Trump suffers humiliating defeat to Obama in masculinity poll

Systemic Error Podcast · Oct 28, 2026 · 4m

What happened

AlterNet reports that a YouGov poll found Barack Obama was viewed as a stronger male role model than Donald Trump by 59% of U.S. adults, while 37% chose Trump. The online survey of 1,417 adults was conducted from October 10 through October 14; the article does not supply a year. Results were weighted to represent the adult population, with a reported margin of error of 3.6 percentage points.

Trump received a negative 18-point net rating when respondents were asked whether he represented a positive example of masculinity, compared with Obama’s positive 28-point rating. Trump…