--- title: #BetterWaysToElectPOTUS: Twitter Users Mock Election Process description: The hashtag mocks the presidential election process. canonical: https://time.com/4207192/twitter-betterwaystoelectpotus-hashtag/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-03T23:48:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:41.416Z article:section: Politics og:title: #BetterWaysToElectPOTUS: Twitter Users Mock Election Process og:description: The hashtag mocks the presidential election process og:url: https://time.com/4207192/twitter-betterwaystoelectpotus-hashtag/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: #BetterWaysToElectPOTUS: Twitter Users Mock Election Process twitter:description: The hashtag mocks the presidential election process twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Twitter Users Brainstormed Some #BetterWaysToElectPOTUS and They're Amazing by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 3, 2016 11:48 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 3, 2016 11:48 PM UTC After reports that some of the Iowa caucuses [were literally determined with a coin flip](http://time.com/4204049/iowa-caucus-coin-toss-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/), Twitter users on Wednesday mobbed the #BetterWaysToElectPOTUS hashtag to mock the Presidential election process and suggest some new ideas for picking a Commander in Chief. Comedy writer Will Presti appears to have started the tag and it quickly trended to number one in the U.S. as users joined in with their own jokes. > [](https://twitter.com/WillPresti/status/694943487750438913) “I thought it would be a funny idea anyway but the Iowa coin toss was probably the impetus that brought it to the forefront of my mind,” Presti told TIME. Below are some of the best #BetterWaysToElectPOTUS tweets: > [](https://twitter.com/TinaDesireeBerg/status/694994759782260736) > [](https://twitter.com/VodkaNCandy/status/694992333184499712) > [](https://twitter.com/laurenoneil/status/694999206092804096) > [](https://twitter.com/ItsDavidBlaze/status/694967665870381057) > [](https://twitter.com/theclobra/status/694948162214060032) And a tribute to TIME’s August Donald Trump [cover photo-shoot](http://time.com/4141783/time-person-of-the-year-runner-up-donald-trump-eagle-gif/). > [](https://twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/694990464286494720) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4207192/twitter-betterwaystoelectpotus-hashtag/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4207192/twitter-betterwaystoelectpotus-hashtag/"},"headline":"Twitter Users Brainstormed Some #BetterWaysToElectPOTUS and They're Amazing","datePublished":"2016-02-03T23:48:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:41.416Z","description":"The hashtag mocks the presidential election process.","url":"https://time.com/4207192/twitter-betterwaystoelectpotus-hashtag/","keywords":["2016 Election","Newsfeed","Social Media","2016 Election topic","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4207192/twitter-betterwaystoelectpotus-hashtag/","name":"Twitter Users Brainstormed Some #BetterWaysToElectPOTUS and They're Amazing"}}]}] ```