u201cBecause that\u2019s what’s at stake right now. Our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration has shown it will tear our democracy down if that\u2019s what it takes to win,\u201d the former president added.<\/p>\n

Days earlier, Michelle Obama issued direct attacks<\/a> against President Trump\u2019s character and record in her DNC speech, saying that Trump \u201csimply cannot be who we need him to be for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can. Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country,” Michelle Obama said at the time. “He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment\u2026 It is what it is.”<\/p>\n

The Obamas have also since lended additional support to the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

Polls show Biden leading the race nationally. He also leads in polling averages in most of the key swing states, though Trump this week was ahead in Arizona and Florida in polling by ABC and The Washington Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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