Poll: Donald Trump and Pope Francis are tied for second-most admired man in America

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Americans admire Hillary Clinton and President Obama most in 2015, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. Based on how often each is in the public eye, that's not exactly a shocker. In fact, they've earned the titles for the past 14 and eight years straight, respectively.

But a closer look at the runners-up for the most admired man in the survey of 824 U.S. adults is a little more head-scratching. Behind Obama's 17 percent of the vote, there are two men tied for second place with 5 percent. When asked to name a man — any living man in the world — they admired most in 2015, equal numbers of people chose Pope Francis and Donald Trump. Let that sink in, and take comfort that there's a 4 percentage-point margin of error in either direction.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.