Posted: 1/05/07
Graham named among
most-admired in poll for 50th time
By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)—Evangelist Billy Graham has been named in the Gallup Poll’s top 10 “most-admired” men list for a record 50th time.
In a poll taken in mid-December, the 88-year-old evangelist came in fifth.
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Ranked before him, in order, were President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, former President Jimmy Carter, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
The men ranking behind Graham, in order, were former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Pope Benedict XVI, former South African President Nelson Mandela, former President George H.W. Bush and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Graham has been ranked in the poll almost every year the question was asked by the Gallup Organization since 1955.
The only two years when he didn’t rank were in 1976, when the polling firm didn’t ask the question, and in 1962, said Jeffrey Jones, managing editor of the Gallup Poll.
Other frequent top 10 poll finishers are Carter (25 times), George H.W. Bush (17), Clinton (15), Powell (15) and Mandela (15).
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