# How "Deplorable" would The Office's Michael Scott be today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorable-would-the-offices-michael-scott-be-today/821752 "2018-09-22T22:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorable-would-the-offices-michael-scott-be-today/821752/21 "2018-09-24T02:12:10Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > So what about Ron Swanson? What about him? Probably wrote in Brad Bird or something. i was JUST about to post that I’m glad 30 Rock and Park and Rec went off the air before 2016. While a lot of clever work could have been done…I don’t particularly trust them to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorable-would-the-offices-michael-scott-be-today/821752/22 "2018-09-24T13:31:01Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I don’t think Michael Scott would have voted at all. This is the answer. He would laugh at the “Grab them by the pussy” statement until Pam told him it wasn’t funny. Then he would sit in his office for a while, and then decide to not vote. He’d tell the office he wasn’t going to vote, and then everyone would yell at him. Then he would rent an office bus to take everyone to the voting place and then somehow not vote, or write in himself. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorable-would-the-offices-michael-scott-be-today/821752/23 "2018-09-24T14:38:33Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > What about him? Probably wrote in Brad Bird or something. > > i was JUST about to post that I’m glad 30 Rock and Park and Rec went off the air before 2016. While a lot of clever work could have been done…I don’t particularly trust them to do it. I’m not sure any sitcom could possibly keep pace with the rapid-fire stupidities presented by this administration. \*South Park \* can just barely keep up. I weep for _Veep_ and the amount of rewriting they must have done to avoid looking quaint or even idealistic. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorable-would-the-offices-michael-scott-be-today/821752/24 "2018-09-24T18:52:02Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > So what about Ron Swanson? He’d vote Libertarian. I don’t see Michael Scott voting, politics would be too messy for him. If he’s racist it’s just an ignorant racism, not a hateful racism. ---
**Author:** ![DarkFire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@DarkFire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkFire)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorable-would-the-offices-michael-scott-be-today/821752/25 "2018-09-25T08:15:50Z")
Michael Scott would not have voted Trump. Yes, he enjoys a lot of the guys antics, might copy some of his phrases but he is too much of a good guy to actually vote for him. Also, he’s easily swayed when Pam (and others) point out the flaws in Trump’s actions. I always got the impression he’d do anything for her. And he wants to be liked by his team. He’d publically apologize for anyone who has ever grabbed anyone else anywhere, totally missing the actual point and in this apology he makes 20 more ridiculous and nasty comments. As for others? Yes, Dwight for sure. But even he would say he hates the man, loves the image he has. Angela…I’m undecided. Ryan would vote Republican no matter what. Phyllis would not vote Trump. She seems like the “I want a woman in power so I’m with her” type. OR that’s what she says but coming out of the booth she says she changed her mind in there and voted Trump. Kelly might abstain from voting because she hates Trump but Clinton isn’t fashionable. Kevin wouldn’t vote for him, because once he ordered Trump’s steaks and they were horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorable-would-the-offices-michael-scott-be-today/821752/26 "2018-09-25T17:08:42Z")
He would write-in something, one word, meant to make the viewer “think,” or at least make the viewer think he’s deep. You would hear his voice-over “Today I cast my vote for \_\_\_\_\_”) as the camera peeks inside the voting booth curtain as he stealthily holds up his ballot for the camera. On the ballot he’s written one word on the Write-In line. One word like, “Love.” “Liberty.” “Respect.” “America.” “Handshakes.” Michael was clueless, but was always desperate to show he was inspirational, a great leader, wise. But in his attempts to do that, he always reinforced his cluelessness. Writing in something like “America” would be typical Michael Scott. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorable-would-the-offices-michael-scott-be-today/821752.md?page=1)