Dec.13

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Pop Quiz: Love, American Style (Part I)

We recently discovered that the pollster YouGov keeps a running tally of the approval ratings of nearly 300 political figures, (recent) past and present. We thought about what to do with this, and we've decided to put together a pop quiz. Here are the 10 questions (plus a tiebreaker):

1. Who is the most popular political figure overall?
      • Jimmy Carter
      • Bill Clinton
      • Barack Obama
      • Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
      • Arnold Schwarzenegger
   
   
2. Among the 287 political figures being tracked, where does Joe Biden rank?
      • Number 6
      • Number 36
      • Number 86
      • Number 106
      • Number 206
   
   
3. Among the 287 political figures being tracked, where does Donald Trump rank?
      • Number 12
      • Number 42
      • Number 92
      • Number 112
      • Number 212
   
   
4. Who is the most popular GOP presidential candidate?
      • Chris Christie
      • Ron DeSantis
      • Nikki Haley
      • Vivek Ramaswamy
      • Donald Trump
   
   
5. Who is the most popular current or former governor in America?
      • Greg Abbott (R-TX)
      • Ron DeSantis
      • Gavin Newsom (D-CA)
      • Sarah Palin
      • Jared Polis (D-CO)
   
   
6. Who is the most popular female political figure in America?
      • Hillary Clinton
      • Kamala Harris
      • Sen. Amy Klobuchar (DFL-MN)
      • Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
      • Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
   
   
7. Who is the most popular Black political figure in America?
      • Ben Carson
      • Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
      • Kamala Harris
      • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
      • Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
   
   
8. Who is the most popular former senator (who never served as VP or president)?
      • Bob Corker
      • Al Franken
      • Bill Frist
      • John Kerry
      • Rick Santorum
   
   
9. Who is the most popular deceased political figure?
      • Madeleine Albright
      • Bob Dole
      • Henry Kissinger
      • John Lewis
      • Walter Mondale
   
   
10. Who is the least popular political figure in America?
       • Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
       • Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
       • Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
       • Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
       • Phyllis Schlafly
    
    Tiebreaker: From 0 to 100, What is the current approval rating of Senate Minority Leader Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell?

If you want to take a shot at it, the survey is here. Results on Friday, along with some commentary. (Z)