Aaron Judge narrowly edged out Big Bird in NYC mayoral write-in votes

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Aaron Judge narrowly edged out Big Bird in NYC mayoral write-in votes
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Bill de Blasio may have easily won his second term as New York City's mayor last month with more than 66 percent of the vote, but his run wasn't entirely uncontested.

The official write-in results are in, thanks to the NYC Board of Elections, and there were quite a few public figures who came within just, you know, a few hundred thousand votes of becoming the Big Apple's new mayor.

What follows is a nice, encouraging list of actual write-in totals for different public figures that we hope serves as a reminder to get out and vote. Because, you never know: we could make a dumb TV personality the president or something.

These are all very real.

Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge: 10 votes

Sesame Street's Big Bird: 1 vote

Deceased former President Alexander Hamilton: 1 vote

Former President Barack Obama: 45 votes

Senator Bernie Sanders: 29 votes

Actress Bette Midler: 2 votes

Beyoncé: 5 votes

Singer/Songwriter Bruce Springsteen: 1 vote

Bugs Bunny of Looney Tunes fame: 2 votes

Cereal mascot Captain Crunch: 1 vote

Cooper A. Snugglebeast: 2 votes

Daffy Duck of Looney Tunes fame: 1 vote

Deceased musician David Bowie: 1 vote

Former Yankee Derek Jeter: 2 votes

Donald Duck: 1 vote

Current president Donald Trump: 22 votes

Deceased socialist Eugene Debs: 1 vote

Meme animal Grumpy Cat: 1 vote

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton: 240 votes

Radio personality Howard Stern: 5 votes

Broad City's Ilana Glazer: 1 vote

Jennifer Aniston: 1 vote

Jesus Christ: 3 votes

This Week Tonight's John Oliver: 3 votes

Fictional king Jon Snow: 1 vote

The undecided voter Ken Bone: 1 vote

Knicks star Kristaps Porziņģis: 11 votes

Basketball dad/Trump rival Lavar Ball: 1 vote

Lord Yoda: 1 vote

Florida Senator Marco Rubio: 4 votes

Former three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg: 957 votes

Former First Lady Michelle Obama: 10 votes

Disney's Mickey Mouse: 15 votes

NYC neighborhood Murray Hill: 2 votes

Actor Nicolas Cage: 1 vote

OJ Simpson: 1 vote

TV host Rachel Maddow: 4 votes

Comedian Samantha Bee: 1 vote

Fictional sponge Spongebob Squarepants: 1 vote

Comedian Stephen Colbert: 7 votes

NYC's own Taylor Swift: 1 vote

Texas Senator Ted Cruz: 1 vote

Tom Hanks: 2 votes

Iron Man Tony Stark: 2 votes

DC's Wonder Woman: 1 vote

Congratulations again to all of the nominees, we wish you better luck with your campaigns in 2021.

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Max Knoblauch

Max Knoblauch is the Assistant Humor Editor in the NYC office. He is a journalist, comedian and illustrator. More humor and art by Max can be found on his website.Follow him @MaxKnoblauch

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