YouGov’s Most Popular Politicians in America [2022]

Historical Political

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15

1

Barack Obama

U.S. President

68.59% (7572 of 11040 votes)

30

2

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

63.07% (193 of 306 votes)

59

3

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

51.36% (113 of 220 votes)

61

4

Bernie Sanders

Politician

50.26% (97 of 193 votes)

21

5

Joe Biden

U.S. President

65.77% (5833 of 8869 votes)

27

6

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

63.87% (221 of 346 votes)

36

7

Kamala Harris

U.S. Vice President

61.24% (1646 of 2688 votes)

67

8

Madeleine Albright

U.S. Secretary of State

50.0% (3 of 6 votes)

34

9

Al Gore

U.S. Vice President

61.54% (56 of 91 votes)

57

10

George W. Bush

U.S. President

53.08% (69 of 130 votes)

50

11

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator

54.62% (142 of 260 votes)

24

12

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

65.21% (448 of 687 votes)

49

13

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. Congressman

54.72% (1172 of 2142 votes)

37

14

John Lewis

U.S. Congressman

60.92% (53 of 87 votes)

38

15

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. Congressman

60.26% (1360 of 2257 votes)

40

16

Cory Booker

U.S. Senator

58.86% (186 of 316 votes)

35

17

Donald Trump

U.S. President

61.38% (2971 of 4840 votes)

89

18

Gabrielle Giffords

U.S. Congressman

30.77% (4 of 13 votes)

83

19

Ben Carson

Doctor

44.72% (656 of 1467 votes)

29

20

Beto O'Rourke

Politician

63.64% (63 of 99 votes)

33

21

Elijah Cummings

U.S. Congressman

61.61% (69 of 112 votes)

28

22

Pete Buttigieg

Mayor

63.80% (490 of 768 votes)

25

23

Chuck Schumer

U.S. Senator

64.39% (490 of 761 votes)

17

24

John Kerry

U.S. Senator

67.91% (91 of 134 votes)

1

25

Henry Kissinger

U.S. Secretary of State

100% (1 of 1 votes)

23

26

Al Franken

Comedian

65.38% (85 of 130 votes)

79

27

Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator

49.10% (353 of 719 votes)

65

28

Sarah Palin

Politician

50.0% (546 of 1092 votes)

12

29

Maxine Waters

U.S. Congressman

71.10% (155 of 218 votes)

85

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)

84

31

Rand Paul

U.S. Senator

44.61% (815 of 1827 votes)

32

33

Amy Klobuchar

U.S. Senator

62.50% (20 of 32 votes)

64

34

Mike Pence

U.S. Vice President

50.0% (12 of 24 votes)

41

35

Adam Schiff

U.S. Congressman

58.46% (891 of 1524 votes)

10

36

Gavin Newsom

U.S. Governor

72.32% (499 of 690 votes)

63

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)

42

42

Mike Huckabee

U.S. Governor

57.26% (134 of 234 votes)

62

43

Marco Rubio

U.S. Senator

50.0% (21 of 42 votes)

82

44

Newt Gingrich

U.S. Congressman

44.74% (17 of 38 votes)

31

45

Ilhan Omar

Politician

62.79% (562 of 895 votes)

68

46

Elizabeth Dole

U.S. Senator

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)

53

47

Joseph Kennedy III

U.S. Congressman

53.68% (124 of 231 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)

22

51

Ron Paul

Politician

65.45% (36 of 55 votes)

91

52

Allen West

Military Personnel

25.00% (3 of 12 votes)

80

53

Nikki Haley

U.S. Governor

49.02% (75 of 153 votes)

14

54

Joaquin Castro

Politician

68.75% (11 of 16 votes)

96

55

Andrew Young, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

0% (0 of 2 votes)

60

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)

16

61

Robert Reich

Economist

68.18% (15 of 22 votes)

47

62

Jared Kushner

Financier

55.31% (151 of 273 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)

18

65

Rashida Tlaib

Politician

67.74% (84 of 124 votes)

20

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)

46

68

Joe Arpaio

Crime Fighter

55.56% (50 of 90 votes)

66

69

Joseph Lieberman

U.S. Senator

50.0% (37 of 74 votes)

92

70

Tom Cotton

U.S. Senator

24.14% (7 of 29 votes)

9

71

Jon Ossoff

U.S. Senator

73.81% (31 of 42 votes)

86

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

14.29% (1 of 7 votes)

71

76

Howard Dean

Politician

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

72

77

Alan Keyes

Commentator

50.0% (7 of 14 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)

81

80

Scott Walker

U.S. Governor

46.15% (6 of 13 votes)

45

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)

87

84

Rick Perry

U.S. Governor

34.88% (15 of 43 votes)

70

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)

48

88

Leon Panetta

Politician

55.00% (11 of 20 votes)

69

89

Michael Dukakis

U.S. Governor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

58

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)

26

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)