Too good to pass up (and never forget the importance of validation!): The website FiveThirtyEight (a wonderful statistical analysis news site) reported that the data from their article Luke Skywalker vs. Hillary Clinton was further analyzed by Christopher Ingraham at the Wonkblog, ‘Walter Hickey on the popularity of “Star Wars” characters‘ with the addition of the 2016 presidential candidates. Ingraham showed how the only movie characters receiving less support than politicians were Emperor Palpatine and Jar Jar Binks.
Stephen Colbert was apparently also tickled by the findings and produced this sketch in which he announced, “I am now officially endorsing Darth Vader for president of the United States.” Colbert’s support could be influential, so rest assured we’ll be factoring it into our prediction model in 2016.
Darth Vader For President
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