TIME 100 — The Most Influential People of the Year
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James Joyner | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
TIME is having readers chose “The Most Influential People of the Year – The TIME 100″ from a list of 200 candidates.
Here’s the early voting:
Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, is leading the pack at the moment, followed by Korean pop singer Rain, comedian Stephen Colbert, Shigeru Miyamoto (the guy who designed the Nintendo Wii), and J.K. Rowling (the Harry Potter author), the singer Bono, and rising hockey star Sidney Crosby.
I am somewhat skeptical of the methodology. At least President Bush is beating out former American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar. Of course, when Howard Stern (currently high on the list himself) weighs in, that might change.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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WTF?!?
I think you're misreading the chart. It looks like Stephen Colbert is #1, which is indisputably true.
I think you're misreading the chart. It looks like Stephen Colbert is #1, which is indisputably true.
Colbert is the first choice offered in the poll but he was a distant third in votes at the time I did the screencap.
I've only heard of nine of these people...is that bad? And that's including Sanjaya, who I only know of by reputation...
Thanks for also including who those top vote-getters are. I only recognize half of them, and not #1 nor 2.
Heh, #1 and #2 look like typical Asian poll-rigging. I'm just surprised the Koreans were bested by the Thais at the time of that screencap.
I've only heard of nine of these people...is that bad?and I only recognize half of them, and not #1 nor 2.
Same here. I was vaguely aware Rain was a singer but presumed it was a blonde female American teenager.
I had never heard of Miyamoto even though I got a Wii for Christmas and had one of the original 8-bit Nintendos in the late 1980s.
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