President Trump has ended former President Obama's 12-year run as the most admired man in America,

By Zack Budryk - 12/29/20 07:32 AM EST 3,058 President Trump has ended former President Obama's 12-year run as the most admired man in America, edging out his predecessor in the annual Gallup survey released Tuesday. Eighteen percent of the survey's respondents named Trump as their most admired man, compared to 15 percent who named Obama and 6 percent who named President-elect Joe Biden. Three percent named National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, while 2 percent chose Pope Francis. Rounding out the top 10 were Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and the Dalai Lama, all of whom received 1 percent. Most Admired Man, 2020 What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? % Mentioning Number of top 10 finish Donald Trump Barack Obama Joe Biden Dr. Anthony Fauci Pope Francis Elon Musk Bernie Sanders Global USA Daily New Cases in the United States Daily New Cases Cases per Day Data as of 0:00 GMT+0 300k "1 =) = 200k z = 5 100k i atl LN will TAIN I Hit a Pe P 6 3 ae FP a Sa ge qj} ge SPSS EE ORE HO sey SPP Pa GTP Ses GE @ Daily Cases 9 -® 3-day moving average ( > ?-day moving average % Mentioning Number of top 10 finish Bill Gates LeBron James Dalai Lama Combined first and second mentions; rankings based on total number of responses GALLUP, DEC. 1-17, 2020