Deez Nuts presidential campaign
Moment · 2015 · Notable
An Iowa teenager’s joke presidential candidacy polled at 9% in North Carolina.
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How it worksNumbers
- Peak date
- Week of Aug 20, 2015
- Jul 26 ’15 to Week of Aug 20, 2015
- Platforms
- 7
- Started on Open web
- Origin
- Stunt
- Politics & civic
How it spread
Trace the originOlson filed as Deez Nuts. State polls triggered national coverage and celebrity tweets, followed by merchandise. The FEC received 249 copycat and prank filings after the breakout; it later adopted verification procedures for apparently false filings.
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July 2015
Brady Olson seed · Jul 26 ’15
Olson filed an independent presidential candidacy as Deez Nuts with the FEC.[1]
CBS News press · Jul 28 ’15
CBS News reported the Deez Nuts candidacy alongside other presidential filings.[2]
August 2015
Public Policy Polling press · Aug 4 ’15
PPP reported 8% support for Deez Nuts in a Minnesota race against Clinton and Trump.[3]
Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
- Added: 16 events, 21 sources · Score 50
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