# Pick a fictional character and tell us how they vote. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078 "2012-08-20T17:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/61 "2012-08-22T16:55:26Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Here’s a tough one: anyone want to take a guess on Solid Snake? He feels like he was used and abandoned by the government, but surely his strong feelings about peace and nuclear non-proliferation must account for something? (I never played the 4th one) Wouldn’t he know that his vote doesn’t count thanks to Lalilulelo? So why bother? ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/62 "2012-08-22T18:29:45Z")
Two-Face flips a coin in the voting both. Captain America is definitely a Democrat, so is Spider-Man. Anakin Skywalker - Republican. Obi-Wan and Yoda - Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/63 "2012-08-22T18:35:13Z")
Princess Leia is a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/64 "2012-08-22T18:45:01Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Ned Flanders is a Christian Democrat. While not a socialist per se, he is the personification of “Love Thy Neighbor” and fully believes that we as a society need to do right by the underprivileged. So basically William Jennings Bryant v. 2? > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Princess Leia is a Republican. She’s very reminiscent of the Kennedys so I’d say a rich Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/65 "2012-08-22T18:51:13Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > … She’s very reminiscent of the Kennedys so I’d say a rich Democrat. Nah, she’s a royalist – definitely Republican. Not like one of the crazies today, more like an Eisenhower Republican. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/66 "2012-08-22T20:12:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Nah, she’s a royalist – definitely Republican. Not like one of the crazies today, more like an Eisenhower Republican. Ok, but you know that the definition of lowercase r “republican” is the antithesis of a royalist?\* 🙂 Sounds about right though, not exactly a weak monarch, but not without democratic reform. All will be fine until the people find out how much she’s spending from the royal coffers on hair-cinnamon bun work. \*Unless you’re one of those far-right/far-left people on the internet who bemoans/celebrates your belief that the US “is not a democracy,” confusing that term with “direct democracy” and republic with “representative democracy.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/67 "2012-08-22T20:21:43Z")
Also, she’s not one of Nixon’s “cloth coat” Republicans. I can’t recall which Republican represented the fur coat Republicans. Mind you, I’m talking about dress code now, more an issue of elitism than right or left. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/68 "2012-08-22T22:17:49Z")
Locutus of Borg; voting is irrelavent, you will be assimilated Dr. Heinz Doofenschmirtz; Builds a “Vote for Heinz-Inator”, it works… Sort of…the next president is a bottle of Heinz ketchup Scorpius (Farscape); definitely a Bush/Cheney republican ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/69 "2012-08-22T23:59:51Z")
Captain America is conservative, but still votes Democrat in memory of FDR. Nick Fury votes Republican because he’s strong on defense. The Hulk votes Green. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/70 "2012-08-23T00:04:23Z")
Green Lantern votes Republican. Green Arrow votes Socialist. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/71 "2012-08-23T00:08:10Z")
Harry Potter votes Labour. Hermione votes LibDem. Ron Weasely is just vaguely aware that muggles have elections. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/72 "2012-08-23T01:17:17Z")
Joe Leaphorn says “fuck the white man his election bullshit”. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/73 "2012-08-23T17:25:17Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > (I never played the 4th one) Wouldn’t he know that his vote doesn’t count thanks to Lalilulelo? So why bother? Guess you have a good point there. We’ll put Snake down as “disenfranchised.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/74 "2012-08-23T21:09:27Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > I think McCoy in one episode said flat out, “I vote Republican.” Wish I could provide a cite. > > But I was shocked . . . shocked . . . and appalled. Eh. New York Republicans are very different from those outside of the Northeast, and tend to be pretty liberal even for that region. I have no gripe with them, except that they tend to endorse crazier republicans elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/75 "2012-08-24T01:27:49Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Eh. New York Republicans are very different from those outside of the Northeast, and tend to be pretty liberal even for that region. I have no gripe with them, except that they tend to endorse crazier republicans elsewhere. I feel the same way about southern Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/76 "2012-08-24T02:39:57Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I feel the same way about southern Democrats. The Tyrannosaurus Rex in _Jurassic Park_ was a total DINO. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/77 "2012-08-29T20:18:52Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > As much as I love King of the Hill, I do have to say that the most unbelievable aspect of Hank is that he’s ok with homosexuality. As you said, he’d be against gay marriage for religious reasons, and yeah probably be ok with a civil union type of thing, but given everything else we know about him (born\* and raised in Texas, conservative, religious, traditional, strong ‘family values’,) it seems to me he would be the type that, while not standing out there with a ‘God Hate Fags’ sign, would just say, > > “It’s wrong! A man goes with a woman, everyone knows that!” in his exasperated “I’m the only sane mane in an insane world” voice. Born and raised in Texas, conservative, religious, traditional, strong ‘family values’ includes several close friends of mine. None of them have any problems with Teh Gay. Conservatism holds a really big umbrella, and even where they’re concerned about the ‘decay of moral fabric’ they tend to also love their neighbors. One has a very gay brother and they all have gay friends who they love, honor, and cherish. It takes all sorts to make a world. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/78 "2012-08-30T18:46:15Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > I think you just stumbled onto it: Superman doesn’t vote, because it would amount to stuffing the ballot box after Clark Kent voted. I was reading an article somewhere where they were discussing Superman’s immigration status. I think the determination was that an abandoned child found in the US is deemed to be a US citizen unless proof is found before the child turns 18 (I’m not sure if the proof has to be presented to a court or INS to ‘count’). If the child turns 18 and proof is later found of foreign birth, he is still deemed a citizen because it’s too late now. Arguably, you might also also make the case that the spaceship he was sent in was an artificial birthing chamber and therefore he was actually “born” on US soil as he came out of the ship only after it landed in Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/79 "2012-08-31T15:41:40Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > I was reading an article somewhere where they were discussing Superman’s immigration status. I think the determination was that an abandoned child found in the US is deemed to be a US citizen unless proof is found before the child turns 18 (I’m not sure if the proof has to be presented to a court or INS to ‘count’). If the child turns 18 and proof is later found of foreign birth, he is still deemed a citizen because it’s too late now. Arguably, you might also also make the case that the spaceship he was sent in was an artificial birthing chamber and therefore he was actually “born” on US soil as he came out of the ship only after it landed in Kansas. The born-on-US-soil bit was definitely true in the Byrne revamp. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078/80 "2012-08-31T17:18:44Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Robin is a naturalized US citizen. I assume that someone at INS lost a bet so we had to take her. What do you mean _lost_?! I think the US comes out a net winner in that situation, so long as she never reverts back to Robin Sparkles. Also, technically, she has dual citizenship with Canada. That way, she could rob a liquor store while still saying sorry when someone bumps into her. Also, she’s scared of the dark. Ok, she’s not scared of the dark…she doesn’t like it, but who does? > [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Ned Flanders is a Christian Democrat. While not a socialist per se, he is the personification of “Love Thy Neighbor” and fully believes that we as a society need to do right by the underprivileged. Seasons 1-10 Ned fits this, but in later seasons the writers turned Ned into your typical “God hate fags,” “teach creationism in school,” etc… style-Christian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-fictional-character-and-tell-us-how-they-vote/632078.md?page=5)