(CNN) Every year, Gallup asks Americans who they admire the most. In 2019, it was a tie -- between two men who are about as different as can be.

Both President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama were chosen as the most admired man in America by 18% of people -- the only two who scored in double-digits on the question. (Former first lady Michelle Obama was the top choice among Americans as the most admired woman, with 10% naming her. First lady Melania Trump placed second at 5%.)

The party breakdown on most admired man was, well, exactly how you would think it would be. More than 4 in 10 Republicans (45%) named Trump as the man they admired the most while a similar number of Democrats (41%) named Obama. A similar number of political independents chose Trump (10%) and Obama (12%) as their most admired man. (In the super-weird category, 2% of Democrats said Trump was their most admired man while 3% of Republicans said they admired Obama most. Whaaaaa?)

This is the first time Trump has been America's most admired man (or at least tied for that honor). In the past two years he finished behind Obama, a somewhat odd result given that of the 72 years that Gallup has been asking the question, the incumbent president has been the most admired man in America in 58 of them. But as Trump has grown slightly more popular -- up to 45% in Gallup data -- his admiration numbers have increased as well.

(The other men who made the most admired list? Former President Jimmy Carter, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Pope Francis, Bernie Sanders, Adam Schiff, the Dalai Lama, and Warren Buffett. None of them, however, received more than 2% of the vote.)

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