Simpsons Villain Wins Write-In Race

Fake Election

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 11:28AM EDT / Published Dec. 05, 2009 12:56PM EST

Maybe they thought they were voting for Bloomberg? Charles Montgomery Burns, the evil billionaire tycoon known as Mr. Burns on The Simpsons, received more write-in votes than any other for New York City mayor. Burns received 27 of the 299 write-in votes casts. He—along with fellow write-in candidates Mickey Mouse, Sleeping Beauty, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Rudy Giuliani—ultimately lost to incumbent mayor and real-life billionaire Michael Bloomberg.

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Simpsons Villain Wins Write-In Race