Americans favour one figure more than Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders, and he doesn't even live in the US
Whoever thought Americans would favour a person living outside the US over popular and influential personas such as their president,
Donald Trump
, Senator
Bernie Sanders
, California Governor Gavin Newsom and many other figures.
The Gallup
poll
, conducted from July 7-21 among 1,002 participants, found that Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in history, has a net favourable rating of 46%- the highest among 14 U.S. and global newsmakers.
While Sanders has a rating of 11%, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was more popular with an 18% rating.
How do Americans feel about their leading lads?
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These were the only favourable ratings. Other American popular figures like New York Democrat Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who did go viral on social media for a while, had a surprising net favouring of negative 4%.
Former president Joe Biden, Vice President JD Vance and Gov. Newsom all have a rating of negative 11% and Trump followed close with a negative favourable rating of 16%.
Topping the negative rating were billionaire Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with 28% and 23% ratings, respectively.
Trump administration on a decline?
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The poll also found that the favourability rating of Trump administration officials had decreased since January. For example, Musk's net favourable rating was negative 4% as per a Gallup poll conducted from January 21-27.
Additionally, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who oversaw the dismissal of the U.S. Agency for International Development programs, had a net favourable rating of 8% in January that now stands at negative 16%.
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