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On election day, Carroll was the second-most popular candidate, beating Christie by nearly 3,000 votes.

It was retweeted so many times by his Belieber following that it took the slot of second-most-popular tweet of the year.

Well, if the numbers turn out to be 50-to-49-to-1, I would be the most-popular girl at the prom.

Which is what makes the most-popular lists at the Times so intriguing.

A plague of injuries left the (arguably) most-popular dancer, Alex Wong, out for the season.