By GottaLaff
These are "spontaneous, unprompted replies" to a Harris Poll:
These heroes were named spontaneously. Those surveyed were not shown or read a list of people to choose from. The Harris Poll was conducted online among a sample of 2,634 U.S. adults (aged 18 and over) by Harris Interactive® between January 12 and 19, 2009.

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DROPPED OFF OF LIST IN 2009How did Bush even get on there? Or Palin? But interestingly, McCain crushes Palin. And President Obama tops ... God.
John Wayne (was 8th), Michael Jordan (was 9th), John Glenn (was 11th), Norman Schwartzkopf (was 12th), Princess Diana (was 16th), Dwight Eisenhower (was 17th), Pope John Paul (was 18th), Jimmy Carter (was 20th), Nelson Mandela (was 21st), Jess Jackson (was 22nd), Tiger Woods (was 23rd), Malcolm X (was 24th), Thomas Jefferson (was 25th), Eleanor Roosevelt (was 26th), Muhammad Ali (was 27th), Venus Williams (was 28th), Neil Armstrong (was 30th)
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