2016 Presidential Election: 20 WTF Moments
3. "Deez Nuts" Runs For President
Here's a welcome dose of humour for you. An independent candidate, Deez Nuts, intended as little more than satire as created by 15-year-old Brady Olson, actually managed to pick up an unexpected amount of traction, racking up 9% popularity in a North Carolina poll over the summer, compared to Trump's 40% and Clinton's 38%.
Somewhat hilariously, Deez Nuts pushed well ahead of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in this poll, who ended up tied with the year's most prominent meme (other than Trump himself), dead gorilla Harambe. This all really happened.
It'll never be known how many votes Deez actually obtained as many states don't even bother attributing write-in votes, but as an addition to the already-ridiculous circus of American politics, it's certainly worth a laugh.