Surprise showing for ‘Inanimate carbon rod’ in presidential election poll

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness and independent David Norris struggled to beat ‘Inanimate carbon rod’ in a popular online poll of potential presidential candidates recently.

When asked “Presuming that all of those widely mooted for the Presidential election at some point (both real and fictional) were/could be nominated, who would you vote for?” there was a groundswell of support among breakingnews.ie readers for the fictional object from ‘The Simpsons’.