Here’s who Charlotte wrote in for president
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There’s something inherently interesting in the fact that when you’re voting, you can just write in whatever name you want to be considered for office. Sometimes it even works.
I requested the list of all write-in votes in Mecklenburg County for the presidential race.
I’ve excluded the numerous people who got one write-in vote. Several people appear to have voted for themselves, and even recruited a few friends to do so a well. One local portfolio manager appears to have accrued four votes for the presidency.
Here’s the full break-down of Mecklenburg County’s write-in votes:
Jill Stein (Green Party): 1,352
Bernie Sanders (Democratic candidate): 1,120
Evan McMullin (independent): 1,046
John Kasich (Republican candidate): 541
Paul Ryan (House speaker): 353
Mike Pence (Trump’s VP): 220
Mitt Romney (2012 Republican nominee): 166
Marco Rubio (Republican candidate): 131
Ted Cruz (Republican candidate): 70
Ben Carson (Republican candidate): 66
John McCain (2008 Republican nominee): 64
Jeb Bush (Republican candidate): 51
Darrell Castle (Constitution Party): 50
Rand Paul (Republican candidate): 35
Joe Biden (Vice President): 30
Condoleezza Rice (former Secretary of State under Bush): 20
Michael Bloomberg (billionaire, former NYC mayor): 20
Colin Powell (former Secretary of State under Bush): 19
God: 18
Michelle Obama (First Lady): 15
Ron Paul (2012 Republican candidate): 15
Benjamin Sasse (U.S. senator): 13
Nikki Haley (S.C. governor): 13
Lindsey Graham (U.S. representative from S.C.): 12
Mike Huckabee (2012 Republican candidate): 11
Vermin Supreme (performance artist): 11
Carly Fiorina (Republican candidate): 10
Mike Maturen (American Solidarity Party): 10
Theo Epstein (Chicago Cubs manager): 8
Scott Walker (Wisconsin governor): 7
Chris Christie (Republican candidate): 5
Harambe (deceased gorilla): 5
Monica Moorehead (Workers World Party): 5
Pat McCrory (N.C. governor): 5
Willie Nelson (country singer): 5
Bill Murray (actor): 4
Billy Graham (evangelist): 4
Franklin Graham (evangelist): 4
Cam Newton (Panthers quarterback): 4
Stephen Colbert (comedian): 4
Ralph Nader (former presidential candidate): 3
Tim Scott (U.S. senator from S.C.): 3
Casey Kimbrough (pastor of Charlotte’s Mount Carmel Baptist Church): 2
Chris Keniston (independent): 2
Warren Buffett (billionaire investor): 2