Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year 2011?
from Time Magazine, November 11, 2011
From tsunamis to budget battles to revolutions, 2011 has been a tumultuous, news-packed year. Who influenced the news most, for better or for ill? Tradition dictates that TIME’s editors choose the Person of the Year, but we want to know: if you were in charge, who would it be?
From tsunamis to budget battles to revolutions, 2011 has been an tumultuous, news-packed year. Who influenced the news most, for better or for ill? As always, it’s TIME’s editors who choose the actual Person of the Year (in the December 26 issue of TIME, on sale December 16) and they reserve the right to disagree with the poll results.
most and least popular choices after the fold
Most Popular
| Rank | Name | Total Votes in favor of this candidate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 99% | 8490 | |
| 2 | Anonymous | 7983 | |
| 3 | Steve Jobs | 4290 | |
| 4 | Arab Youth Protesters | 3361 | |
| 5 | Casey Anthony | 2790 | |
| 6 | SEAL Team 6 | 2553 | |
| 7 | Fukushima 50 | 2206 | |
| 8 | Gabrielle Giffords | 1971 | |
| 9 | Barack Obama | 1490 | |
| 10 | Warren Buffett | 1445 | |
| 11 | The 1% | 1044 | |
| 12 | Hillary Clinton | 1034 | |
| 13 | Kate Middleton | 885 | |
| 14 | Ai Weiwei | 781 | |
| 15 | Elizabeth Warren | 714 | |
| 16 | Angela Merkel | 681 | |
| 17 | Charlie Sheen | 567 | |
| 18 | Admiral Mike Mullen | 436 | |
| 19 | Lionel Messi | 349 | |
| 20 | Recep Tayyip Erdogan | 343 | |
| 21 | Silvio Berlusconi | 304 | |
| 22 | Herman Cain | 296 | |
| 23 | Mitt Romney | 181 | |
| 24 | Nicolas Sarkozy | 180 | |
| 25 | Paul Ryan | 177 | |
| 26 | Kim Kardashian | 122 | |
| 27 | Eric Cantor | 117 | |
| 28 | Rupert Murdoch | 115 | |
| 29 | Michele Bachmann | 114 | |
| 30 | Dominique Strauss-Kahn | 62 | |
| 31 | Reed Hastings | 44 | |
| TOTAL | 45125 | ||
Least Popular
| Rank | Name | Total Votes not in favor of this candidate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 1% | 5950 | |
| 2 | Casey Anthony | 5463 | |
| 3 | Michele Bachmann | 4199 | |
| 4 | Kim Kardashian | 3695 | |
| 5 | Anonymous | 3156 | |
| 6 | The 99% | 3131 | |
| 7 | Herman Cain | 3005 | |
| 8 | Steve Jobs | 2788 | |
| 9 | Silvio Berlusconi | 2477 | |
| 10 | Eric Cantor | 2337 | |
| 11 | Kate Middleton | 1932 | |
| 12 | Charlie Sheen | 1902 | |
| 13 | Barack Obama | 1843 | |
| 14 | Mitt Romney | 1793 | |
| 15 | Hillary Clinton | 1706 | |
| 16 | Rupert Murdoch | 1685 | |
| 17 | Reed Hastings | 1612 | |
| 18 | Warren Buffett | 1544 | |
| 19 | Paul Ryan | 1507 | |
| 20 | Recep Tayyip Erdogan | 1425 | |
| 21 | Arab Youth Protesters | 1399 | |
| 22 | Dominique Strauss-Kahn | 1348 | |
| 23 | Lionel Messi | 1313 | |
| 24 | Gabrielle Giffords | 1225 | |
| 25 | Nicolas Sarkozy | 1194 | |
| 26 | Angela Merkel | 1031 | |
| 27 | Admiral Mike Mullen | 945 | |
| 28 | Elizabeth Warren | 910 | |
| 29 | SEAL Team 6 | 825 | |
| 30 | Ai Weiwei | 758 | |
| 31 | Fukushima 50 | 748 | |
| TOTAL | 64846 | ||
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