Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Doing the Poll Dance


My daughter drew my attention yesterday afternoon to this article in the Washington Post: Voldemort Is Polling Better Than Many Republican Presidential Candidates.

The chart below, from the article, plots favorability ratings of the current crop of presidential wannabes from the latest Washington Post-ABC News and Quinnipiac polls against a survey of Internet users about their feelings toward four of Hollywood's favorite villains ...


What it shows is that Lord Voldemort - the epitome of evil from the Harry Potter stories - is more popular than most of the GOP front-runners ... and that all of the Democratic front-runners and the rest of the Republicans are less popular than Darth Vader, the Terminator, and the shark from Jaws.

Of course, this is not a fully scientific survey, but it does say something about the perceived quality of the people who want to convince us that they are capable and worthy of leading this great nation.

I don't know about you, but Lord Voldemort is looking pretty good right now. And so are others ...


Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

9 comments:

eViL pOp TaRt said...

Where can I get my 'Darth Vader for President' bumper sticker?

Duckbutt said...

Not surprisingly, Donald Trump is at the bottom.

The Mistress of the Dark said...

I want to vote Saxon! (something only a Doctor Who fan would understand)

Mike said...

I thought Darth Vader was Bushs' vice president.

Bilbo said...

Mike - it's a common mistake.

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer said...

Hillary Clinton is Voldemart.

Linda Kay said...

Hmmm....and we are going to be voting in the not too distant future to narrow down the field. Really? Ugh!

allenwoodhaven said...

"Why choose the lesser evil" That's quite a campaign slogan!
It just might work....

Hell Hound said...

I guess we'll have a new meaning to Jump the Shark!