This year's presidential election was quite exceptional.
Donald Trump won. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and Fulton's vote. Gary Johnson barely made a dent.
Beyond that, Georgia also had 17 write-in candidates including independent candidate Evan McMullin of Utah and Green Party nominee Jill Stein.
But thousands of voters in Fulton County decided to express their ideals another way entirely, by casting an ineligible ballot for something else — fictional characters, pets, food — instead of choosing one of the 20 candidates offered.
Below, a list of 85 people and things that voters in Fulton County believe in :
- A wilted head of lettuce
- Abe Lincoln (plus Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Harry S. Truman)
- Bacon
- Batman (and of course, Superman)
- Bart Simpson (Homer Simpson and Krusty the Clown also made appearances. Ay Caramba.)
- Beyonce (additional music stars included Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson, Justin Timberlake, Frank Zappa, Morrissey, Gucci Mane, Jimmy Buffett...)
- Bill Gates
- Bill Murray (other actors-who-someone-wanted-president: Harrison Ford, Matt Damon and Michael Cera)
- Biscuit (presumed VP pick: gravy)
- Bob Marley (and Tupac Shakur)
- Bozo the Clown
- Bret Michaels (musician who starred in VH1 reality show "Rock of Love," and apparently, "Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It")
- Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden
- Buckethead (guitarist known for wearing a bucket on his head)
- Bugs Bunny (plus Mickey Mouse, Snoopy, Woody Woodpecker, Elmo and Pinky and the Brain)
- Bush (unclear whether band or Jeb or Billy or plant or...)
- Captain America
- Chicago Cubs
- Chuck my Cat (there was also Hooter the Dog, Rambo my dog and Pepper my roommate's cat)
- Daenerys Targeryn [sic] (Game of Thrones princess, Mother of Dragons)
- Dale Murphy (former Braves player; Nick Saban, Tim Tebow and Tom Brady also got votes)
- Daniel Tosh (comedian who makes jokes on the internet)
- Darth Vader (Hon [sic] Solo and Luke Skywalker also showed up)
- Dirt
- Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (the egomaniac president in "Idiocracy")
- Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
- Francis J Underwood (the murderous president in "House of Cards")
- Giant Meteor
- Hawkeye Pierce (protagonist in "M*A*S*H")
- Hip hop artist Common
- Huckleberry Finn
- Jack Bauer (the gravelly-voiced hero in "24")
- Jimmy Fallon (talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Stephen T. Colbert and Jon Stewart were on there too)
- Justin Trudeau
- Ken Bone (the guy who wore a red sweater and for some reason everyone loved him, until they didn't)
- Love (also: Lucifer)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist)
- Patch Adams
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
- Superwoman Hillary Clinton (the thought process here is unclear)
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