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Okay, so 17% of those polled admired Obama the most and 14% responded that they most admired Trump. As stated by Gallup there is a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Maybe a more appropriate title for this article could be: Obama may be the most admired man among Americans, and then again maybe not.

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Ha ha ha... Joke of the day.

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The poll results showing Trump behind Obama seem to be consistent with other polls (exceptions could be those run by infowars, Fox 'news', Russia Today and other rightist outlets).

A minority of Americans voted for Trump and approve of the way he's running the country, which is for the benefit of an even smaller number of Americans (those given the greatest tax relief) and for Trump's fellow global elite, those most heavily invested in US corporations.

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An obvious choice.

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Kuya 808Today  07:22 am JST

Okay, so 17% of those polled admired Obama the most and 14% responded that they most admired Trump. As stated by Gallup there is a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Which also means Obama could be even more popular. Or Trump even less. Doesn't it?

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It was believable (like him or hate him, he's a charismatic guy) until they added that Hillary Clinton was the most admired woman. That one I have a hard time buying.

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If he is the most admired man in America, America is in BIG trouble...

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Compared to who? Was this a multiple-choice poll, or a fill-in-blank poll? Did Gallup select 6 or 12 names for these 1049 people to select from?

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Obama did a lot of damage while smiling and trying to be eloquent.

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Well done, President Obama. The usurper and fake could only dream of such popularity.

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Which also means Obama could be even more popular. Or Trump even less. Doesn't it?

Maybe, but then again maybe not.

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Obama did a lot of damage while smiling and trying to be eloquent.

No he didn’t. That’s just something you guys tell yourselves to feel justified in your hatred of him for being the wrong team. The fact is the impression of America improved world-wide during his presidency and have worsened during trumps presidency. And now it’s shown that Obama is the most respected man domestically as well.

You guys can try to frame it some ridiculous way all you want, but don’t fool yourselves into believing you can fool us.

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The fact is the impression of America improved world-wide during his presidency and have worsened during trumps presidency. And now it’s shown that Obama is the most respected man domestically as well.

This. Obama was and is widely respected across the globe, whereas response to Trump veers between disbelief, ridicult and outright hostility.

But Obama is probably the last decent Democrat. It's time to move beyond flipping the coin every 4 years and look to the alternatives.

Here's one.

http://www.dsausa.org/

And in case the reactionaries think it's a bunch of godless commies

http://www.religioussocialism.org/blog

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That this executive order, silver tongue, niocon sheep is so revered just goes to show how low we are going. Guys remember YES WE CAN. turned into NO I CANT.

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Stragerland, I voted for Obama twice and while he did a lot of good things he also did some bad. A couple of things that come to mind are, continuing wars he said he'd put an end to and expanding drone assasinations in countries we are not at war with. While I still feel Obama was the better choice from our limited options, he did support some things that are morally wrong.

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 And now it’s shown that Obama is the most respected man domestically as well.

C'mon, 17 percent (plus or minus 4) is far from the most respected man domestically. He only beat out Trump by 3 percentage points. On top of that Obama is down 5 percentage points from last year, it kind of looks like his support is flagging.

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Obama did a lot of damage while smiling and trying to be eloquent.

No he didn’t. That’s just something you guys tell yourselves to feel justified in your hatred of him for being the wrong team. The fact is the impression of America improved world-wide during his presidency and have worsened during trumps presidency. And now it’s shown that Obama is the most respected man domestically as well.

You guys can try to frame it some ridiculous way all you want, but don’t fool yourselves into believing you can fool us.

Results of his policies aside, he was a very divisive president. He is arguably the reason for the huge swing away from the Democrat party and Trump being elected; people wanted someone very different than what they had for 8 years.

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Ok, I get it, he's admired, so was Mother Teresa and those that held her in high regards. I love these polls, of course they will ask the people that liked the man, that's not a hard thing to do. It's not like they asked every single person in the US conservative or liberal, Democrat, Independent or Republican. Take with the tiniest grain of salt. The polls also said, Trump couldn't win. If we lived our lives through polls, we would never get anything done or become too lazy or too complacent to form responsible decisions based on something that's opinionated. Anyway, his presidency is over, he did his time and thankfully, that's it.

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There's a reason that even running with a wackadoodle candidate like Trump, the Republicans still took the Oval Office and it is definitely not because the previous Democrat president was the best in US history...

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You couldn't fictionalize a better character foil for Obama than the naturally cartoonish Trump. Everyday that buffoon is in office highlights what an intelligent, caring, eloquent, thoughtful leader President Obama was.

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Makes sense, he was definitely one of the better men out there

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The polls also said, Trump couldn't win.

How many times do you need to be told that the polls didn't say this - they predicted a Clinton victory. Trump was given a roughly 15-30% chance of victory depending on the poll. The bookmakers, who largely base their odds on polls, didn't rule out Trump winning.

I suppose people admire different things. There were things to criticise about Obama's terms in office, but as a man, there is a lot to admire. I particularly admired the class and restraint he showed in the face of rancid conspiracy theory trash thrown at him by trash while some admire the kind of person who throws that trash.

I really don't get the admiration for Hillary Clinton. A poor candidate who allowed Trump to win. A decent candidate would have wiped the floor with the repulsive, appalling moron now in power.

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Anyway, his presidency is over, he did his time and thankfully, that's it.

He'll always be President to millions across the globe.

(Apart from the hard left in the UK, who see liberals as the real enemy)

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I really don't get the admiration for Hillary Clinton. A poor candidate who allowed Trump to win. A decent candidate would have wiped the floor with the repulsive, appalling moron now in power.

Particularly as she was only the candidate because the DNC screwed Bernie Sanders. It is ironic that after they used a weighted system to make her the candidate, they lost due to a weighted system, after winning the popular vote.

More than ironic however, it's angering. If the DNC hadn't created a weighted system, the US would likely have a respectable president right now, instead of the 'repulsive, appalling moron now in power'.

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He'll always be President to millions across the globe. 

Of course he will, Lincoln is still President for me, Washington is still the former President and Trump will be as well for millions around the world, now if you personally like these men or not that's your personal choice. 

How many times do you need to be told that the polls didn't say this - they predicted a Clinton victory. Trump was given a roughly 15-30% chance of victory depending on the poll. The bookmakers, who largely base their odds on polls, didn't rule out Trump winning.

30% by some, but 70% by the majority he would lose, yes, we have been around this a number of times and they all got it wrong, all of them, even FNC.

I suppose people admire different things. There were things to criticise about Obama's terms in office, but as a man, there is a lot to admire.

I do think he's a good father and husband, that I do admire about the man.

I particularly admired the class and restraint he showed in the face of rancid conspiracy theory trash thrown at him by trash while some admire the kind of person who throws that trash. 

Yeah, we'll just have to differ on that. I hated the smug, the chin in the air and looking down and the constant barrage of political and long, long lectures that were so, so very boring and the constant we're better than that, but do nothing. Spineless, empty rhetoric an embarrassment to our great men and women of our military that he gutted and shrank. 

I really don't get the admiration for Hillary Clinton. A poor candidate who allowed Trump to win.

She was flawed in every possible way, had no charm or charisma, couldn't connect with the people even with the help of the media or the FBI and wasn't her husband.

A decent candidate would have wiped the floor with the repulsive, appalling moron now in power.

Not so sure, the time of the Washington establishment is coming to a much needed end and now you are seeing the rise of Populism and that's a fantastic thing.

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A bit of a motley crew.

Something I actually found rather reassuring: (from Gallup's own article, below link):

"A quarter of Americans cannot name a man or a woman they admire most. Nine percent name a relative or friend as the most admired man, and 13% do so for the most admired woman."

http://news.gallup.com/poll/224672/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-retain-admired-titles.aspx

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our military that he gutted and shrank.

False. Back it up with facts.

now you are seeing the rise of Populism and that’s a fantastic thing.

You know that the founding father’s of America’s democratic system were careful to safeguard against pure Populism? You’re glad Trump is trying to dismantle this?

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17% of those polled admired Obama the most and 14% responded that they most admired Trump. As stated by Gallup there is a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. yep Obama could be 21% and Trump 10%, not bad for a person that isnt even in the limelight anymore.

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My problem with Obama is that apart from healthcare I don't think he achieved anything. He talked about the pivot to Asia and then proceeded to oversee the continued gutting of the U.S navy. Makes no sense.

His only major achievement was in healthcare and perhaps the Iran deal.

That's it, in 8 years.

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Okay, so, before we get into it, I have to say I'm pretty suspicious of this poll's methodology.

http://news.gallup.com/poll/1678/most-admired-man-woman.aspx

So it seems to have been a write-in poll about the most admired person Americans have heard about or read about. Yet it's producing a very strong bias at least among men to politicians or political commentators. In fact since it started in 1946, only 5 years have resulted in non-US Presidents winning: 1973-1975 when Henry Kissenger won (still a political figure), 1976 when for some reason the question wasn't asked, and 1980 when Pope John Paul II won.

Now that's suspicious. We would expect sports figures, entertainers, and/or wealthy movers and shakers to appear on this list. Hell, Richard Nixon won from 1969-1972 and Jimmy Carter won from 1977-1979. I would hardly call either man "the most admired" in America. Maybe the explanation is that this is a matter of name recognition rather than actual admiration - Americans just put down the most recent president they like more than anyone else because that's the name they see most often.

Looking at the women's list, there's more variety (I expect as a consequence of the historical lack of powerful women politicians and Presidents), but President's wives feature remarkably prominently in the list. But you would if nothing else, expect to see entertainers more prominently. Dolly Parton polled at 1% this year, and no shade at Mrs. Parton, but I find that hard to reconcile with Beyonce Knowles scoring less than .5%. Maybe this is a result of my not growing up in the South, but I've never once heard anyone say, "I want to be like Dolly Parton when I grow up." But even coming from the rural and deeply conservative midwest, I know people who extremely respect Beyonce. And that makes me suspicious that there is a demographic sampling error influencing these results.

But the biggest flaw in the data is that if you look at the bottom of the list, Hillary actually polls pretty evenly with "Friend/Relative", and both Hillary and Obama are beaten by "None/No Opinion". Meaning that the most admired woman in America is probably between "your mother", "your grandmother", or "your friend" and the most admired man in America is probably "no one", but those results are unsatisfying so they're dumped at the bottom of the table.

There are some really interesting, meaty sociological discussions we could pull from this survey, but as it is, it appears deeply flawed and the interpretation of the results is shallow to the degree that it's probably pointless to discuss as is. As much as I like seeing Trump lose to a better man, I think we have to look at this with a lot of skepticism.

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17% of those polled admired Obama the most and 14% responded that they most admired Trump. As stated by Gallup there is a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.  yep Obama could be 21% and Trump 10%, not bad for a person that isnt even in the limelight anymore.

As if that matters anymore, the past is the past and thank God it's the past.

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extankerToday  09:36 am JST

Results of his policies aside, he was a very divisive president. He is arguably the reason for the huge swing away from the Democrat party and Trump being elected; people wanted someone very different than what they had for 8 years.

Specifically, they wanted someone very white. Which I suspect is no small factor in what made Obama "divisive".

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Obama only beat Trump by 3 points with a 4 point margin of error? The actual winner with 25% was “nobody”?

So beloved Obama beats Trump, the worst president in modern history with a 30% approval rate, only by that much?

Seens people like Trump a lot more than liberals hope. He’s even 4 times as admired than the Pope. Winning!

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Obama pulled America out of its worst economic meltdown in living memory (along with Bernanke), so yeah, deserves the accolade.

14% responded that they most admired Trump.

Obama has completed 2 terms as president. Trump has barely started. Let's see what people think of Trump after his policies start being felt.

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Trump has some of the lowest approval ratings in history.

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The low approval just tells me that the people who are benefitting from the safety, security and economic prosperity Trump has provided hypocritically withhold their“approval” of him. Not a big deal as they will still vote for him out of their best interest while not liking him.

Second most admired man in the whole United States. By a liberal pollster. That’s amazing.

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The low approval just tells me that the people who are benefitting from the safety, security and economic prosperity Trump has provided hypocritically withhold their“approval” of him.

Sure, that must be it. And don't forget about the media confusing us about him.

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BlacklabelToday  01:01 pm JST

The low approval just tells me that the people who are benefitting from the safety, security and economic prosperity Trump has provided hypocritically withhold their“approval” of him.

Impressive... Every word in that sentence was wrong.

I mean, seriously. This is not an approval poll, there is no evidence provided that Americans in general benefit from him in any concrete way, let alone specifically in the areas of safety, security, or economic prosperity, there is no evidence that anyone hypocritically withholds "approval" of him, and there is no evidence that any hypothetical people who might withhold evidence corelate to any hypothetical people who have benefited from any hypthetical safety, security, or economic prosperity Trump might have provided.

You literally just looked at a poll and decided it meant the imaginary thing in your head that has nothing to do with the poll for no better reason than because that's what you wanted the poll to say. It's like the act of reading is a choose-your-own-adventure where you can just pretend the words on the page say something completely different from what's actually written for you. Well done.

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Don’t you guys use polls every single day to tell me how “unpopular” Trump is or how everyone hates his policies?

yet this one says he is the second most admired man in the USA. despite your worst president in history/30% approval ratings talk so you don’t like it.

Neither the safety, security or economic prosperity is hypothetical. All are factual and can be proven.

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Pope Francis won't be happy about the polls. He got only 3%.

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trophy for the most faked poll of all time

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BlacklabelToday  01:38 pm JST

Don’t you guys use polls

Who exactly is "you guys"? It would be an act of extreme paranoia to pretend every single person who has a problem with Trump is working together in collaboration.

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We'll get to Obama in a minute. But first, this gem: "and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the most admired woman"

That must be why Clinton lost the election to that awful Trump character, lol...

Seriously?! Hillary the most admired woman - with all her scandals?!

Now, about Obama - where do I start? Well, I give you this article from the Boston Globe -

At home and abroad, Obama’s trail of disasters

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2017/01/08/home-and-abroad-obama-trail-disasters/YOaU1KuAT3hSHaGHkmGCeN/story.html

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Pope Francis won't be happy about the polls. He got only 3%.

I really doubt he cares - he is bigger than a popularity contest. It is really only Trump who is childish enough to care. Had he come top, he would have banged on about it in his semi-coherent tweets. Sad!

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His only major achievement was in healthcare and perhaps the Iran deal.

As already mentioned, I think helping to pull the US out of the financial disaster left to him deserves a mention. A valid criticism is the recovery benefitted the rich far more than the poor but the car crash he inherited from the worst postwar US President apart from Nixon ( according to approval ratings when leaving office ) was a real mess.

It is worth reminding ourselves just how bad it was.

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The lack of any scandals throughout his presidency deserves a mention as well. The current disaster didn't even get three weeks in before there was a scandal.

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Getting same sex marriages finally introduced and re-establishing diplomatic ties with Cuba was pretty impressive, also.

Managing to improve America's standing abroad, after the pugilistic PNAC Bush years, deserves an honorable mention.

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This poll allows those who idolize Obama the chance to reminisce about the good ol' days of 2 percent annual GDP growth, leading from behind foreign policy and federally mandated gender neutral bathrooms.

What they're not realizing -- because the MSM is not telling them -- is President Trump continues to erase Obama’s legacy day-by-day. By the end of President Trump's two terms in office, there won't be anything left to put in Obama's presidential library other than photos he took of himself using a selfie stick. . . .

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What they're not realizing -- because the MSM is not telling them -- is President Trump continues to erase Obama’s legacy day-by-day. By the end of President Trump's two terms in office, there won't be anything left to put in Obama's presidential library other than photos he took of himself using a selfie stick. . . .

Not at all. People here are very clued up as to how the petulant imposter is eroding American freedoms and goodwill across the globe.

Obama was not without fault. The failure over Guantanamo and the use of drones, for example.

But now, Trump is destroying your country and isolating it like never before.

I'm fine with that, btw. But I do feel sorry for the many, many millions of decent Americans who will suffer as a result of such recidivism.

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bass4funk: "Ok, I get it, he's admired, so was Mother Teresa and those that held her in high regards."

Ummm... yeah. Not exactly sure what point you are making, since mother Teresa was a saint and all. But I guess you guys are just REALLY hurting that Trump has the lowest approval rating of ANY US president in history while Obama is enjoying more support than ever, even among former rivals and people who disliked him when he as president. Hell, even GWB is more liked now thanks to Trump.

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particularly admired the class and restraint he showed in the face of rancid conspiracy theory trash thrown at him by trash while some admire the kind of person who throws that trash. 

Yeah, well just have to differ on that

Are you saying you didn't admire Obama's restraint in the face of Trump's revolting conspiracy trash? Do you admire Trump, one of the leading purveyors of this rancid crap?

I don't get what you differ on.

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Obama nearly tripled the stock market and cut unemployment by half. Even Republicans love that.

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Obama nearly tripled the stock market and cut unemployment by half. Even Republicans love that.

Yes, by writing more welfare checks and food stamps, there's a reason they called him the food stamp President. What liberals always fail to express (purposely) is the private sector didn't see any substantial growth over the 8 years, slugging it out with 1.5 GDP or 2.0 GDP and they were quite happy with a sluggish economy and who got some of the biggest pay raises, Obama governmental workers as well as Government jobs seen salaries spike when he was in office.

USA TODAY analyzed the Office of Personnel Management's database that tracks salaries of more than 2 million federal workers. Excluded from OPM's data: the White House, Congress, the Postal Service, intelligence agencies and uniformed military personnel.

The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed the average federal worker's pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector. 

Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months - and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted . . .

Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.

When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.

Ummm... yeah. Not exactly sure what point you are making, since mother Teresa was a saint and all.

Exactly, She was a Saint.

But I guess you guys are just REALLY hurting that Trump has the lowest approval rating of ANY US president in history

Nope, we didn't elect Trump because we wanted him to popular, Obama was the President that enjoyed hanging out with Beyonce and Jay-Z and the other Hollywood loons, what a total embarrassment, in fact, the more the left hates him the more it means he's doing better, because he's doing the exact opposite of what the liberals want, so most of us take his unpopularity with a grain of salt.

while Obama is enjoying more support than ever,

Ok and?

even among former rivals and people who disliked him when he as president. Hell, even GWB is more liked now thanks to Trump.

Gotcha and?

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Vastly superior to Dotard Trump!

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Yet the Trump and Obama approval ratings (46%) are now exactly the same at the end of the first year of their presidencies. So just like this most admired poll Trump is within the margin of error of beating the beloved one.

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As if that matters anymore, the past is the past and thank God it's the past. well the opinion polls seem to think it does. a man that is hardly even heard of now is more popular than a guy who want to be seen and heard 24/7, talked about on a daily basis. yes but opinion polls only matter when the figures are in your favour....one line Trump answer in 3.2.1...

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Yet the Trump and Obama approval ratings (46%) are now exactly the same at the end of the first year of their presidencies.

Naughty, naughty. You have chosen the poll with the highest approval rating for Trump. The average is 39%.

The lowest has him in the low thirties.

Let’s try to keep it honest.

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Obama nearly tripled the stock market and cut unemployment by half. Even Republicans love that. yes considering the mountain of poo left over by Bush I think the guy needs a medal

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People still believing that “scandal free” Obama stuff? So I guess Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress and resigned just cause he caught a cold that day and couldn’t attend to testify?

Heres a list of all Obama confirmed and still pending scandals for reference as I can’t list them all:

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2017/10/04/obama_scandals.html

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there won't be anything left to put in Obama's presidential library other than photos he took of himself using a selfie stick. . . . and the next POTUS can easily do the same to Trump, Thats if Trump can last the full 8 yrs, id say his mental stability wont make the distance. hell probably be Americas version of Boris Yeltsin without the Vodka

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Bass: Yes, by writing more welfare checks and food stamps

Oh bass, you are a complete mess when the topic turns to economics. The things you are talking about have nothing to do with the stock market or the unemployment rate. Trump has a long way to go to catch Obama.

Trump is just another rich guy who was handled something valuable and then brags about the star he is putting on top.

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Obama was another corporate shill doing the bidding of Wall Street and the military industrial complex.

Baritone voice and chamber of commerce values along with liberal light. He was the token to appease minority Americans.

He made off like a bandit with multimillion dollar book deals and speaking fees as well as lifelong bodyguards and automobiles.

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Barak Obama is an outstanding man. As the leader of the US, he came across as intelligent, eloquent, classy, thoughtful, and a humanist.

Funny to watch people here try to compare Trump to Obama, though.

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He made off like a bandit with multimillion dollar book deals and speaking fees as well as lifelong bodyguards and automobiles.

You mean like every other ex-president, ever? And if you think Trump won't get the exact same thing, you're kidding yourself.

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SuperLibDec. 28  11:26 pm JST

Obama nearly tripled the stock market and cut unemployment by half.

Leftists forget -- perhaps on purpose -- that it was doom and gloom Obama who said 2 percent GDP growth was "the new normal" for America; or when he spoke to Carrier employees in 2016 he said manufacturing jobs were gone for good and would never return to the U.S. and asked them what "magic wand" Mr. Trump had to do such a thing.

Now that President Trump did what he set out to do the MSM is dutifully parroting the DNC talking points that their useful idiots accept without question or research that it is Obama's great (cough, cough) business acumen that has resulted it such a robust economy a full 10 months AFTER he left office.

Hopefilly, the democrats up for re-election in the "blue wall" states that President Trump flipped last year will campaign on those bits of revisionist history. The result will be even bigger wins for the republicans. . . .

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you are a complete mess when the topic turns to economics.

More the other way around.

The things you are talking about have nothing to do with the stock market or the unemployment rate. Trump has a long way to go to catch Obama. 

Dunno, seems like looking at the Stock market today the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the day at a NEW RECORD HIGH and for the 71st time under Trump. WOW! The Dow has logged more record highs this year than any other year in history. Uh-oh, checks are in the mail, refunds are coming and the Dems strategy is to impose more taxes and distribute the wealth more, 2nd term on the way. Not only did Trump passed Obama flawlessly, he did a Bolt on him 3 times over. Portfolio looking sweet!!!

Trump is just another rich guy who was handled something valuable and then brags about the star he is putting on top.

As he should, even now more than ever. Gooooo Trump! 2020!

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Naughty, naughty. You have chosen the poll with the highest approval rating for Trump. The average is 39%. 

The lowest has him in the low thirties. 

Let’s try to keep it honest.

In the name of keeping things honest, Gallup also predicted DJT would lose last year. I realize liberals live and breathe by political polls, but how can anyone believe the result of polling organizations that got the 2016 presidential result so wrong. . . .

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They got the electoral college wrong. They were pretty right about the popular vote though.

Or did you forget that Trump wasn't actually the democratic choice of the people?

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Naughty, naughty. You have chosen the poll with the highest approval rating for Trump. The average is 39%. 

The lowest has him in the low thirties. 

Let’s try to keep it honest.

Lets!

President Trumps's approval rating as of 12/28/2017 per Rasmussen poll.......46%

His approval rating started out weak and have steadily risen whereas Obama's started out strong and then flatlined.

President Trump is truly MAGA!

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Strangerland - They got the electoral college wrong. They were pretty right about the popular vote though.

Hillary wasn't the democratic choice of the people. According to the long established rules.

Which candidate ran a national popularity campaign? None of them. Hillary, Bernie, Trump, and all of the GOP candidates were fully aware that they had to win state-by-state campaigns. Hillary's winning 4.3 million more votes than Trump in the state of California meant that Hillary received California's 55 Electoral College votes. And lost her run for POTUS. Again.

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Naughty, naughty. You have chosen the poll with the highest approval rating for Trump. The average is 39%. 

The lowest has him in the low thirties. 

Let’s try to keep it honest.

Lets!

President Trumps's approval rating as of 12/28/2017 per Rasmussen poll.......46%

His approval rating started out weak and have steadily risen whereas Obama's started out strong and then flatlined.

President Trump is truly MAGA!

Aw, another one who picks the best poll he or she can find and thinks this is the true reflection of reality. The other polls are just big nasty haters/losers etc.

It’s quite sweet. Do these people have mothers who tell them they are the best looking boys or girls around?

Kawaii.

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Ok here is Gallup for near the end of Obama first year. 47%. So if Trump really the worst president ever then Obama was 2nd worst at that time. Or my point that polls mean nothing but if liberals use them as “proof” to attack then other side can use them to defend.

http://news.gallup.com/poll/124610/Brief-Uptick-Obama-Approval-Slips.aspx?

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Aw, another one who picks the best poll he or she can find and thinks this is the true reflection of reality. The other polls are just big nasty haters/losers etc. 

So then as I have said before, polls really don't mean anything. So who was polled, how many? Which demographics, how many men or women, conservative vs liberal, men or women, young or elderly, rich and poor. All make a difference and that would give you clear indication where you possibly stand. Liberals just take a poll and run with it, that's why they always get themselves into trouble.

It’s quite sweet. Do these people have mothers who tell them they are the best looking boys or girls around? 

Kawaii.

Mine did, but seriously polls really only mean something to the left, I really don't know why, but it does, maybe to cover their inferiority complex, I guess.

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bass4funk: "Nope, we didn't elect Trump because we wanted him to popular"

He didn't even win the vote, as you well know and hate to admit. He won the electoral college, which he himself chided and hated until he won, then of course praised it, as did you guys.

"All make a difference and that would give you clear indication where you possibly stand."

Like when you hated Trump and called him a "lunatic" until he won the GOP vote? That kind of stand? Like when he has sexually assaulted women and you guys dismiss it all? Like when he's proven a liar and time and again and you deflect and blame things on Obama and Hillary? I could go on and on and prove how you guys either don't make a stand, or just don't keep it, but you won't get the point; you'll deflect.

"Mine did"

No doubt.

"but seriously polls really only mean something to the left"

Yeah, until you like them. Like when you guys always used the Rasmussen and Breitbart polls until they also showed the president slipping.

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It’s becoming pretty clear with emerging facts than the Obama Admin was really very crooked and embroiled in several scams against the American people. Like your Doctor? Like your Heath Insurance Provider?.... etc. many many lies!. The same with Hillary. Lies upon Lies, for their personal benefit. The more that’s uncovered the more I hope Hillary and many others will go to court

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He didn't even win the vote, as you well know and hate to admit. He won the electoral college, which he himself chided and hated until he won, then of course praised it, as did you guys. 

Which the Democrats loved until he won it. So what's your point?

Like when you hated Trump and called him a "lunatic" until he won the GOP vote? That kind of stand?

Yes, I used to hate liver as well until I got older and evolved, again, what is your point? Are you saying because you are once against something you can't change and be for it?

Like when he has sexually assaulted women and you guys dismiss it all?

Not dismiss, just didn't jump on the bandwagon of bludgeoning the man without any substantial or physical evidence. When Franken was accused the left said, he apologized, so it's ok, he owned up. Conyers said, he didn't do the things the accusers said he did and the left was ok with that and now Trump during the campaign apologized and also said, the accusations of the majority of women were false, so what are we to make of it, a Democrat assaults a woman, he gets a pass, a clean bill and a Republican that does it is a sleaze and should be run out of town?

Like when he's proven a liar and time and again and you deflect and blame things on Obama and Hillary?

They lied as well, a lot and a lot better then Trump ever could.

I could go on and on and prove how you guys either don't make a stand, or just don't keep it, but you won't get the point; you'll deflect. 

The same goes for you guys.

Yeah, until you like them. Like when you guys always used the Rasmussen and Breitbart polls until they also showed the president slipping.

No, because generally speaking in a political Presidential sense, polls don't mean that much and you guys have your polls too and you guys like to cherry pick any polls that favor liberals, so what's the difference when you guys do it or conservatives do it?

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Aw, another one who picks the best poll he or she can find and thinks this is the true reflection of reality. The other polls are just big nasty haters/losers etc. 

I gather you're not familiar with how polls work. You don't cherry pick polls from 6 months ago when you are talking in present terms. The only one that matters is the latest.

Is that kawaii too?

I think it is...

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Now that President Trump did what he set out to do what a $1.5Trillion tax cut thats expected to add another $1trillion to the national debt, walls not built , Mexico refuses to pay, making US fight the drug cartel by themselves if forced to, Obamacare still in place mostly. Muslim ban partly in place while many Muslims from terrorist countries like Saudi Arabia are still free to come into the US. Yep hasnt even achieved half of what he said he would. getting tired of all this so called winning by Trump. lol

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Which the Democrats loved until he won it. So what's your point? and why would the democrats love the electoral college when it has basically provided a free handicap for 2 of the last 3 Republican victories. Gore hated it and Im guessing Hillary does as well. LOL

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They lied as well, a lot and a lot better then Trump ever could. oh please Trump has built his empire on deceit , litigation and screwing the little guy, You dont declare bankrupts twice have 3500 lawsuits against you and still keep your personal wealth intact without hiding behind your army of accountants and lawyers. No it isnt intelligence its just being a good conman.

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Seventeen percent of the Americans polled said Obama was the man they admired most, down from 22% last year. Trump was second with 14% followed by Pope Francis with 3%.

17% of those polled down from 22% in only 12 months, looks like DT is the man to beat.

Nine percent of those polled said Clinton was their most admired woman followed by former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama with 7% and talk show host Oprah Winfrey with 4%.

If Hillary Clinton was the most admired woman, its no wonder the Democrats lost the election

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most admired for China and Russia who under his administration completed successful aggressive acts towards Japan in the south and northern parts of the country. Admired by Islamists and terrorists, and of course the Democrats and sheeple.

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So then as I have said before, polls really don't mean anything. So who was polled, how many? Which demographics, how many men or women, conservative vs liberal, men or women, young or elderly, rich and poor. All make a difference and that would give you clear indication where you possibly stand. Liberals just take a poll and run with it, that's why they always get themselves into trouble.

I was replying to Trump supporters quoting a poll they liked - they seem to trust the poll which gave the numbers which made them happy.

Oh, and this is not a Hannity audience here. We don’t need the idiots’ guide to polling.

Liberals just take a poll and run with it

As I said, I was replying to Trump supporters doing precisely that.

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Sure just like liberals keep saying Trump approval is 30-35% when there are SIX different polls this month over 40%. you pick the lowest one to try to prove your point.

Just for your info that would now be the Monmouth poll of 12 December which is 33% but with 12% saying they 'dont know' if they approve or not (yeah sure, how can you NOT know?)

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Jimizo - Rasmussen Reports is a neutral polling firm used by both CNN and FOX, among many other news organizations.

A 5 second search would have told you that.

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Sure just like liberals keep saying Trump approval is 30-35% when there are SIX different polls this month over 40%. you pick the lowest one to try to prove your point.

I’m not doing that. I didn’t do that. I was looking at the average of the polls while you cherry-picked the one you liked. Not a very impressive way to discuss a point.

Rasmussen Reports is a neutral polling firm used by both CNN and FOX, among many other news organizations.

I don’t get what you are trying to say here. You still haven’t shown why it should be regarded as accurate. You, like Blacklabel did, cherry-picked one poll which gave numbers you liked.

Again, not very impressive. As I stated before, quite lovable in a childish way, but shouldn’t really be taken seriously in an adult conversation.

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