It’s a position she’s held 20 times since 1993, according to Gallup’s annual survey.
Americans named Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton the most-admired woman living anywhere in the world for the 20th time, according to a poll released Monday.
Gallup says 13 percent of participants mentioned the former secretary of state when asked, “What [woman/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?”
During her lifetime, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was named most-admired woman a total of 13 times — placing her as the runner-up regarding first-place rankings.
This is the 14th consecutive year Clinton has topped the annual Gallup list — longer than any other woman or man in the Washington-based consulting company’s history.
Since 1993, when she was first named most-admired woman, Clinton has maintained the media’s attention with her various roles: first lady, senator, secretary of state and presidential candidate.
13% is hardly enough to win a nomination, let alone a presidency, but she edged out Elizabeth Warren and Angela Merkel in terms of preferred responses.
Per the linked Yahoo! article, the telephone survey contained a mix of 40% land lines and 60% cell phones. Probably still not an accurate sampling of all of America, especially with a sample size of only N=824, but also much more representative of what a pure land line (or Internet only) survey might capture.
For the most admired men, President Obama took home the #1 spot with 17%. Bernie Sanders is in the top ten, but Yahoo! did not list his exact position — only that Donald Trump and Pope Francis are tied for second place with 5% of the survey responses.