Clinton? Trump? 13 Percent Prefer 'Giant Meteor Hitting The Earth'

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are off and running in their general election campaign showdown. But a new candidate seems to be entering the fold and gaining support among likely voters.

A giant meteor hitting the Earth.

In the latest survey from Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning polling firm known to ask some off-the-wall questions in its polls, 13 percent of likely voters preferred Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth to either Trump or Clinton.

Clinton received the backing of 43 percent of those polled when given the choice of Trump or Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth; Trump came in at 38 percent. Seven percent of voters said they were "not sure."

Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth has support across the political ideologies. Self-identified "somewhat liberal" or "very liberal" voters gave 23 percent support, with moderates showing 16 percent; 21 percent of those describing themselves as conservative" and "very conservative" favored Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth.

Among Independent voters, the race is nearly a statistical tie, with Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth up to 27 percent support.

When Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth wasn't part of the equation, Clinton led Trump by four points, both head-to-head and when factoring in Independent candidates.

The poll came from a survey of 853 registered voters on June 27 and 28 and has a 3.4 percent margin of error. You can read it in full here.

Of course, Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth is not eligible to run for president of the United States, so voters will have to express their frustrations with a presidential campaign season that is already one of the ugliest in recent memory and features two candidates with historically high unfavorability ratings.

Images: Trump and Clinton via Gage Skidmore, Flickr, used under Creative Commons; Meteor via Don Davis, Public Domain