According to a report on the website of the US "Washington Observer" on April 19, quoted by Reference News Network, after US President Biden was selected into "Time" magazine's "100 Most Influential People" for three consecutive years, the magazine did not include him and former presidents this year. President Trump is on the list.
reported that this is the first time since at least 2000 that neither presidential candidate was included in the Time 100 list in an election year.
It is understood that Biden and Trump were on the list in 2020, and the former US first lady and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Trump were on the list in 2016. In addition, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the first African-American president in U.S. history, Barack Obama, American politician John McCain, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and former U.S. President George W. Bush are all Was on the list.
reported that this move deepened the frustration of voters, that is, the two presidential candidates in the 2024 election are extremely unpopular. Time magazine also didn’t mention Trump or Biden in an article explaining how it selected the people on this year’s list.
According to a previous report by the Global Times, a joint opinion poll released by the New York Times and Siena College, an American private university, on the 13th of this month showed that Biden had almost wiped out Trump’s early poll advantage. According to reports, Trump’s support rate is 46%, only one percentage point ahead of Biden. When Trump almost locked up the Republican presidential nomination in late February, he led Biden by 48% to 43%.
It is worth mentioning that the report mentioned at the time that despite the fierce competition between the two parties, data shows that people still have doubts about the direction of the country and the economic situation. About 64% of voters believe that "the country is moving in the wrong direction," and nearly 80% of voters still rate the country's economic situation as "average or poor," including the majority of Democratic voters.
In addition, US Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been on the list many times in the past, is not on the list this year.
According to reports, "Time" magazine has selected the "Top 100 Most Influential People" every year since 2004, selecting the top 100 influential people in the world who are leading trends in all walks of life. The 100 figures are divided into five major units: "heroes and pioneers", "leaders and revolutionaries", "scientists and thinkers", "creators and heavyweights" and "artists and entertainment people". The shortlist is announced around April or May every year.
The Time 100 list has always been composed of entertainers, athletes, tycoons and media figures, and there is no shortage of heavyweight politicians.
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