Barack Obama - Most influential Man in 2008

Barack Obama was elected the most influential man in the world in 2008 in a poll whose results were published online this Tuesday. In the survey, men had to choose who most influenced their behavior, their shopping and their thoughts.

The Democratic candidate for president came first in voting by site askmen.com, before the president of Apple, Steve Jobs, and swimmer Michael Phelps, who finished in second and third places, respectively.

The Republican candidate, John McCain, was in tenth place on the list, based on 200 thousand votes from readers of the site, whose average age is 27-28 years. The winner of the last search, the English footballer David Beckham, dropped to 25th place in 2008. The survey asked men to consider not only professional success and charisma to 49 men choose their favorites.

James Bassil, editor-in-chief of the site, said the choice of Obama does not necessarily reflect support for his candidacy, but "the interest of the presidential race awakened in the United States."

Stephen Colbert, news anchor's satiric "The Colbert Report" was the only other political figure among the 10 best placed on the list of 2008, which was dominated by athletes, actors and musicians.

Check out the list of most influential men of 2008 the site askmen.com:

1) Barack Obama (candidate for president by the Democratic Party)

2) Steve Jobs (Apple's chairman)

3) Michael Phelps (Olympic swimmer)

4) Robert Downey Jr. (actor)

5) Stephen Colbert (humorist)

6) Gordon Ramsay (chef)

7) Christian Bale (actor)

8) Rob Kay (creator of the video game "Rockband")

9) Cristiano Ronaldo (football player)

10) John McCain (candidate for president by the Republican Party)