The 2016 presidential election may be more than a year away, but most mainstream news sources can't stop talking about it. At this point, it's all about who will enter the race: both Democratic and Republican candidates are still announcing their bids. Some campaigning has already begun, but considering how much media coverage each election receives, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Of course, this coverage would be easier to handle if the candidates were people like Darth Vader and Lord Voldemort. In fact, seeing these villains as candidates might get more people interested in voting, as both characters are polling at higher numbers than most presidential candidates.

If that sounds ridiculous, you haven't seen anything yet: while actual candidates like Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton did make the list, the Washington Post is reporting that the top three spots on a recent poll were taken by none other than Terminator, Darth Vader and the shark from Jaws.

Sure, a lot of media makes Republicans out to be villains, but this might be a little much...

The big question is this: how did fictional characters take the top spots in a poll about the 2016 presidential election? Well, according to the Post, it's actually a combination of two polls: one in which the Washington Post asked its readers to rank the four villains, and a poll from ABC News and Quinnipiac that ranked potential presidential candidates. Combine the two, and you have an extremely entertaining 2016 campaign.

What's strange is that a machine bent on wiping out human civilization topped the list: why would anyone vote for the Terminator if he's just going to kill all the humans? At least Vader could create jobs by building a massive orbital battlestation. Unfortunately, it's highly unlikely that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named will be taking part in the 2016 election — after all, Voldemort isn't a United States citizen...

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