Thanks to a certain presidential candidate claiming that the election is "rigged," voter confidence in the election process is at an all time low. But the reality is that election fraud is actually incredibly rare, which...

(That's My Story and I'm Stuck to It t-shirt)Hanover is a small town south of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. For as long as anyone can remember, it's been a dry town. That means that people aren't allowed to buy or sell alc...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4wVqDf1xks](Video Link)For several months, Darth Vader has been running for the President of Ukraine. That's his real, legal name: Darth Alekseyevich Vader. He's the nominee of the Intern...

(Photo: AP)Dorset is a small town in the middle of Minnesota. It has an informal, ceremonial government headed by a mayor, which is elected every year. When he was 3 years old, Bobby Tufts was elected to that position. T...

Jón Gnarr is a comedian and mayor of the capital city of Iceland. Yesterday, that nation held an election. According to redditor shawtay, he cast his ballot while dressed a Jedi. Gnarr won the mayoral office in 20...

Redditor Aspirin742 and his 6-year old daughter are currently neck-and-neck in the polls to be elected President of their house. The campaigns have resorted to nasty smears that should disgrace both candidates, except th...

Election time is coming soon and it won’t be long soon before the candidates really start showing their teeth as they try to rip one another to shreds. Of course, if you think most politicians act like animals, wel...

by Marc Abrahams, Improbable Research staffThe basic laws of human stupidity are ancient. The definitive essay on the subject is younger. Called “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity,” it was published in 1976,...

Surely you recall the campaign slogan, "Ma, Ma, Where’s my Pa?" James G. Blaine used it when he ran against Grover Cleveland in 1884. However, Cleveland won that race, with his own negative but catchy rhyming slogan th...