Do you belive the US is the most influential country in the world?

Having visited other countries in my lifetime, I feel that the US only feels that it's influential, when in reality it's doesn't quite have the impact that most people here believe.
Historically the Europeans have blazed the trails artistically - with music, art, fashion, and literature. They have more realistic views of sexuality - and educate their youth properly. Sure we got Hollywood, most most countries have caught up talent-wise with the movie industry.
Economically our country seems to be just consumers. We buy up cheap products designed else where, and manufactured else where. Our cars, electronics and technology are rarely successful when competing with other countries. Money talks, and with the dollar free falling in value for who knows how long, in time our dollars will end up only whispering in the world economy.
The US is ranked very low education-wise, our youth does not seemed concerned with catching up to the rest of the world in math or science. Most foreigners who come to the US for secondary education return home with their knowledge.
We're not the first country with a minority leader, and we have yet to allow a woman to be in charge.
I don't think the US is most influential, I think the US is most watched, as the rest of the world is curious to see where we will end up. At times, like a never-ending bad soap opera. (Go bubble boy!)
So, I voted B) no.

at this moment in time, yes.

Yes, without a doubt, after WWII ended, the United States and the Soviet Union were the 2 main superpowers, and when the Cold War ended in 1991 because the USSR collapsed, that left the United States the only and still current, remaining superpower. A lot of people say that China might have a more powerful military than the U.S. right now, but still the United States is the most financially powerful Country.

It depends on what kind of influence you are talking about. After reading the question, I immediately thought about cultural influences. We are definitely the most influential country as far as culture goes. Cultural leveling is occuring and the people of other countries act more like us. Who would have thought that some people in the Middle East would ever enjoy listening to Metallica?

Yes it is, currently.

Depends if you mean economically, politically, militarily, or indirectly, influential.

Of those, I would suggest that the United States is the most militarily influential, and probably the most politically influential (if not #1 in this category, I think we're moving back towards it).

For economic influence, China is tops. For indirect influence in the world, I think volatile countries such as Iran or North Korea are at the top of the list. They're influential simply because of their unpredictability and martyr-type attitude.

of course it is (for better or worse).

I voted yes, but looking at it more closely, the US is actually enormously dependent on Chinese production and credit -- without the former its consumer market would collapse, and without the latter its public budget. On the other hand no other country has such a low threshold to intervene and meddle in the domestic policies of other sovereign nations, so I guess you could call it the most influential in therms of belligerency.