Time’s 2011 Person of the Year

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Time Magazine is about to select a person of the year.

Who do you think should be Time‘s Person of the Year for 2011?

This has been a tumultuous year and there were a wide range of persons who were heroes, villains, leaders and liars, and innovators and thieves, but, who influenced this year for better or worse?

In 2010, the person of the year was Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg. U.S. Treasury Secretary Ben Bernanke topped the 2009 list (wonder what Perry thought of that), and President Barack Obama won this honor in 2008.

Time selected Mikhail Gorbachev (not Ronald Reagan) as the Person of the Decade for the 1980s.

Once again, it’s that time of year to tell Time magazine who you think influenced the world for better or worse. Sure, Time’s editors will make this decision, but why not tell the publisher which people deserve the Person of the Year honor?

Some selections are not serious contenders (like the 1%); but, if you were in charge, who would you choose or not choose? While you’re relaxing after that big dinner, have some fun and cast your votes here.

Here’s the rankings for 23 November 2011 as of 5:30 p.m. EST.

MOST POPULAR
Rank	Name	Total Yes Votes
1	Lionel Messi	54,618
2	The 99%	51,585
3	Anonymous	29,513
4	Recep Tayyip Erdogan	21,453
5	Steve Jobs	18,069
6	Arab Youth Protesters	16,803
7	Fukushima 50	9,427
8	Barack Obama	8,623
9	SEAL Team 6	8,496
10	Gabrielle Giffords	7,454
11	Warren Buffett	6,247
12	Ai Weiwei	5,299
13	Hillary Clinton	4,328
14	Casey Anthony	3,918
15	Elizabeth Warren	3,776
16	The 1%	3,488
17	Kate Middleton	3,442
18	Angela Merkel	3,071
19	Charlie Sheen	2,562
20	Herman Cain	2,541
21	Admiral Mike Mullen	1,724
22	Silvio Berlusconi	1,070
23	Nicolas Sarkozy	993
24	Kim Kardashian	949
25	Paul Ryan	628
26	Mitt Romney	593
27	Michele Bachmann	562
28	Dominique Strauss-Kahn	521
29	Eric Cantor	510
30	Rupert Murdoch	451
31	Reed Hastings	226
	TOTAL	272,940

LEAST POPULAR
Rank	Name	Total No Votes
1	Recep Tayyip Erdogan	45,322
2	The 1%	24,471
3	Casey Anthony	21,782
4	Michele Bachmann	16,886
5	Kim Kardashian	16,753
6	The 99%	14,510
7	Herman Cain	13,036
8	Anonymous	11,504
9	Silvio Berlusconi	11,374
10	Kate Middleton	10577
11	Eric Cantor	10,456
12	Steve Jobs	10,343
13	Barack Obama	10,198
14	Mitt Romney	8,855
15	Charlie Sheen	8,655
16	Rupert Murdoch	8,462
17	Hillary Clinton	8,462
18	Lionel Messi	8,282
19	Paul Ryan	7,630
20	Reed Hastings	7,167
21	Nicolas Sarkozy	6,868
22	Dominique Strauss-Kahn	6,658
23	Warren Buffett	6,466
24	Angela Merkel	5,896
25	Arab Youth Protesters	5,532
26	Admiral Mike Mullen	5,415
27	Gabrielle Giffords	5,302
28	SEAL Team 6	5,248
29	Fukushima 50	4,117
30	Elizabeth Warren	3,965
31	Ai Weiwei	3,693
	TOTAL	333,885