MI Gov. Rick Snyder Leads 'Most Disappointing' Poll

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This happened last week:

The West Bloomfield physician whose study informed the world of the Flint water crisis has been nominated to TIME magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential leaders.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who has said in the past that the Flint water crisis is his Waterloo, got a big nomination from a major magazine, too. Just don’t expect him to tout it on his resume.

Fortune magazine on Wednesday asked its readers to rank the “world’s 19 most disappointing leaders,” and Snyder holds a commanding lead in the early voting.

The magazine said of Snyder:

“Snyder and his team sparked national outrage after an attempt at cost-savings left the impoverished city of Flint, Mich. with a lead-tainted water supply that is being blamed for illness and brain damage, especially among its youngest residents. Called to testify before Congress, Snyder, who touted his competence in his gubernatorial campaign, labeled the experience the ‘most humbling’ of his life — then attempted to shift blame. He described it as a ‘failure of government’ and blasted the Environmental Protection Agency for its ‘dumb and dangerous’ rules on allowable amounts of lead in water systems.”

Among others on the dubious list are former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn, brought down by the automaker’s emissions cheating scandal; Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff, a political prisoner hailed as a hero during the country’s 21-year military regime but now facing impeachment; and Chipotle co-CEOs Steve Ells and Montgomery Moran, whose customers suffered through nightmarish bouts with E. coli, Salmonella and Norovirus.

Snyder has governor’s mansion company in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was nominated for his role in the “Bridgegate” scandal. Also on the list is Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who with Christie, earn the magazine’s scorn for the most and second-most “breathtakingly craven” political moves of the year.

Here’s the full list, along with Fortune’s take on why they’re disappointing:

• Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder: “Don’t Blame Me, I’m Just The Governor Award”
• Martin Winterkorn, former chairman of Volkswagen: “The Burned Rubber Prize”
• Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos: “The Black Box Award”
• Martin Shkreli, founder and former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals: “The Shkreli Prize”
• Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer: “I Lost My Strategy Under the Sofa, Special Citation”
• Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh: “The Leon Trotsky Prize for Reorganization”
• Former Zenefits CEO Parker Conrad: “The George Costanza Medal for In-Office Frolics”
• Outgoing Valeant CEO Michael Pearson: “The ‘Welcome Back, Now Please Leave’ Certificate”
• Former FIFA chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini: “The ‘We Are Shocked — Shocked! — To Discover Payoffs’ Award”
• Former J. Walter Thompson CEO Gustavo Martinez: “The ‘What Wouldn’t Don Draper Say?’ Medal”
• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: “Prize for the Most Breathtakingly Craven Political Move of the Year”
• Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: “Second Most Breathtakingly Craven Political Move of the Year”
• Chipotle co-CEOs Steve Ells and Montgomery Moran: “The ‘This Time We Swear We’ve Fixed It’ Prize”
• Former COO and CEO of the Wounded Warrior Project Al Giordano and Steve Nardizzi: “Big Spenders Award”
• Former United Continental CEO Jeff Smisek: “The Back Scratch Prize”
• Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff: “The ‘Don’t Blame It On Rio’ Award

If you’d like to vote, go here.

And, if you’d rather weigh in on one of the heroes of the Flint water crisis — Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha — go here. She ranked 16th Wednesday afternoon.