# 2020 Time Person of the Year: Is there any debate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194 "2020-06-07T06:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/121 "2020-12-10T20:18:48Z")
Nah I think the cover will be Fauci with a bunch of people in scrubs around himself and they’ll as diverse as possible ---
**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/122 "2020-12-11T00:57:39Z")
Have they always put out a “finalists” list? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/123 "2020-12-11T01:24:14Z")
Between Biden and the healthcare workers, my logic is this: I can’t imagine Biden supporters being upset at those fighting COVID winning. But I imagine people thinking that Biden hasn’t yet really done anything and COVID-19 was the biggest thing. I don’t see Trump winning again, and the Radical Justice Movement, while it would have won in a non-COVID non election year, has been a mixed bag with results so far. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/124 "2020-12-11T03:22:40Z")
> [@FigNorton](#): > > Have they always put out a “finalists” list? I imagine not, given that the logical two finalists in 2001 would have been Rudy Guliani vs. Osama bin Laden. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/125 "2020-12-11T03:31:07Z")
[It is: Racial-Justice Organizers]([Racial-Justice Organizers: TIME's Guardians of the Year 2020 | Time](https://time.com/guardians-of-the-year-2020-racial-justice-organizers)) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/126 "2020-12-11T03:45:24Z")
Definitely works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/127 "2020-12-11T03:49:30Z")
I think I would have gone for George Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/128 "2020-12-11T03:55:54Z")
It’s Biden/Harris > ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/129 "2020-12-11T04:13:58Z")
That is one terrible looking cover. Like an intern spent 10 minutes in photoshop. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/130 "2020-12-11T05:40:27Z")
I would have gone with Virus of the Year. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/131 "2020-12-11T07:06:52Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I would have gone with Virus of the Year He already got it in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/132 "2020-12-11T08:07:24Z")
I’m looking forward to Trump freaking out, period. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/133 "2020-12-11T12:48:37Z")
I apologize for twice indicating the wrong pick. Apparently, they have a bunch of sub-awards. Is this the first time the Vice-President was also selected with the President. Uh, elect. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/134 "2020-12-11T12:49:19Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > That is one terrible looking cover I agree. Trump’s was intentionally dark back when he won, but this one is just not great. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/135 "2020-12-11T12:56:12Z")
Healthcare workers: hands down. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/136 "2020-12-11T15:13:57Z")
The logical and obvious choice was healthcare workers/Fauci. I think going with Biden/Harris was a purposeful troll of Trump. He’d be pissed if Fauci was on the cover, but he must be enraged with Biden and a woman. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/137 "2020-12-11T15:24:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is this the first time the Vice-President was also selected with the President. Uh, elect. As far as I can tell, Harris is the first sitting Vice-President or VP-Elect to be POTY at all. (GHW Bush didn’t win when he was elected President in 1988 while VP; “The Endangered Earth” did.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/138 "2020-12-11T15:27:36Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > As far as I can tell, Harris is the first sitting Vice-President or VP-Elect to be POTY at all. I have not yet read the article, but with her being female, Black, and Asian, I think she has special impact for many. I’m presuming that is why she is included. It will be prescient if she becomes president in the next decade. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/139 "2020-12-11T19:59:13Z")
I’m impressed by your crystal ball and would like to know what else it is revealing to you! 😍 👏 I’m particularly interested in how long the impending civil war will last. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194/140 "2020-12-11T20:13:03Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I think going with Biden/Harris was a purposeful troll of Trump. He’d be pissed if Fauci was on the cover, but he must be enraged with Biden and a woman. Agreed, this is the only way this makes any sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-time-person-of-the-year-is-there-any-debate/855194.md?page=8)