alt Hacker News> Every election should have a funny absurdist person like this absorbing all the blank and null votes to give the other candidates more incentives to convince the electorate.
We have absurdist clown candidates in America, the difference is they actually win... even after failed attempts at insurrection.
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dylan604 • yesterday at 6:44 PM
Don't forget about the California recall that put Arnold in charge. There were pornstars and all sorts absurdist candidates due to the nature of how the recall works. More recently, you had some ex-reality TV personality running for mayor of LA.
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Here in Brazil we once had an actual clown on a representative election, with a slogan that translates to "I literally can't make it worse!" (but was a pun in Portuguese.)
He was the most voted candidate, and is now a professional politician. He failed to make good on his slogan...