Darth Vader Beats Every 2016 Presidential Candidate in the Polls

The polls are in, and Darth Vader's approval rating is significantly higher with Americans than every single politician who is considered to be a potential candidate for the 2016 presidential election. The poll, carried out by the stat gurus over at FiveThirtyEight.com sheds some light on just how unpopular the next batch of Presidential candidates are. While Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Yoda lead the pack, Darth Vader still clocks in with a score that would comfortably see him on his way to the Oval Office.

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The presidential hopeful with the highest polling numbers is Hillary Clinton, with a 19% favorability rating. This would sound respectable, but it actually places her squarely at a tie with Boba Fett, the famous Bounty Hunter that helped place Han Solo in carbonite captivity. As for our nation's current leader, well, he's not looking so hot either. In fact, Barack Obama has an approval rating two points lower than the ultimate manifestation of evil, Emperor Palpatine.

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Other politicians who are polling below Emperor Palpatine include Paul Ryan, Rick Perry, and Jeb Bush. The biggest surprise though may be that Rick Santorum is polling above Jar Jar Binks, but not by much.

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The real loser here is, of course, Congress. When the most reviled character in the Star Wars universe, Jar Jar Binks has a higher favorability rating than you, you know you have issues. Indeed, Binks may have been the symbol of hate towards the prequel trilogy, but he is still polling higher than many prominent politicians, such as Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell, and he beat Congress by a landslide. He had a net -8 favorability rating, while Congress earned a dismal -65. (Although, to be fair, studies have previously shown that Congress is less popular than even the most hated things, such as brussel sprouts, colonoscopies, cockroaches, traffic jams, head lice, and even Nickelback.)

This may lead some of our politicians to ask themselves, "Are we the baddies?"

"But they didn't get to design our uniforms!"