She is Germany's most popular politician and hopes for a third term in 2013.
He remains the most popular politician: outside Santa Cruz, 67% of urban Bolivians support him.
The DPJ is led by Kan Naoto, whom opinion polls consistently show is Japan's most popular politician.
Putin was arguably the single most popular politician in the world, and his position appeared completely unassailable.
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Opinion polls found that Sheriff Joe, as he was called, was the most popular politician in Arizona.
Despite the problems, Hamburg's agile Social Democratic mayor, Henning Voscherau (see article) remains easily the most popular politician in town.
But though Mr Robinson is not, perhaps, Belfast's most popular politician, he is beyond doubt the ablest exponent of the Protestant and unionist cause.
At least before the latest tax increases, one poll found Mr Cavallo to be Argentina's most popular politician, even though only 45% approved of him.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, dubbed by Mr Obama earlier this year as the world's most popular politician, has heavily criticised the "rich countries" for the financial crisis.
Opinion polls suggest that the most popular politician among the Kosovars is still Ibrahim Rugova, the pacifist leader who led the province's shadow administration when it was still under direct Serb control.
Asli Aydintasbas, a columnist for Milliyet Newspaper, said Erdogan is the most powerful and popular politician Turkey has seen in generations.
And in this vacuum, one of the most popular public figures is not a politician but Arkady Gaydamak, a populist billionaire who spreads his money around like water and unashamedly proclaims his desire to be a kingmaker behind the scenes.
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