Results: Time Magazine's Person Of The Year 2014
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Time Magazine ultimately chooses the Person Of The Year, but lets its readers vote on who they feel should make the cover. Here is the list of potential winners--in order of their standing in the voting as of December 3rd--who would you vote for as Person Of The Year 2014?
Narendra Modi
3%
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55 votes
Ferguson Protestors
4%
•
85 votes
Joshua Wong
1%
•
20 votes
Malala Yousafzai
5%
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103 votes
Ebola Doctors and Nurses
20%
•
396 votes
Vladimir Putin
3%
•
59 votes
Laverne Cox
1%
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22 votes
Joko Widodo
0%
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8 votes
Chibok Girls
0%
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7 votes
Pope Francis
11%
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216 votes
Barack Obama
8%
•
151 votes
Beyoncé
3%
•
57 votes
Jennifer Lawrence
5%
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103 votes
Angela Merkel
1%
•
14 votes
Taylor Swift
8%
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154 votes
Elon Musk
1%
•
25 votes
John Oliver
2%
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31 votes
Tim Cook
1%
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28 votes
Pete Frates and Pat Quinn
1%
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14 votes
Elizabeth Warren
4%
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71 votes
Other (please specify)
17%
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339 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 2.45% | 48 | |
| na | 2.40% | 47 |
| n/a | 2.30% | 45 |
| none | 1.63% | 32 |
| not sure | 0.77% | 15 |
| me | 0.46% | 9 |
| no one | 0.36% | 7 |
| no idea | 0.26% | 5 |
| none of these | 0.26% | 5 |
| don't know | 0.26% | 5 |
| none of the above | 0.26% | 5 |
| don't care | 0.20% | 4 |
| nobody | 0.20% | 4 |
| jesus | 0.15% | 3 |
| dont care | 0.10% | 2 |
| i don't know | 0.10% | 2 |
| malala | 0.10% | 2 |
| unsure but none of the above. | 0.05% | 1 |
| anyone not a liberal | 0.05% | 1 |
| kodkgsj;vlxnzdlv | 0.05% | 1 |
| lady gaga | 0.05% | 1 |
| no opinion | 0.05% | 1 |
| none of them | 0.05% | 1 |
| robin williams | 0.05% | 1 |
| george bush | 0.05% | 1 |
| charlie hunnam | 0.05% | 1 |
| gerard way or frank iero | 0.05% | 1 |
| none! no one is worth it | 0.05% | 1 |
| other | 0.05% | 1 |
| every soldier whofought or is figtin the war | 0.05% | 1 |
| fu | 0.05% | 1 |
| jose canseco | 0.05% | 1 |
| all of our service men & women who put their life on the line every day so we can safe | 0.05% | 1 |
| bill gates | 0.05% | 1 |
| what is the criteria for being on the list? | 0.05% | 1 |
| ? | 0.05% | 1 |
| no one, everyone's been pretty shitty this year. | 0.05% | 1 |
| someone worth having on the cover | 0.05% | 1 |
| david suzuki | 0.05% | 1 |
| none of these people would intise me to vote but i have met wonderful people of the world with no media attention that i would vote for | 0.05% | 1 |
| i can't think of one good choice. | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont know | 0.05% | 1 |
| anyone else. | 0.05% | 1 |
| ellen degeneres | 0.05% | 1 |
| no one on this list | 0.05% | 1 |
| forget it | 0.05% | 1 |
| edward snowden | 0.05% | 1 |
| tom hanks | 0.05% | 1 |
| no one is standing out in my mind. certainly not any of the above. | 0.05% | 1 |
| richard gere | 0.05% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.05% | 1 |
| myself or simon pegg & nick frost | 0.05% | 1 |
| bernie sanders | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't knowmost of these names | 0.05% | 1 |
| billy graham | 0.05% | 1 |
| do not care | 0.05% | 1 |
| me! hey why not! | 0.05% | 1 |
| me, myself and i | 0.05% | 1 |
| thats the best they have | 0.05% | 1 |
| kim and kanye | 0.05% | 1 |
| che guevarra | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't know who most of these people are and don't like any of the rest of them | 0.05% | 1 |
| none of the above and certainly not obama!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| noone | 0.05% | 1 |
| pierre ferrari | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't reallly care | 0.05% | 1 |
| david tennant | 0.05% | 1 |
| all military members | 0.05% | 1 |
| no one i can think of | 0.05% | 1 |
| mickey mouse | 0.05% | 1 |
| jean | 0.05% | 1 |
| the ones on here i know, i certainly wouldn't vote for. | 0.05% | 1 |
| im not sure | 0.05% | 1 |
| ted cruz | 0.05% | 1 |
| no one is compelling enough | 0.05% | 1 |
| stephen harper | 0.05% | 1 |
| ian somerholder | 0.05% | 1 |
| i have no idea | 0.05% | 1 |
| jon stewart | 0.05% | 1 |
| gene simmons | 0.05% | 1 |
| no one deserves this | 0.05% | 1 |
| na i am not familiar with most of the names on this list | 0.05% | 1 |
| princess kate | 0.05% | 1 |
| not sure anyone deserves this title. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't know enough about everyone on this list to make a reasonable guess | 0.05% | 1 |
| none of these assholes | 0.05% | 1 |
| military people | 0.05% | 1 |
| stephen colbert | 0.05% | 1 |
| i dont think i'd vote for any of these | 0.05% | 1 |
| to hard to decide | 0.05% | 1 |
| tom hiddleston | 0.05% | 1 |
| myles monroe | 0.05% | 1 |
| gafdf | 0.05% | 1 |
| jesus christ | 0.05% | 1 |
| west | 0.05% | 1 |
| darrin wilson is hero of the hero for tolerating the lies told about what forced him to shoot the criminal pig michael brown. brown never had his hands up to surrender. never! that was a lie from the very first the grand jury proved didn't happen! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i really don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| matthew mcconnahay | 0.05% | 1 |
| no clue | 0.05% | 1 |
| scott walker | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't care | 0.05% | 1 |
| somebody that saved someone life | 0.05% | 1 |
| bugs bunny | 0.05% | 1 |
| i do not care | 0.05% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't know. | 0.05% | 1 |
| john piper | 0.05% | 1 |
| putin | 0.05% | 1 |
| n/a it's meaningless! | 0.05% | 1 |
| toby | 0.05% | 1 |
| unknown | 0.05% | 1 |
| officer wilson | 0.05% | 1 |
| . | 0.05% | 1 |
| tom selleck | 0.05% | 1 |
| no-one | 0.05% | 1 |
| me ... don't know the others, so vote for me | 0.05% | 1 |
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Time's 2013 Person of the Year was Pope Francis. Over the years Time has had some controversial choices--after all it is the biggest newsmaker of the year--not the most popular choice. Which of these controversial cover choices do you think should NOT have won the cover?
Adolf Hitler -- 1938
38%
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744 votes
Joseph Stalin -- 1942
18%
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353 votes
Nikita Khrushchev -- 1957
11%
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222 votes
Ayatullah Khomeini -- 1979
13%
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253 votes
Rudy Giuliani -- 2001 (many felt it should have been Bin Laden--another controversial choice?)
9%
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171 votes
Feel all the above were good choices--if not controversial
19%
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374 votes
None should have been Person of the Year
31%
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613 votes
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