YouGov’s Most Popular Politicians in America [2022]

Historical Political

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26

1

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.34% (4700 of 7920 votes)

21

2

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

60.11% (315 of 524 votes)

69

3

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

32.00% (80 of 250 votes)

63

4

Bernie Sanders

Politician

36.87% (80 of 217 votes)

46

5

Joe Biden

U.S. President

47.63% (64241 of 134876 votes)

70

6

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

58

7

Kamala Harris

U.S. Vice President

42.01% (786 of 1871 votes)

30

8

Madeleine Albright

U.S. Secretary of State

56.52% (13 of 23 votes)

29

9

Al Gore

U.S. Vice President

57.45% (54 of 94 votes)

45

10

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

49

11

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator

44.99% (193 of 429 votes)

40

12

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

61

13

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. Congressman

38.96% (5916 of 15184 votes)

36

14

John Lewis

U.S. Congressman

54.84% (17 of 31 votes)

68

15

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. Congressman

33.10% (2638 of 7969 votes)

50

16

Cory Booker

U.S. Senator

44.68% (126 of 282 votes)

64

17

Donald Trump

U.S. President

34.83% (6312 of 18120 votes)

37

18

Gabrielle Giffords

U.S. Congressman

54.05% (40 of 74 votes)

41

19

Ben Carson

Doctor

50.0% (58 of 116 votes)

35

20

Beto O'Rourke

Politician

54.87% (214 of 390 votes)

89

21

Elijah Cummings

U.S. Congressman

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

52

22

Pete Buttigieg

Mayor

42.78% (80 of 187 votes)

77

23

Chuck Schumer

U.S. Senator

30.25% (180 of 595 votes)

12

24

John Kerry

U.S. Senator

68.05% (164 of 241 votes)

57

25

Henry Kissinger

U.S. Secretary of State

42.06% (135 of 321 votes)

78

26

Al Franken

Comedian

27.95% (168 of 601 votes)

27

27

Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator

58.26% (141 of 242 votes)

81

28

Sarah Palin

Politician

20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)

82

29

Maxine Waters

U.S. Congressman

18.53% (436 of 2353 votes)

85

30

Bob Dole

U.S. Senator

12.12% (4 of 33 votes)

19

31

Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Congressman

62.50% (10 of 16 votes)

73

31

Rand Paul

U.S. Senator

31.13% (188 of 604 votes)

24

33

Amy Klobuchar

U.S. Senator

59.62% (31 of 52 votes)

71

34

Mike Pence

U.S. Vice President

31.80% (90 of 283 votes)

59

35

Adam Schiff

U.S. Congressman

41.40% (255 of 616 votes)

18

36

Gavin Newsom

U.S. Governor

63.50% (1613 of 2540 votes)

90

37

Walter Mondale

Politician

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

14

38

Julian Castro

Mayor

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

1

39

Andrew Yang

Entrepreneur

100% (11 of 11 votes)

53

40

Greg Abbott

U.S. Governor

42.58% (89 of 209 votes)

16

41

Raphael Warnock

U.S. Senator

64.71% (11 of 17 votes)

72

42

Mike Huckabee

U.S. Governor

31.13% (33 of 106 votes)

28

43

Marco Rubio

U.S. Senator

57.58% (57 of 99 votes)

22

44

Newt Gingrich

U.S. Congressman

60.0% (69 of 115 votes)

38

45

Ilhan Omar

Politician

52.98% (1228 of 2318 votes)

100

46

Elizabeth Dole

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 5 votes)

75

47

Joseph Kennedy III

U.S. Congressman

30.70% (35 of 114 votes)

2

48

Sheila Jackson-Lee

U.S. Congressman

100% (1 of 1 votes)

67

49

Trey Gowdy

U.S. Congressman

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

39

50

Mitt Romney

U.S. Senator

52.38% (55 of 105 votes)

98

51

Ron Paul

Politician

0% (0 of 9 votes)

99

52

Allen West

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 0 votes)

56

53

Nikki Haley

U.S. Governor

42.06% (53 of 126 votes)

10

54

Joaquin Castro

Politician

73.33% (11 of 15 votes)

51

55

Andrew Young, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

44.44% (4 of 9 votes)

43

56

Harry Reid

U.S. Senator

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

25

57

Adam Kinzinger

U.S. Congressman

59.49% (210 of 353 votes)

3

58

Donna Brazile

Politician

100% (11 of 11 votes)

83

59

Tim Scott

U.S. Senator

12.82% (5 of 39 votes)

17

60

Jim Clyburn

U.S. Congressman

64.29% (18 of 28 votes)

97

61

Robert Reich

Economist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

11

62

Jared Kushner

Financier

70.64% (1155 of 1635 votes)

76

63

Patrick J. Kennedy

U.S. Congressman

30.70% (35 of 114 votes)

62

64

Michael Bloomberg

Entrepreneur

38.14% (45 of 118 votes)

23

65

Rashida Tlaib

Politician

59.64% (229 of 384 votes)

66

66

Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senator

34.04% (16 of 47 votes)

4

67

Tim Kaine

U.S. Senator

100% (6 of 6 votes)

65

68

Joe Arpaio

Crime Fighter

34.29% (12 of 35 votes)

47

69

Joseph Lieberman

U.S. Senator

47.46% (243 of 512 votes)

34

70

Tom Cotton

U.S. Senator

55.10% (27 of 49 votes)

42

71

Jon Ossoff

U.S. Senator

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

79

72

Barbara Boxer

U.S. Senator

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

48

73

Steve Scalise

U.S. Congressman

45.92% (45 of 98 votes)

15

74

Kevin McCarthy (Politician)

U.S. Congressman

66.47% (345 of 519 votes)

13

75

Barry Goldwater

U.S. Senator

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

94

76

Howard Dean

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

87

77

Alan Keyes

Commentator

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

31

78

Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senator

55.77% (1024 of 1836 votes)

55

79

Michael S. Steele

Politician

42.11% (96 of 228 votes)

9

80

Scott Walker

U.S. Governor

75.00% (3 of 4 votes)

32

81

Paul Ryan

U.S. Congressman

55.56% (5 of 9 votes)

20

82

Donald Rumsfeld

Politician

61.11% (11 of 18 votes)

7

83

Rick Scott

U.S. Governor

95.00% (19 of 20 votes)

91

84

Rick Perry

U.S. Governor

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

74

85

Dick Cheney

U.S. Vice President

30.77% (64 of 208 votes)

86

86

Marsha Blackburn

U.S. Congressman

11.11% (2 of 18 votes)

84

87

Herman Cain

Entrepreneur

12.82% (5 of 39 votes)

33

88

Leon Panetta

Politician

55.56% (5 of 9 votes)

8

89

Michael Dukakis

U.S. Governor

94.44% (17 of 18 votes)

54

90

Jeb Bush

U.S. Governor

42.16% (43 of 102 votes)

92

91

John Edwards

U.S. Senator

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

5

92

Jon Tester

U.S. Senator

100% (1 of 1 votes)

60

93

Barbara Lee

U.S. Congressman

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

93

94

Tammy Baldwin

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 9 votes)

80

95

Dick Durbin

U.S. Senator

21.43% (3 of 14 votes)

88

96

Dan Quayle

U.S. Vice President

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

6

97

Deval Patrick

U.S. Governor

100% (1 of 1 votes)

95

98

Claire McCaskill

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 5 votes)

44

99

Joe Walsh (Politician)

U.S. Congressman

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

96

100

Pat Roberts (Politician)

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 0 votes)