With primary season in full swing I thought we’d compare some of our possible future Presidents to the most prominent characters from the famous film, ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.’ I think some of the comparisons are spot-on.

Bernie Sanders/Charlie Bucket:

Honest and generous, these are characteristics that describe both Charlie Bucket and Bernie Sanders. Sanders wants to give everyone in America a fighting chance to be successful by installing ‘Democratic Socialism.’ Charlie, on the other hand, is almost generous to a fault. After winning Wonka’s golden-ticket, Charlie’s first thought is how this will affect his close-knit family. Like Charlie in Willy Wonka, Sanders wants everyone to be on a equal playing field, ensuring that a person’s race, gender and ethnicity won’t hold them back.

Hillary Clinton/Violet Beauregarde:

Hillary Clinton and Violet Beauregarde are two strong competitive women who on the surface seem harmless, but deep down are starving for power. During the film, Violet will tell anyone who is listening about the piece of gum she has been chewing for three months, while Hillary will defend her Benghazi reaction till the cows come home. Just look at the photos above, both women are wearing similar blue blouses, the parallels are uncanny.

Ted Cruz/Mike Teavee:

You know that guy who you know is intelligent but he rather tell you himself? That’s Mike Teavee and Ted Cruz. Both are boldly brash Texans who speak their minds, but also have the facts to back it up most of the time. The two guys will talk your ear off about a multitude of topics, without ever really saying anything of substance. Cruz and Teavee on the surface seem like respectable guys, but once you get below the surface the pair will stab you in the back to get what they want, and in Teavee’s case, shoot you with one of his toy guns. Teavee ended up being the last golden-ticket contestant to get eliminated before Charlie won the factory, and similarly, if polls are any indication, Cruz will be there in the Republican race till the bitter end.

Donald Trump/Augustus Gloop:

Trump and Gloop 2016! What a political tandem these two dynamos would be. Both overweight fellows are rapacious, one in terms of power, and the other in terms of anything edible. Gloop is an outsider in the Wonka movie as he is the only golden-ticket winner from outside of the U.S., while Trump has won many voters over with his brash, non-political nomenclature. Gloop also has that mean streak that we see keep popping out of Trump. In the most recent Wonka film, Gloop offers Charlie a chocolate bar, than retracts the offer and tells Bucket, “You should have bought one for yourself.” Unlike Gloop who was the first winner eliminated, Trump has stuck around and is the favorite for the Republican nomination.

Carly Fiorina/ Veruca Salt:

From a rich family

Comes off as spoiled

Fiery temper

Fiorina and Veruca Salt are a match made in heaven. I’m so glad Fiorina has dropped her presidential campaign because I couldn’t stand her. There’s something draining about being around a person who is always negative and annoying, just ask Veruca Salt’s dad.

Marco Rubio/Willy Wonka:

I had high hopes for Marco Rubio at the beginning of primary season, but he has since waned. Likewise, the golden ticket winners thought the world of Willy Wonka before touring his chocolate factory, but soon realized Wonka was just a grown-up child who has stayed sheltered from the world. Like Wonka, Rubio is ultra-successful, energetic, charismatic and are a pleasure to be around, but both have some self-doubt holding them back from reaching their full potential.

John Kasich/Grandpa Joe:

John Kasich and Grandpa Joe are lovable older guys, who have wisdom growing out of their ears and you would love them to be your grandfathers. I can just see Kasich as a grandfather on the sidelines of a sports game rooting on his grandchild, the way Grandpa Joe tries to keep Charlie’s spirits high after he opens his first Wonka bar and there’s no golden ticket to be found. From the lot of Republican nominees, Kasich has the most common-sense and comes off as the most down to earth person running for president. Comparably Charlie and Grandpa Joe are the proletarians of the golden-ticket winners, and really enjoy the Chocolate Factory tour much more than the other characters. The big thing I love about Kasich and Grandpa Joe are they’re trying to stay young. In the movie, Grandpa Joe miraculously leaves the bed he’s been cooped up in for years to join Charlie on the Chocolate Factory tour, while this Presidential run has brought out the youth in Kasich.