Americans Choose Obama As Most Admired In The World

Bush, not so much.

Americans choose Barack Obama as the man they admire most in the world, according to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll. It's the first time a president-elect has topped the annual survey in more than a half-century.

Obama's rise is matched by President Bush's decline.

"The president's support has ebbed 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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