'Person of the Year': Trump overtaken

In Time's "Person of the Year" poll, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is leading Donald Trump by 3 points.

According to RT, this is the result of a survey conducted after Time magazine opened voting for the award. The results of the "Person of the Year" poll will be announced by Time in December.

Although the title will be decided by the magazine's editors, Time says that reader polls play a crucial role in helping the judges decide who shaped 2016.

At the time the survey was published, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was leading with 12% of the vote. US President-elect Donald Trump was second, with 9%.

In fact, Assange was the subject of numerous articles in 2016 when WikiLeaks released a series of shocking revelations during the US presidential election.

This included leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee that originated from the email account of John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign manager. Assange's influence remained undiminished despite being under house arrest in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Although "Person of the Year" sounds like an award reserved only for uncontroversial figures, there are exceptions. In fact, Adolf Hitler received such an award in 1938.

Time magazine began awarding the "Person of the Year" title in 1927, and this has continued annually. Last year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was awarded the title.

This year, Time presents a range of influential figures from Donald Trump to President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The reader poll will close at 11:59 p.m. on December 4th, and the "Person of the Year" will be announced three days later.

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