Who tops the list of popular vs. unpopular personalities in the world?

Gallup just came out with a new poll of the most popular figures in the world opposed to the most unpopular figures in the world [ and before you ask, no, I don’t know why Vladimir Putin isn’t on the list ] and I wanted to read the results to you because they amuse me.

These are the most popular:

5. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, with a ranking of negative 4 percentage points.

4. Emmanuel Macron of France, with a ranking of negative 1 percentage points.

3. Bernie Sanders, with a positive ranking of 11 percentage points.

2. Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a positive rating of 18 percentage points.

1. The most popular figure in the world right now is Pope Leo XIV, with a positive ranking of 46 percentage points.

Now for the most unpopular:

5. With a ranking of negative 12 is that drunk, Pete Hegseth. There must be a lot of alcoholics out there to rate him that high.

4. A tie between little Marco Rubio and …

3. Donald Trump, with a negative ranking of 16 percentage points. I don’t understand why Rubio is disliked to that extent, or that Trump is liked that much.

2. With a rating of negative 23 is Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.

1. The most unpopular person in the world right now is Elon Musk with a negative 28 percentage point ranking.

Those are the most popular vs. the most unpopular personalities in the world right now according to Gallup. You’ll notice that not one of the five most popular are involved in the Trump regime, but four of the five most unpopular are either Trump himself, members of his regime or people who are affiliated with his regime.

Voters, take note.

About the author:

Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone’s stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra’s Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year’s Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone’s comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled “December” for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman’s Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone’s novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild’s award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”

Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida’s best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.

As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn’t look a day over 94.

Contact Del at [email protected]. He is also on Facebook, twitter, Pinterest, tumblr, TikTok, and Instagram. Visit his website at delstonejr.com .