Politics & Government
Dwayne Johnson, Kanye West: Here’s Who Mercer Co. Wrote In For President
Mercer County Clerk released a detailed list of write-in votes for President.
MERCER COUNTY, NJ — The recently concluded general election in Mercer County, saw Vice President Kamala Harris gather more votes than President-elect Donald Trump.
But there were many who did not like the choices on the ballot, and as a result, opted for a write-in, no matter how improbable their candidate’s chance of winning. And sometimes the choices were downright humorous.
On Nov. 5, Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz got 103,270 (65.63%) with Donald Trump and JD Vance receiving 50,474 (32.08%) votes.
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Third-party candidates also received some votes – Jill Stein 1,617 (1.03%), Robert Kennedy 857 (0.54%) and Chase Oliver 376 (0.24%).
The Mercer County Clerk's Office released a detailed list of everyone written in for president.
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The list includes politicians, actors, singers, scholars, fictional characters, and some people even voted for themselves.
Politicians who grabbed some votes, despite not being on the ballot were:
- Nikki Haley: 86
- Ron DeSantis: 4
- Cornel West: 24
- Chris Christie: 17
- Gavin Newsom: 2
- Hillary Clinton: 2
- Elizabeth Cheney: 7
- Bernie Sanders: 6
- Josh Shapiro: 3
- Pete Buttigieg: 2
- Vivek Ramaswamy: 2
- Mitt Romney: 10
- Michael Bloomberg: 2
- Joe Biden: 5
- JD Vance: 5
- Mike Pence: 5
- Rashida Tlaib: 3
- Andrew Yang: 3
In the entertainment industry, picks included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kanye West, Joe Rogan and Willie Nelson.
Some people also preferred fictional characters like Montgomery Brewster.
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