I saw that Hillary Clinton was campaigning in Scranton yesterday, ahead of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary, and it reminded me that the TV show The Office, set in Scranton, is returning from the Writers' Strike with new episodes on April 10th.
I was wondering if we might get an episode centering on the election, and it led me to these speculations about which candidate each character might support, and their reasoning.
*Disclaimer: Portions of this diary were first published in a comment on The Office thread at TWOP.
Michael Scott , the fearless leader, would be, I think, the most undecided voter of the bunch--by which I mean he would change his mind every five minutes, depending on who he was trying to impress or win over at the moment.
First he'd try to "get down" with Stanley and bond over their mutual support of Obama (before learning that Stanley always votes Republican because of some specific obscure loophole in his tax code that benefits his retirement account). Eventually, Michael would decide to follow "A beautiful, strong, determined woman--okay, maybe some people say she's a bitch." That is, he's going to vote for whoever Jan tells him to.
Jim and Pam, as young educated liberals, probably lean Obama, though Phyllis might try to guilt trip Pam into supporting Hillary Clinton on a female solidarity argument.
Meredith is voting for Hillary as well, because she "...met Bill Clinton once in a hotel bar in Arkansas twenty years ago, and...well, let's just say I owe her this one."
Dwight seems to me like a classic Ron Paul voter, while Toby has been gamely voting for Nader every year since 1972.
Creed is "...glad you asked! You see, I'm actually a third-party candidate for President, with my name on the ballot in twelve states..."
Andy is probably for Mitt Romney, because "I love the hair. I wish I could get mine to do that. And I want to have a beer with him. And talk about hair. But like men, though--nothing girly."
Angela doesn't believe in voting, because she thinks it's "...too much like gambling."
And Kelly at first looks at the camera blankly, saying, "There's an election this year?" Then, after talking it over with Darryl she comes back and proudly announces that she's supporting "Osama bin Laden, beause of his message of Hope."