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posted by n1 on Wednesday November 25 2015, @04:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the upstart dept.

TIME Magazine reports:

With eleven days left to go before TIME's 2015 Person of the Year poll[1] come to a close, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the upstart candidate for president, holds a wide lead over global notables among TIME readers even as he trails Hillary Clinton in voter polls and fights a long-shot battle for the Democratic nomination.

The self-described "democratic socialist" currently leads Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist, with 11% in the TIME reader poll compared with her 5%. Sanders also leads Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama and is far ahead of entertainers like Adele (2%) and Jennifer Lawrence (1.7%).

[...] Hillary Clinton has earned 1.3 % of the vote.

[...] Sanders is also beating Donald Trump in the reader poll.

[...] Voting on the reader's choice poll ends Dec. 4 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced Dec 7.

[1] JavaScript-driven

While TIME says that Hillary's popularity in national voter polls is still higher than Bernie's, they fail to mention that Hillary's numbers are slipping while Bernie's numbers continue to climb.


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  • (Score: 3, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @04:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @04:06AM (#267863)

    Let's review your past choices.

    G W Bush: warmongering murderous evil dictatorial tyrant
    B H Obama: warmongering murderous evil dictatorial tyrant

    You stupid fuckers sure do love to vote for evil.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Frost on Wednesday November 25 2015, @07:08AM

    by Frost (3313) on Wednesday November 25 2015, @07:08AM (#267913)

    I've been toying with the idea of a bumper sticker saying, "Bernie Sanders: Not A Lizard," but now I'm not so sure. Is he a lizard? He is, isn't he?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:01AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:01AM (#267940)

    > You stupid fuckers sure do love to vote for evil.

    The Time Person of the Year Award is not about good or bad, it is about having a big place in history.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:07AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @10:07AM (#267942)

      How many Sharks with Lasers can I buy for ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @01:48PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @01:48PM (#267984)

      That used to be the case, but that hasn't been true since 2001. When it was being floated that Bin Laden was being considered that year, the conservative right made a shitstorm over it which turned into bad PR, and in the end they gave it to Bush. They tried to put a positive spin on it, but it was made very clear that you cannot consider any "bad" people any more, and they've stuck to that.

      I'm too lazy to google it for you, but I think they even re-worded the criteria after that to give themselves a bigger loophole to go through so that they wouldn't end up in such an embarrassing situation again.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @02:11PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @02:11PM (#267992)

        Well they gave it to Putin in 2007 and I doubt it was because he's such a great guy.

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by dgeiser13 on Wednesday November 25 2015, @02:08PM

    by dgeiser13 (5964) on Wednesday November 25 2015, @02:08PM (#267990)

    Hitler was their person of the year in 1938 according to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org].

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @02:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @02:18PM (#267995)

      Wooosh!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @03:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 25 2015, @03:10PM (#268014)

    "A pox on both political parties" posts are ALWAYS modded up.

    That doesn't mean they're not absolute nonsense, as parent is.