# Who would be the democrats "celebrity" candidate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 8, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336 "2016-05-08T20:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/21 "2016-05-10T13:07:23Z")
Wait, Jimmy Buffett is alive? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/22 "2016-05-10T13:16:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Hahaha…google ‘Democratic Celebrities’ and check out the third image from the left on the top of the page. > > I won’t tell you who, but it’s a laugher. 😃 > > ETA: Kevin Spacey. Hey, he’s already got more faux-presidential experience than Trump, and he could go full-Keyser Soze on anyone who didn’t vote for him. With Julia Louis-Dreyfus as his running mate, natch. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/23 "2016-05-10T13:24:46Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Oprah Winfrey. She’s the obvious choice. Tons of money, politically involved, already has a huge fan base. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/24 "2016-05-27T18:08:48Z")
Tom Hanks or George Clooney. Both have the smarts and the political cred - and Clooney, the looks - to be elected to just about anything they chose to run for (although I doubt they ever will). ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/25 "2016-05-27T19:47:37Z")
Trump would run as a Democrat with 100% Democratic positions if he felt he could get the same sort of response from Dem voters that he’s getting from Repubs. Remember the next member of the House Joe the Plumber? He had huge support until he exposed himself as too stupid even for rural Republicans. > [@panache45](#): > > The only one comparable to Trump would be Jerry Springer . . . though he’s held political office. Actually I think Springer is partially responsible for the Trump phenomenon. Springer must be a lot more famous in Ohio (understandably). He’s seen in the rest of the country as a third rate daytime TV host. Sort of the equivalent of Geraldo Rivera. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/26 "2016-05-29T04:46:36Z")
Mark Zuckerberg, when he turns 35. Bill Gates. Neil DeGrasse Tyson. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/27 "2016-05-29T05:35:34Z")
Hillary Clinton **is** the Dems’ celebrity candidate. She and Trump were the only two presidential candidates whose names were widely known to the general public before this election season started. Not even Cruz or Rubio or Sanders had their degree of national name-recognition. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/28 "2016-05-29T06:10:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hillary Clinton **is** the Dems’ celebrity candidate. She and Trump were the only two presidential candidates whose names were widely known to the general public before this election season started. Not even Cruz or Rubio or Sanders had their degree of national name-recognition. I think the OP meant pop culture celebrity. I would say Jon Bon Jovi, or Kanye West. Historical side note; in 1999, Warren Beatty [flirted](http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9908/12/beatty.president.nyt/) with a POTUS run. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/29 "2016-05-29T06:15:40Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Yes, I can see Oprah or Clooney. Also Rob Reiner. That meathead? 😃 Joe Walsh. He’s run a couple of mock campaigns, for president in 1980 and for vice president in 1992, but in 2012 he said he was seriously considering running for Congress. Maybe now that the Eagles are no more, he’ll make a serious run for political office. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336/30 "2016-05-29T07:03:57Z")
The smoker you drink, the politicker you get. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-the-democrats-celebrity-candidate/754336.md?page=1)