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Novelty candidates sometimes get elected, e.g. Stuart Drummond. > Drummond immediately decided to concentrate on politics and ceased being H'Angus; he was quot
by thih9 3mo ago
Novelty candidates sometimes get elected, e.g. Stuart Drummond.
> Drummond immediately decided to concentrate on politics and ceased being H'Angus; he was quoted as saying, "I am Stuart Drummond, I am the Mayor of Hartlepool, not the monkey." Drummond was re-elected in 2005, more than doubling his vote (up to over 16,000)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H'Angus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H'Angus
- TomK32 3mo agoHe was re-elected once more in 2009 and because the English have a really weird political system, the direct election of mayor was abolished by a vote in 2012 making him the first, last and only directly elected mayor the town ever had.
- GeoAtreides 3mo agoNot only do they get elected, sometimes they become heroes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
- Cthulhu_ 3mo agoDon't think they intended to be a novelty or parody candidate though. Just someone famous for something else turning to politics, just like Schwarzenegger.