Wednesday, July 23, 2014

You Know It's Bad When Darth Vader Is Polling Higher Than All Potential 2016 U.S. Presidential Candidates


Darth Vader Is Polling Higher Than All Potential 2016 Presidential Candidates -- Washington Post

On Tuesday FiveThirtyEight released the results of a poll of Americans' opinions on the "Star Wars" universe. Not surprisingly, Jar Jar Binks is the most reviled character in the series. As Walt Hickey notes, the Gungan from Naboo posted lower favorability numbers than Emperor Palpatine, "the actual personification of evil in the galaxy."

On the other hand, with a net favorability of -8, Jar Jar is considerably more popular than the U.S. Congress, which currently enjoys a net favorability rating of -65. In fact, the last time congressional net favorability was above that was February 2005. Incidentally this was just before the release date of "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," which marked Jar Jar's last appearance on the big screen.

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My Comment: I am not going to make a comment on the obvious.

2 comments:

D.Plowman said...

I'm annoyed that Hillary Clinton is as high as she is, tied with Boba Fett!

War News Updates Editor said...

A friend and regular reader of this blog in China has just emailed me asking why Congress is at the bottom of this list.

LOL ....

I must confess that I am at a loss words .... I have no idea on even where I can start in responding to that question.