Time Person of the Year

Survey of 800 Likely Voters

December 19-20, 2007

1* How closely have you followed recent news stories about Time’s Person of the Year?

17% Very closely
26% Somewhat closely
29% Not very closely
24% Not at all
3% Not sure

2* Do you know who was selected as Times Person of the Year?

42% Vladimir Putin
14% Al Gore
3% Condoleezza Rice

2% J.K. Rowling

2% Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
1% David Petraeus
0% Steve Jobs
0% Hu Jintao
35% Not sure

3* If you were on the committee to vote for this year’s Time’s person of the year, would you have voted for Vladimir Putin, Al Gore, J.K. Rowling, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Condoleezza Rice, Steve Jobs, David Petraeus or Hu Jintao?

37% Al Gore

21% Condoleezza Rice

13% David Petraeus

4% Vladimir Putin
4% J.K. Rowling

3% Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3% Steve Jobs

1% Hu Jintao
14% Not sure

4* Has Vladimir Putin helped or hurt Russia over the past year?

21% Helped
43% Hurt
9% Made no impact
27% Not sure

5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Vladimir Putin?

3% Very favorable
17% Somewhat favorable
39%Somewhat unfavorable
20% Very unfavorable
21% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence