Non-human electoral candidates
Non-human electoral candidates have been found in a number of countries. Often, the candidacies are a means of casting a protest vote or satirizing the political system. At other times it is simply done for entertainment value.
The billy-goat Ioiô on display in the Museum of Ceará in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Stubbs, former honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska
A statue of Macaco Tião, a candidate for mayor of Rio de Janeiro, is exhibited at the Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden
Dustin the Turkey, a puppet, received thousands of votes in Ireland's 1997 presidential election.
Stubbs was a cat who was the honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, from July 18, 1997, until his death in 2017.
Stubbs at the West Rib Cafe & Pub in 2006