As always, TIME's editors will choose the Person of the Year (issue date December 31, 2012, on sale December 21). The winner of the people's choice for the person who most influenced the news this year for better or worse will be announced on December 14. Voting closes at 11:59 PM on December 12th.
| Name | Definitely | No Way |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Jong Un | 5,635,941 | 137,986 |
| Jon Stewart | 2,366,324 | 63,213 |
| Undocumented Immigrants | 1,554,085 | 328,710 |
| Gabby Douglas | 1,515,215 | 79,167 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein | 1,487,945 | 56,021 |
| Stephen Colbert | 1,446,656 | 270,675 |
| Chris Christie | 1,368,767 | 401,011 |
| Hillary Clinton | 1,317,815 | 485,059 |
| Ai Weiwei | 1,151,120 | 456,897 |
| Mohamed Morsi | 874,486 | 2,032,540 |
| Bashar Assad | 857,339 | 353,982 |
| E.L. James | 782,583 | 245,593 |
| Roger Goodell | 691,870 | 99,026 |
| Sheldon Adelson | 618,678 | 427,300 |
| Malala Yousafzai | 340,205 | 48,453 |
| The Mars Rover | 102,477 | 294,597 |
| Psy | 100,722 | 100,308 |
| Barack Obama | 89,182 | 100,584 |
| Felix Baumgartner | 82,316 | 83,570 |
| The Higgs Boson Particle | 73,558 | 299,051 |
| Pussy Riot | 56,881 | 374,714 |
| Bill Clinton | 48,323 | 86,134 |
| Michael Phelps | 42,825 | 91,954 |
| Sandra Fluke | 42,133 | 83,803 |
| Mitt Romney | 30,764 | 541,059 |
| Joe Biden | 29,576 | 103,127 |
| John Roberts | 24,763 | 78,386 |
| Mo Farah | 22,545 | 79,044 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | 21,903 | 130,677 |
| Michael Bloomberg | 21,399 | 99,849 |
| Marissa Mayer | 21,056 | 87,672 |
| Paul Ryan | 17,886 | 109,305 |
| Jay-Z | 14,820 | 111,697 |
| Tim Cook | 13,833 | 100,623 |
| Mario Draghi | 13,544 | 84,907 |
| Xi Jinping | 10,959 | 222,794 |
| Bo Xilai | 8,948 | 99,512 |
| Karl Rove | 5,709 | 109,406 |