Poll. "which individual person best exemplifies American democracy's highest ideals?" Lincoln, Obama, Washington, MLK

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Orange sleepy man didn't make the cut

https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/gen-z-is-more-optimistic-than-boomers-but-less-attached-to-america-poll-finds/article_c4032b9c-e15a-5229-87f8-0dde119c19f2.html

“Thinking of all the public figures over the last 250 years, which single individual person best exemplifies American democracy’s highest ideals?”

—Abraham Lincoln ranked first on this open-ended question, receiving 20%

—Barack Obama, who was the first Black president, 11%

—George Washington, the first U.S. president, 9%

—Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader, 9%

[RockCreek]

1. Any women on the candidate list?

Article is by subscription, so I can't access the list of options polled.

[SheltieLover]

4. Pls see #3 below

[RockCreek]

7. Love that one!

But the OP links to a newspaper article referring to actual poll results. I'm wondering what the choices were in the original poll.

[SheltieLover]

8. No idea. All males, no doubt.

[jmowreader]

9. It doesn't appear there were any choices; you could list whoever you wanted

Put me down for Barack Obama. He's a real-life version of all the people Horatio Alger wrote about.

[MerryBlooms]

10. No women were included. Eleanor Roosevelt is an American icon

But, not really taught about unless you take specific classes or seek out our Women in American history. The First Ladies series, I think was CSPAN? Was amazing!!

[MerryBlooms]

11. Yes, was CSPAN

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[MerryBlooms]

12. I've watched this series 2xs, now will again. Good reminder of

Lady Bird Johnson has always stood out for me, because of her wildflower project. We're losing our wildflowers at an alarming rate. I'm planting milkweed to help Monarch butterfly. We're losing our orchards to development, wildflowers to pavement... We're literally A Hot Mess 😭

[Solly Mack]

2. King

[SheltieLover]

3. Write in: Eleanor Roosevelt

[Passages]

5. No contest, MLK.

[lame54]

6. Where's Jimmy Carter?

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

13. John Trudell--Santee Sioux Nation

"You go back and you read your Constitution. You read your Declaration of Independence. And you will see that the only people who could decide these freedoms were white males who owned property, and all the rest of us were excluded."

"The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That's the great lie—is that it represents civilization."