If you’ve ever questioned how important and powerful your vote on the dumb, daily LoCO poll is, let us direct your click to this TMZ post about how “flattered” Mel Gibson is by a recent poll showing him to be the leading Republican candidate for California governor. Or how about this one from The Daily Wire? Or Breitbart? Or Fox News? Newsweek, anyone?

Yes, it seems that multiple well-known media brands bit on this post from something called the California Globe, which itself touts a new poll from the Lost Coast Outpost in which Gibson ranked third behind Katie Porter and Kamala Harris amongst gubernatorial candidates. Hey, that’s us! And we had to look up how to spell “gubernatorial!” You mean to say, our silly, unscientific, daily 4:20 p.m. chore seems legit enough that all these respected news outlets would use it as fodder for their own content churns? No shit? Well, game respect game. The Internet is a wonderful place where we all get to play pretend. 

What a great day this is. LoCO is thrilled to learn we are mighty enough to shape California politics and we intend to flex our newly discovered power. Thus, today we are launching a NEW POLL, in which we will clear the field to gauge Mr. Gibson’s true political prowess. This time out, though, he will have contend with one of Humboldt County’s finest and most formidable exports: a tangy and delicious jar of Swedish-style Larrupin mustard-dill sauce. Yum! 

Good luck, all. And don’t worry: American democracy is on the right track!

-AG

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WHO OR WHAT SHOULD BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA?!