Vote Geek in 2012: 20 Nerdy/Geeky Presidential Tickets

When an election year rolls around, the one ray of light in a sea of half-truths and unfunny arguments is the things people do to make fun of the political circus. The geeks and nerds always seem to bring their a-game to this task and do so with their usual enthusiasm and wit. Here’s twenty t-shirts with some great fictional presidential tickets that I would frankly rather vote for than any of the real candidates on the ballot this year.

Check out the list after the jump!

As sold on TeeFury.com, designed by user SevenHundred.

01. Geeks in general

This shirt covers four of the biggest online fandom bases – Joss Whedon’s Firefly, the Star Wars universe, the Harry Potter universe, and the original popular sci-fi TV show, Doctor Who.

I’ve got at least my toes in all four of these fandoms, so there are many combinations of hypothetical candidates I’d happily throw my support behind here.

As sold on TeeFury.com, designed by user Bamboota.

02. Bronies (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

A relative newbie in the online fandom scene, children’s tv show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has gained a surprisingly large fanbase of men in the 18-25 age range. These male pony fans refer to themselvse as “bronies.”

I haven’t had much exposure to the world of Bronies, but I sort of imagine it as a frat party where instead of playing beer pong and drinking their alcoholic beverages from red Solo cups, they play with My Little Ponies and drink their alcoholic beverages from china teacups.

Which sounds like an excellent environment for diplomacy, don’t you think?

As sold on RiptApparel.com, designed by user Eozen.

03. Steve Rogers and Tony Stark (Marvel Comics’ Captain America and Iron Man)

Captain America as president and Iron Man as vice president? To be honest, I think I’d rather vote for them than either of the real candidates, even if they aren’t real.

(Full disclosure: I do in fact actually own this shirt, and the first time I wore it I actually told anyone who commented on it that I was sorely tempted to write in these guys when the time comes to vote in November. I was only half-kidding.)

Meanwhile, my friend and I have decided that if Steve and Tony became president and vice-president, their cabinet would clearly be filled with fellow Avengers. We pegged Clint Barton’s Hawkeye as the Secretary of Defense, Natasha Romanoff’s Black Widow as the Secretary of State, and Bruce Banner’s Hulk as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thoughts?

As sold on RedBubble.com, designed by Rachael Thomas.

04. Tony Stark (Marvel Comics’ Iron Man)

But wait, you say, Tony Stark would NEVER consent to being the VICE president! All right, here you go: Stark for president!

It is hard to go wrong in electing a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist who saves the world from supervillains in his free time as the leader of the free world. Although Tony can be a little bit… difficult sometimes. Which is why having Steve Rogers as part of the ticket also sounds like a good idea to me. This shirt doesn’t specify a running mate, so perhaps we can just assume it’s Steve.

As sold on RedBubble.com, designed by Rachael Thomas

05. (Someone from) House Stark (Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire)

Speaking of folks named Stark, I hear winter is coming and the Starks of Winterfell are good to have around on a cold day.

… If you can find one who’s still alive, of course.

As sold on RedBubble.com, designed by Rachael Thomas

06. Korra (The Legend of Korra)

The Legend of Korra is the sequel to Avatar: the Last Airbender. I haven’t seen it, but I hear Korra is pretty badass, and I’m always down with badass ladies taking charge.

(Incidentally, whatever your feelings are regarding Obama/his politics, you have to give his branding team props, as his logo from the 2008 election is one of the most often-remixed political symbols in parody art. Clearly it made an impression.)

As sold on RedBubble.com, designed by Rachael Thomas.

07. Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon)

If you like your anime a little bit more old school, vote for Sailor Moon instead. Love and justice are pretty hard to argue with.

Available for purchase at TShirtBordello.com.

08. Cthulhu and Dagon (the works of H.P. Lovecraft)

Maybe you prefer your leaders a little on the sinister side, in which case you should go straight to the top as far as I’m concerned. If you’re gonna vote evil, you might as well vote for an Eldritch Abomination, am I right?

(Really, though, that “why vote for a lesser evil” campaign slogan is inspired. Kudos to everyone who I’m sure has independently come up with it because they are wittier than me.)

As sold on TeeFury.com, designed by user Hugs & Guns

09. Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader (the Star Wars saga)

If you want to go evil but you’re not up for messing with the elder gods, you could always just throw your support behind the Empire. That way, when they strike back, you’ll be on the right side!

You may want to double-check the campaign headquarters for weak points in the security, though.

As sold on RiptApparel.com, designed by user pixhunter.

10. Dean Winchester and Sam Winchester (Supernatural)

If you’d rather your elected officials fight evil, you could vote for the Winchester brothers. Then again, they might be busy handling the apocalypse or flirting with fallen angels/sexy demons, so maybe not.

Also, they have an unfortunate tendency to die and spend time in hell and/or purgatory, which I imagine would get in the way of governing the country.

As sold on Threadless.com, designed by user AJ Paglia

11. Vampires (pick your favorite vampire story)

(unless it’s Twilight)

You could throw your vote behind vampires in general, but you better make sure they’re the kind that burn in the sun. It just wouldn’t do to let the sparkly kind anywhere near government.

As sold on TeeFury.com, designed by user 6amcrisis.

12. Zombies (pick your favorite zombie story)

The zombie apocalypse is coming in December, right? Maybe if we get a head start and elect one president, they’ll be merciful.

(Probably not.)

As sold on Skreened.com.

13. Whigs (the 18th Century)

For the history geeks out there. Politicians were so much better in the old days. Let’s go back to the old days.

As sold on BustedTees.com

14. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (The Daily Show/The Colbert Report)

I’m fairly certain Busted Tees also sold a Stewart/Colbert ’08 shirt. They’ll probably sell a Stewart/Colbert ’16 shirt, too. And why not?

At least if you voted for this ticket, you would be voting for actual people. (Sort of.) And their administration would be amusing.

As sold on BlackMambo.Spreadshirt.com.

15. Yoda (the Star Wars saga)

For Yoda should you vote.

Fix country, he would.

As sold on Qwertee.com, designed by user rexraygun

16. Zaphod Beeblebrox (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

Hey, he’s already been President of the Galaxy. President of the United States would be no big deal! And two heads are totally better than one!

Yeah, that sounds like a great idea.

As sold on TeeFury.com, designed by user astromags.

17. Tyler Durden (Fight Club)

Who cares if Tyler Durden would never run for president? They do say that those most suited for power are often the ones who don’t seek it…

It does bring a whole new meaning to the term “secret ballot.”

As sold on Sharksplode.com

18. Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)

I mentioned that I support badass ladies being awesome, right? So say we all!

Hell, she’s probably the most qualified person on this list.

As sold on Sharksplode.com

19. Rebecca “Newt” Jorden (Aliens)

Vote for Newt: we’d be mostly prepared for anything! Mostly.

Her second term would probably be really short, though.

As sold on Skreened.com

20. Jean-Luc Picard and William Riker (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

No but seriously can this be a thing? Because I would totally vote for Jean-Luc Picard.

Would you “vote” for any of these tickets? Which fictional characters would you put on your dream presidential ticket? Share your ideas in the comments!