Accidentally I came across the Time top 100 People poll last night. I seem to have a lot of accidents on the Internet. But some of them are great accidents!
If you do not have a TIME account, you can still vote by confirming your ID via Facebook or Twitter. Twitter kept kicking me out, so I tried Facebook and am nearly done voting. You can vote too, until April 10.
I was surprised by some of the results thus far, not surprised by others. Kim she-who-shall not-be-named you may be surprised to learn gets 13% YES 83% NO vote. No love for her husband Kanye either, who polls a huge 1% higher than Kim. Most people in the sports and entertainment business aren’t getting the love. People who are surviving the revolt of the TIME voters include Adele 56%, Michelle 66% and Barack Obama 71%, Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar 68%. Stephen Colbert 54%, Malala Yousafai, 71%, Elizabeth Warren 57%, Lady Gaga 56%.
Lurking in the loathsome basement are Ted Cruz 10%, Koch Bros, Martin Shkreli. Justin Bieber, Paul Ryan, Ariana Grande and John Kasich.
Hell’s Bells. Bashar Assad is outpolling Cruz, Ryan, AND Kasich. He’s one % below Trump. All of the Republican candidates are at 20% or less.
Elon Musk is a high NO vote, at 46%. Alan Stern the scientist who engineered the Pluto flyby 45%. Zuckerberg 49 and Chan 41 don’t get much love for their charity it seems. That’s probably several diaries worth of writing...
Here’s my list. I did not list all 127 candidates, but rather an exemplar and a pulse of the nation. The % is the percentage of yes votes, meaning the voter thinks that the person should be in the 100 list of top influencers.
Bernie has achieved his goal even if he does not become President.
Fname |
Lname |
% yes |
Ted |
Cruz |
10 |
Koch |
Bros |
14 |
Martin |
Shkreli |
15 |
Justin |
Bieber |
16 |
Paul |
Ryan |
17 |
Ariana |
Grande |
19 |
John |
Kasich |
19 |
Sania |
Mirza |
20 |
Bashar |
Assad |
20 |
Donald |
Trump |
20 |
Julia |
Louis-Dreyfus |
21 |
James |
Comey |
22 |
Ta-Nehishi |
Coates |
26 |
Charlize |
Theron |
27 |
Hassan |
Rouhani |
27 |
Christine |
Lagarde |
29 |
Warren |
Buffett |
30 |
David |
Cameron |
30 |
Travis |
Kalanik |
30 |
Taylor |
Swift |
31 |
Stephen |
Curry |
32 |
Shonda |
Rhimes |
32 |
Hillary |
Clinton |
34 |
Kendrick |
Lamar |
34 |
Francois |
Hollande |
34 |
Rhonda |
Rousey |
34 |
Priscilla |
Chan |
41 |
DeRay |
McKesson |
41 |
Cecile |
Richards |
43 |
Beyonce |
Beyonce |
44 |
Alan |
Stern |
45 |
Kathy |
Niakan |
46 |
Elon |
Musk |
46 |
Serena |
Williams |
46 |
Angela |
Merkel |
48 |
Mark |
Zuckerberg |
49 |
half or more |
people said |
|
Jennifer |
Lawrence |
50 |
John |
Oliver |
51 |
JK |
Rowling |
53 |
Stephen |
Colbert |
54 |
Big Bang |
Big Bang |
54 |
Adele |
Adele |
56 |
Lady |
Gaga |
56 |
Elizabeth |
Warren |
57 |
Justin |
Trudeau |
59 |
Leonardo |
DiCaprio |
61 |
Michelle |
Obama |
66 |
Pope |
Francis |
66 |
Aung San Suu |
Kyi |
68 |
Barack |
Obama |
71 |
Malala |
Yousafai |
71 |
Bernie |
Sanders |
85 |
As you may recall, he led the voting for TIME Person of the year @about 85% last year.
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