YouGov’s Most Popular Politicians in America [2022]

Historical Political

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15

1

Barack Obama

U.S. President

68.98% (7802 of 11311 votes)

30

2

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

63.07% (193 of 306 votes)

61

3

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

51.36% (113 of 220 votes)

64

4

Bernie Sanders

Politician

50.26% (97 of 193 votes)

20

5

Joe Biden

U.S. President

66.17% (6051 of 9145 votes)

28

6

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

63.87% (221 of 346 votes)

33

7

Kamala Harris

U.S. Vice President

61.87% (1694 of 2738 votes)

68

8

Madeleine Albright

U.S. Secretary of State

50.0% (3 of 6 votes)

35

9

Al Gore

U.S. Vice President

61.54% (56 of 91 votes)

57

10

George W. Bush

U.S. President

53.44% (70 of 131 votes)

40

11

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator

59.31% (172 of 290 votes)

21

12

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

66.05% (467 of 707 votes)

50

13

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. Congressman

54.72% (1172 of 2142 votes)

38

14

John Lewis

U.S. Congressman

60.92% (53 of 87 votes)

36

15

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. Congressman

61.35% (1440 of 2347 votes)

41

16

Cory Booker

U.S. Senator

58.86% (186 of 316 votes)

37

17

Donald Trump

U.S. President

61.22% (2982 of 4871 votes)

89

18

Gabrielle Giffords

U.S. Congressman

30.77% (4 of 13 votes)

83

19

Ben Carson

Doctor

44.94% (679 of 1511 votes)

29

20

Beto O'Rourke

Politician

63.64% (63 of 99 votes)

34

21

Elijah Cummings

U.S. Congressman

61.61% (69 of 112 votes)

23

22

Pete Buttigieg

Mayor

65.47% (529 of 808 votes)

26

23

Chuck Schumer

U.S. Senator

64.39% (490 of 761 votes)

14

24

John Kerry

U.S. Senator

69.44% (100 of 144 votes)

1

25

Henry Kissinger

U.S. Secretary of State

100% (1 of 1 votes)

18

26

Al Franken

Comedian

66.67% (90 of 135 votes)

79

27

Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator

49.10% (353 of 719 votes)

65

28

Sarah Palin

Politician

50.20% (738 of 1470 votes)

12

29

Maxine Waters

U.S. Congressman

71.23% (156 of 219 votes)

86

30

Bob Dole

U.S. Senator

42.86% (6 of 14 votes)

19

31

Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Congressman

66.67% (6 of 9 votes)

85

31

Rand Paul

U.S. Senator

44.73% (823 of 1840 votes)

32

33

Amy Klobuchar

U.S. Senator

62.50% (20 of 32 votes)

60

34

Mike Pence

U.S. Vice President

52.00% (13 of 25 votes)

42

35

Adam Schiff

U.S. Congressman

58.46% (891 of 1524 votes)

9

36

Gavin Newsom

U.S. Governor

73.82% (547 of 741 votes)

66

37

Walter Mondale

Politician

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

3

38

Julian Castro

Mayor

100% (5 of 5 votes)

51

39

Andrew Yang

Entrepreneur

54.55% (6 of 11 votes)

52

40

Greg Abbott

U.S. Governor

54.26% (401 of 739 votes)

44

41

Raphael Warnock

U.S. Senator

56.96% (45 of 79 votes)

47

42

Mike Huckabee

U.S. Governor

56.07% (134 of 239 votes)

67

43

Marco Rubio

U.S. Senator

50.0% (21 of 42 votes)

84

44

Newt Gingrich

U.S. Congressman

44.74% (17 of 38 votes)

31

45

Ilhan Omar

Politician

62.79% (562 of 895 votes)

69

46

Elizabeth Dole

U.S. Senator

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)

53

47

Joseph Kennedy III

U.S. Congressman

53.88% (125 of 232 votes)

13

48

Sheila Jackson-Lee

U.S. Congressman

70.15% (47 of 67 votes)

97

49

Trey Gowdy

U.S. Congressman

0% (0 of 0 votes)

5

50

Mitt Romney

U.S. Senator

80.0% (164 of 205 votes)

24

51

Ron Paul

Politician

65.45% (36 of 55 votes)

91

52

Allen West

Military Personnel

25.00% (3 of 12 votes)

81

53

Nikki Haley

U.S. Governor

49.02% (75 of 153 votes)

16

54

Joaquin Castro

Politician

68.75% (11 of 16 votes)

96

55

Andrew Young, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

0% (0 of 2 votes)

62

56

Harry Reid

U.S. Senator

51.28% (20 of 39 votes)

6

57

Adam Kinzinger

U.S. Congressman

78.57% (539 of 686 votes)

55

58

Donna Brazile

Politician

53.60% (67 of 125 votes)

95

59

Tim Scott

U.S. Senator

8.33% (2 of 24 votes)

4

60

Jim Clyburn

U.S. Congressman

86.21% (25 of 29 votes)

25

61

Robert Reich

Economist

65.22% (15 of 23 votes)

45

62

Jared Kushner

Financier

56.58% (159 of 281 votes)

56

63

Patrick J. Kennedy

U.S. Congressman

53.52% (114 of 213 votes)

11

64

Michael Bloomberg

Entrepreneur

71.43% (25 of 35 votes)

17

65

Rashida Tlaib

Politician

67.74% (84 of 124 votes)

22

66

Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senator

65.80% (127 of 193 votes)

7

67

Tim Kaine

U.S. Senator

75.00% (3 of 4 votes)

48

68

Joe Arpaio

Crime Fighter

55.56% (50 of 90 votes)

63

69

Joseph Lieberman

U.S. Senator

50.67% (38 of 75 votes)

92

70

Tom Cotton

U.S. Senator

24.14% (7 of 29 votes)

10

71

Jon Ossoff

U.S. Senator

73.81% (31 of 42 votes)

87

72

Barbara Boxer

U.S. Senator

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

77

73

Steve Scalise

U.S. Congressman

49.55% (55 of 111 votes)

78

74

Kevin McCarthy (Politician)

U.S. Congressman

49.50% (639 of 1291 votes)

93

75

Barry Goldwater

U.S. Senator

11.11% (1 of 9 votes)

70

76

Howard Dean

Politician

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

58

77

Alan Keyes

Commentator

53.33% (8 of 15 votes)

54

78

Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senator

53.61% (52 of 97 votes)

98

79

Michael S. Steele

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

82

80

Scott Walker

U.S. Governor

46.15% (6 of 13 votes)

46

81

Paul Ryan

U.S. Congressman

56.25% (18 of 32 votes)

76

82

Donald Rumsfeld

Politician

50.0% (8 of 16 votes)

94

83

Rick Scott

U.S. Governor

9.09% (1 of 11 votes)

80

84

Rick Perry

U.S. Governor

49.09% (27 of 55 votes)

72

85

Dick Cheney

U.S. Vice President

50.0% (14 of 28 votes)

88

86

Marsha Blackburn

U.S. Congressman

32.35% (11 of 34 votes)

8

87

Herman Cain

Entrepreneur

75.00% (3 of 4 votes)

49

88

Leon Panetta

Politician

55.00% (11 of 20 votes)

71

89

Michael Dukakis

U.S. Governor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

59

90

Jeb Bush

U.S. Governor

52.63% (10 of 19 votes)

99

91

John Edwards

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 0 votes)

100

92

Jon Tester

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

93

Barbara Lee

U.S. Congressman

100% (31 of 31 votes)

43

94

Tammy Baldwin

U.S. Senator

57.14% (8 of 14 votes)

27

95

Dick Durbin

U.S. Senator

64.00% (16 of 25 votes)

73

96

Dan Quayle

U.S. Vice President

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

74

97

Deval Patrick

U.S. Governor

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)

39

98

Claire McCaskill

U.S. Senator

60.0% (9 of 15 votes)

90

99

Joe Walsh (Politician)

U.S. Congressman

28.57% (2 of 7 votes)

75

100

Pat Roberts (Politician)

U.S. Senator

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)