Poll: Bush, Hillary Clinton most admired ( 2003-12-30 15:45) (Agencies)
George W. Bush and Hillary
Rodham Clinton are finally on the same ticket — the most admired man and woman
in America, according to a poll released Monday.
The Republican president and the Democratic senator from New York and former
first lady won't be found on the same sides of many political issues. But
they're both seen in a favorable light by the American public.
When people were asked to name the man they admire the most, Bush was picked
by 29 percent. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Pope John Paul II were named
by 4 percent and former President Clinton was named by 3 percent, according to
the CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll.
Sen. Clinton, was named by 16 percent, while talk show host Oprah Winfrey was
picked by 7 percent, first lady Laura Bush by 6 percent and national security
adviser Condoleezza Rice by 4 percent.
The poll asked an "open-ended question," meaning respondents were allowed to
offer any names that came to mind. For both the most-admired man and
most-admired woman, the remainder of votes were spread among a wide variety of
individuals.
The incumbent president is almost always the most admired man in such polls,
but it's not uncommon for the first lady not to be the most admired woman.
The poll of 1,004 adults was taken Dec. 5-7 and has a margin of sampling
error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
