Former first lady Michelle Obama topped the list of most admired women for the third straight year.
Ten percent named Mrs. Obama. She was followed by Vice President-elect Sen. Kamala D. Harris (6%), first lady Melania Trump (4%) and Oprah Winfrey (3%).
The incumbent U.S. president and a current or former first lady usually top the respective lists.
Since 1946, the incumbent president has topped Gallup’s most admired man list 60 out of 74 times.
Since 1948, a current (18) or former (39) first lady has topped the most admired woman list 57 out of 71 times.
“Should Trump continue to dominate Republicans’ consciousnesses currently, Republicans rarely name any other public person than him he will have a good chance of winning in future years, especially if Democrats continue to split their choices between Obama and Biden,” Gallup’s Jeffrey M. Jones wrote.
Kamala Harris, the VP-elect, got her first dose of the Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
“OK, let’s do it,” she said, as registered nurse Patricia Cummings of the United Medical Center readied the needle. “That was easy. Thank you. I barely felt it. I barely felt it.”
Harris received the dosage after challenging President Donald Trump during the presidential campaign on his administration’s work on vaccinations. More about that shortly.
To get her shot, Harris visited a medical center in Southeast, Washington, D.C. The area is known locally as Anacostia and it’s primarily a low-income neighborhood.
The Vice-President Elect rolled up her sleeve and received a COVID-19 vaccination live on television.
Kamala Harris becomes the second high-profile person from an ethnic minority background to receive the vaccine in the United States after Surgeon General Jerome Adams back on December 18th.
Democratic President-elect Joe Biden received his first injected dose of the vaccine last week. Two doses are required for full protection.
Harris received the Moderna vaccine from a nurse wearing a mask and a face visor at a medical center in southeast Washington.
“I barely felt it,” says Harris after receiving the injection in her upper left arm. “I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine – it is relatively painless, it is safe, it’s literally about saving lives. I trust the scientists.”
She revealed that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) suggestion to limit social gatherings for the holiday put a dent in her family’s celebration.
“You know, my sister and I, we grew up celebrating Kwanzaa. Every year, our family and our extended family, we would gather around across multiple generations and we’d tell stories and light the candles,” Harris said.
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She shared her favorite principle. “My favorite, I have to tell you, was always the one about self-determination: Kujichagulia. And you know, essentially it’s about ‘be.’ ‘Be and do,’” Harris said. “Be the person you want to be and do the things you want to do, and do the things that need to be done.”