US President Donald Trump, who lost the presidential election, was voted the most respected man by the Americans this year. Trump fell behind President Trump in third place, with former President Barack Obama and President-elect Joe Biden.
US President Donald Trump (left) and President-elect Joe Biden. AFP=Yonhap News
According to a survey conducted by polling agency Gallup on 1018 adults in the United States on the 1st to 17th, 18% of the respondents answered President Trump when they asked “the man they respect the most.”
This survey has been conducted annually by Gallup since 1946.
Second place was former President Barack Obama, who received 15 percent. Former President Obama has been number one in the survey for 12 years, but this year, President Trump lost first place.
Third place was President-elect Joe Biden, who received 6% support.
Next, Anthony Pouch, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States (3%), and Pope Francis (2%), who recovered the new coronavirus infection.
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and presidential contender, Senator Bernie Sanders, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Microsoft’s LeBron James NBA player, and Tibet’s spiritual leader Dalai Lama ranked in the top 10 each with 1% support. I put up my name.
In the survey, Gallup interpreted that Republican supporters gathered as President Trump, but Democratic supporters interpreted that the choice between former President Obama and Biden-elect had an impact.
Previously, in Gallup’s 74 annual surveys, the incumbent president took 60 times, but Trump was pushed back by former President Obama both in his tenure in 2017 and 2018.
President Trump has been ranked in the top 10 10 times so far, including when he was a businessman.
Michelle Obama gives a video speech at the US Democratic National Convention in August. AP=Yonhap News
Meanwhile, in a survey asking the most respected women, former President Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, took first place. This has placed Michelle Obama at number one for three consecutive years since 2018.
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