--- title: 2016 Presidential Race Gets Captain America Spin in Video description: Jimmy Kimmel drew a few parallels between the 2016 presidential race and the plot of Captain America: Civil War, creating a new trailer canonical: https://time.com/4290412/presidential-race-captain-america-video-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-12T13:26:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:39:46.574Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the 2016 Race Imagined as a 'Captain America' Trailer og:description: "They both feature powerful men and women who are also cartoon characters" og:url: https://time.com/4290412/presidential-race-captain-america-video-jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ba57fa61cc0b62/69888eb2ab6d7778386a9357/bernie-sanders-captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Campaigns In New York City og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the 2016 Race Imagined as a 'Captain America' Trailer twitter:description: "They both feature powerful men and women who are also cartoon characters" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ba57fa61cc0b62/69888eb2ab6d7778386a9357/bernie-sanders-captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Presidential Race Imagined as a _Captain America_ Trailer  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 12, 2016 1:26 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) attends a Community Conversation at the Apollo Theater on April 9 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) attends a Community Conversation at the Apollo Theater on April 9 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.Eric Thayer/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 12, 2016 1:26 PM UTC Jimmy Kimmel drew a few parallels between the 2016 presidential race and the plot of [_Captain America: Civil War_](http://time.com/4126831/captain-america-civil-war-trailer-iron-man-black-panther/) on Monday, creating a [mock trailer for a new movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3WU-T8JtR4), named simply _America: Civil War._ “Both of them feature former friends who are now enemies,” Kimmel said. “They both feature powerful men and women who are also cartoon characters.” The trailer features a face-off between Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Donald Trump and includes brief appearances by Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson. “This summer, an all-American idealist faces off against a diabolical billionaire,” the trailer says, before showing Sanders in a Captain America suit opposite Trump as Iron Man, arguing over big money and the status of the American dream. 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