Darth Vader for president
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WASHINGTON — FiveThirtyEight has released the results of a poll of Americans’ opinions on the Star Wars universe. Not surprisingly, Jar Jar Binks is the most reviled character in the series.
On the other hand, with a net favourability of -8, Jar Jar is considerably more popular than the U.S. Congress, which has a net favourability rating of -65. Hillary Clinton has the highest net favourability of any 2016 White House contender. But to put her 19 per cent favourable rating in context, she’s tied with Boba Fett, the bounty hunter who froze Harrison Ford in carbonite.
None of the 2016 hopefuls is polling higher than Darth Vader. You’ll recall Vader chopped off his son’s arm and blew up an entire planet, but evidently in the eyes of the American public these are minor sins. These numbers suggest if Star Wars were real and Darth Vader decided to enter the 2016 presidential race, he’d be the immediate front-runner.
— The Washington Post