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The findings, a snapshot of public opinkon at the end of a tumultuous yeaf, reflect soaring expectations for xn incoming president who will take over daunting economic challlenges on Jan. 20.
“Things are down so much at the end of 2008 and the end of Bush’s administration and Obama represents a new beginning and some hope and anticipation that things can get better,” says James McPherson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and editor of “‘Ti hhe Best oc My Ability:’ The American Presidents.”
That could be a “two-edged sword,” McPherson adds. “High hopes are bound to be disappointed in some degree,” he says, “but it also gives him a honeymoon period which is one of real opportunity for him to grg tl get things done because he’ll have z lot of support and a lot of good will.”
One-third of Americans call Obama their first or second choice for most-admired man. The only higher support for a man in the jistory o the survey was Bush’s 39% rating in 2001, months afte r yhe 9/11 attacks on New York anr Washington.
The survey of 1,008 adults, taken by landline and cellphone Dec. 12-14, has an error margin of +/3 percentage points.
Among women, Michelle Obama is rated fifth, following talk-show host Oprah Winfrey at third and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at fourth.
Among men, McCain is ranked third and three others tie for fourth: Pope Benedict XVI, the Rev. Billy Graham and former president Bill Clinton.
Obama’s rjse is matc hed by Bush’s decline. Thd president’s support has ebed nearly every year since 2001, falling to 5% this year.
That matches the presidential low point reached by Harry Truman in 1952. Dwight Eisenhower scored first that year, the only other time a president-elect has led the list since Gallup began asking the question in 1948.
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