about://bro-ken: Government elections have become a forum for attention getters. The Tokyo Gubernatorial election is coming up in a few days and there are some wacky candidates, or rather, characters: youtu.be/DWfmOdzRuFo?... (via @mrjeffu.bsky.social)

jacob rees-mogg has to lose while standing next to a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava

Legend

an absolute king

This is also very good

There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.

Government elections have become a forum for attention getters. The Tokyo Gubernatorial election is coming up in a few days and there are some wacky candidates, or rather, characters: youtu.be/DWfmOdzRuFo?... (via @mrjeffu.bsky.social)

Japan's Weird Election Candidatesyoutu.be Why do Japanese elections seem to have so many weird candidates who run without any chance of winning? In this video Jeffrey J. Hall, a Lecturer in Japanese...

And this: youtu.be/coegOERJx38?...

Chaos in Tokyo: The Great 2024 Election Poster Hijackingyoutu.be The 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election is one of the strangest to date. A small political party is running 24 separate candidates so they can make use of a lo...

Hmmm I can see how that would be used to undermine the democratic process. But god it sure is satisfying this time

This has been a bit of a problem in Japan, especially when popular YouTubers get elected! and then get arrested for misdemeanors. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03...

Police secure arrest warrant for expelled lawmaker GaaSyywww.japantimes.co.jp The former lawmaker is being sought for allegedly intimidating and defaming celebrities in videos he posted on social media.

This is from when he got arrested, but there was a lot of buzz in the Japanese twitterverse: www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06...

Internet personality and former lawmaker GaaSyy arrested in Japanwww.japantimes.co.jp The social media star and NHK Party representative was taken into custody Sunday for alleged defamation threats against celebrities.

There's already a very low level of political trust and voter turnout in Japan. While these stories become part of the news and social media chatter, I am not sure if it is helping anyone. So yeah... Politics is weird everywhere. The US is no exception now.

WA state has had the goodspaceguy for years: crosscut.com/2015/10/good...

Goodspaceguy: The definitive interview with King County's perennial candidatecrosscut.com

And he is on this August's WA state primary ballot as a Republican running for the Senate: ballotpedia.org/GoodSpaceGuy

GoodSpaceGuyballotpedia.org Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

Don’t forget Mike The Mover!