Angela Merkel, AOC, Hillary Clinton, and Queen Elizabeth. Keep in mind this is a survey of American citizens....

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Legit question, what has Michelle Obama done in the last four years that would make her more influential than the other figures by any metric?

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Tbf this usually just translates into "public figures people recognize". I mean the queen hasn't done anything notable either. Just ask "name a woman public figure" and you'll probably get similar results.

    • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Got into the podcast game baby. All the influential people are doing it! Andrew Yang, Prince Harry and Megan Markel, the Dersh....

    • SpoonOfTuna [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think it has less to do with what she's done (IIRC she started a lot of programs for children's health) and more to do with her as a symbol as a black woman as the First Lady