Deez Nuts (satirist)

**Deez Nuts** was a satirical presidential candidate. He was run by **Brady C. Olson** (born ). He ran in the 2016 United States presidential election. His form to run for office was filed with the Federal Election Commission in late July 2015.

## Campaign

In polls by the Public Policy Polling in Iowa, Minnesota, and North Carolina in August of 2015, he got 8, 8, and 9 percent. He also got a large amount of attention from the media. On October 11, 2015, Deez Nuts wrote on his Facebook page that he would run for the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He said that he was able to be The Speaker even though he was not in the House of Representatives.

In August of 2016, a poll showed that people in Texas would rather vote for Deez Nuts than Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Harambe, a dead gorilla had  2% of the vote.

Olson also supported Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination and Ohio Governor John Kasich for the Republican nomination.

## Polling

- Nationwide
|style="width:20%;"|Democratic candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Republican candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Independent candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Hillary Clinton**||**42%**|Donald Trump|37%|Deez Nuts|10%|||||
||**Bernie Sanders**||**43%**|Donald Trump|37%|Deez Nuts|8%|||||
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### Statewide

- North Carolina

|style="width:20%;"|Democratic candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Republican candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Independent candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Other|style="width:5%;"|%|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Hillary Clinton|38%||**Donald Trump**||**40%**|Deez Nuts|9%|Not sure|12%||||||
|colspan=8||||||||||||||||
|colspan=2|joke candidates|
| --- | --- |
|Beast Mode|5%|
|Butt Stuff|3%|
|**Captain Crunch**|**17%**|
|Cranky Pants|2%|
|Deez Nuts|9%|
|Limberbutt McCubins|1%|
|'Murican Cookies|1%|
|Queen Elsa Ice|4%|
|Not sure|58%|
|colspan=2||

- Texas
|style="width:20%;"|Democratic candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Republican candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Independent candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Independent candidate|style="width:5%;"|%|style="width:20%;"|Other|style="width:5%;"|%|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Hillary Clinton|38%||**Donald Trump**||**47%**|Deez Nuts|3%|Harambe|2%|Undecided|11%|||||||||
|colspan=10||||||||||||||||||||

- Utah
|colspan=14|Minor candidates|||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Darrell Castle|3%|Deez Nuts|4%|Harambe|3%||**Gary Johnson**||**18%**|Evan McMullin|11%|Jill Stein|5%|Not sure|54%|
|colspan=14||||||||||||||||

## Infobox (u.s. federal election campaign)

- **committee**: Deez Nuts
- **campaign**: 2016 United States presidential election, U.S. presidential election, 2016
- **candidate**: Deez Nuts
- **affiliation**: Independent politician, Independent
- **headquarters**: Wallingford, Iowa, Wallingford, Iowa
- **key people**: Brady C. Olson