YouGov’s Most Popular Politicians in America [2022]

Historical Political

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

17

1

Barack Obama

U.S. President

69.29% (8010 of 11560 votes)

41

2

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

60.86% (199 of 327 votes)

66

3

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

51.36% (113 of 220 votes)

57

4

Bernie Sanders

Politician

54.46% (116 of 213 votes)

22

5

Joe Biden

U.S. President

66.97% (6478 of 9673 votes)

62

6

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

53.56% (233 of 435 votes)

36

7

Kamala Harris

U.S. Vice President

62.28% (1727 of 2773 votes)

75

8

Madeleine Albright

U.S. Secretary of State

50.0% (3 of 6 votes)

31

9

Al Gore

U.S. Vice President

63.54% (61 of 96 votes)

76

10

George W. Bush

U.S. President

50.0% (70 of 140 votes)

44

11

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator

59.31% (172 of 290 votes)

27

12

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

65.61% (477 of 727 votes)

49

13

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. Congressman

56.34% (1267 of 2249 votes)

39

14

John Lewis

U.S. Congressman

60.92% (53 of 87 votes)

38

15

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. Congressman

61.54% (1453 of 2361 votes)

43

16

Cory Booker

U.S. Senator

59.50% (191 of 321 votes)

37

17

Donald Trump

U.S. President

62.12% (3286 of 5290 votes)

40

18

Gabrielle Giffords

U.S. Congressman

60.87% (14 of 23 votes)

86

19

Ben Carson

Doctor

44.77% (689 of 1539 votes)

30

20

Beto O'Rourke

Politician

63.64% (63 of 99 votes)

33

21

Elijah Cummings

U.S. Congressman

63.25% (74 of 117 votes)

28

22

Pete Buttigieg

Mayor

65.44% (549 of 839 votes)

26

23

Chuck Schumer

U.S. Senator

65.76% (530 of 806 votes)

24

24

John Kerry

U.S. Senator

65.82% (104 of 158 votes)

1

25

Henry Kissinger

U.S. Secretary of State

100% (1 of 1 votes)

21

26

Al Franken

Comedian

67.74% (105 of 155 votes)

72

27

Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator

50.07% (367 of 733 votes)

65

28

Sarah Palin

Politician

51.78% (1075 of 2076 votes)

15

29

Maxine Waters

U.S. Congressman

71.23% (156 of 219 votes)

94

30

Bob Dole

U.S. Senator

31.58% (6 of 19 votes)

23

31

Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Congressman

66.67% (6 of 9 votes)

85

31

Rand Paul

U.S. Senator

44.86% (837 of 1866 votes)

35

33

Amy Klobuchar

U.S. Senator

62.50% (20 of 32 votes)

82

34

Mike Pence

U.S. Vice President

46.67% (14 of 30 votes)

45

35

Adam Schiff

U.S. Congressman

58.60% (896 of 1529 votes)

14

36

Gavin Newsom

U.S. Governor

74.48% (572 of 768 votes)

73

37

Walter Mondale

Politician

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

5

38

Julian Castro

Mayor

100% (5 of 5 votes)

55

39

Andrew Yang

Entrepreneur

54.55% (6 of 11 votes)

58

40

Greg Abbott

U.S. Governor

54.26% (401 of 739 votes)

54

41

Raphael Warnock

U.S. Senator

54.88% (45 of 82 votes)

61

42

Mike Huckabee

U.S. Governor

53.67% (139 of 259 votes)

68

43

Marco Rubio

U.S. Senator

51.16% (22 of 43 votes)

13

44

Newt Gingrich

U.S. Congressman

74.59% (91 of 122 votes)

34

45

Ilhan Omar

Politician

63.12% (570 of 903 votes)

74

46

Elizabeth Dole

U.S. Senator

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)

60

47

Joseph Kennedy III

U.S. Congressman

53.88% (125 of 232 votes)

16

48

Sheila Jackson-Lee

U.S. Congressman

70.15% (47 of 67 votes)

100

49

Trey Gowdy

U.S. Congressman

0% (0 of 0 votes)

8

50

Mitt Romney

U.S. Senator

79.61% (164 of 206 votes)

20

51

Ron Paul

Politician

68.33% (41 of 60 votes)

97

52

Allen West

Military Personnel

25.00% (3 of 12 votes)

69

53

Nikki Haley

U.S. Governor

50.96% (106 of 208 votes)

19

54

Joaquin Castro

Politician

68.75% (11 of 16 votes)

93

55

Andrew Young, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

67

56

Harry Reid

U.S. Senator

51.28% (20 of 39 votes)

9

57

Adam Kinzinger

U.S. Congressman

78.58% (543 of 691 votes)

48

58

Donna Brazile

Politician

56.55% (82 of 145 votes)

96

59

Tim Scott

U.S. Senator

30.77% (12 of 39 votes)

7

60

Jim Clyburn

U.S. Congressman

88.24% (30 of 34 votes)

11

61

Robert Reich

Economist

75.76% (25 of 33 votes)

53

62

Jared Kushner

Financier

54.93% (167 of 304 votes)

63

63

Patrick J. Kennedy

U.S. Congressman

53.52% (114 of 213 votes)

32

64

Michael Bloomberg

Entrepreneur

63.41% (26 of 41 votes)

18

65

Rashida Tlaib

Politician

68.99% (89 of 129 votes)

25

66

Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senator

65.80% (127 of 193 votes)

6

67

Tim Kaine

U.S. Senator

90.0% (9 of 10 votes)

51

68

Joe Arpaio

Crime Fighter

56.04% (51 of 91 votes)

71

69

Joseph Lieberman

U.S. Senator

50.67% (38 of 75 votes)

87

70

Tom Cotton

U.S. Senator

43.59% (17 of 39 votes)

10

71

Jon Ossoff

U.S. Senator

76.60% (36 of 47 votes)

89

72

Barbara Boxer

U.S. Senator

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

70

73

Steve Scalise

U.S. Congressman

50.88% (58 of 114 votes)

83

74

Kevin McCarthy (Politician)

U.S. Congressman

46.51% (666 of 1432 votes)

88

75

Barry Goldwater

U.S. Senator

42.86% (6 of 14 votes)

56

76

Howard Dean

Politician

54.55% (6 of 11 votes)

91

77

Alan Keyes

Commentator

34.62% (9 of 26 votes)

59

78

Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senator

54.08% (53 of 98 votes)

2

79

Michael S. Steele

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

84

80

Scott Walker

U.S. Governor

46.15% (6 of 13 votes)

50

81

Paul Ryan

U.S. Congressman

56.25% (18 of 32 votes)

79

82

Donald Rumsfeld

Politician

50.0% (15 of 30 votes)

98

83

Rick Scott

U.S. Governor

9.09% (1 of 11 votes)

47

84

Rick Perry

U.S. Governor

56.92% (37 of 65 votes)

78

85

Dick Cheney

U.S. Vice President

50.0% (14 of 28 votes)

95

86

Marsha Blackburn

U.S. Congressman

31.43% (11 of 35 votes)

12

87

Herman Cain

Entrepreneur

75.00% (3 of 4 votes)

52

88

Leon Panetta

Politician

55.00% (11 of 20 votes)

77

89

Michael Dukakis

U.S. Governor

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)

64

90

Jeb Bush

U.S. Governor

52.63% (10 of 19 votes)

99

91

John Edwards

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 0 votes)

3

92

Jon Tester

U.S. Senator

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

93

Barbara Lee

U.S. Congressman

100% (36 of 36 votes)

46

94

Tammy Baldwin

U.S. Senator

57.14% (8 of 14 votes)

29

95

Dick Durbin

U.S. Senator

64.00% (16 of 25 votes)

92

96

Dan Quayle

U.S. Vice President

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

80

97

Deval Patrick

U.S. Governor

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)

42

98

Claire McCaskill

U.S. Senator

60.0% (9 of 15 votes)

90

99

Joe Walsh (Politician)

U.S. Congressman

37.50% (3 of 8 votes)

81

100

Pat Roberts (Politician)

U.S. Senator

50.0% (4 of 8 votes)