DEEZ NUTS
Iowa high school student Brady Olson persuaded Public Policy Polling to test his fake identity against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in North Carolina, even though he is 20 years too young to be President. He got 9% of the vote.
HONEST GIL FULBRIGHT
Actor Frank Ridley’s phony alter ego promises to deceive voters and sell his office to donors. Although he hasn’t filed with the FEC, he beat Jeb Bush in a New Hampshire straw poll and raised $50,000 last quarter, three times as much as Lincoln Chafee.
VERMIN SUPREME
The performance artist has run for President several times since the 1990s. His platform: free ponies for all Americans, mandatory-toothbrushing laws and time-travel research so he can go back to kill Hitler as a baby.
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