Americans are playful, they can link politics to entertainment, and the quadrennial presidential election is also known as "national madness", and their tireless entertainment spirit of participating in politics is impressive.
Not only American citizens, but even American animals will join in. In 2014, a super town called Comorante in Minnesota ( with only 12 residents ) elected a 7-year-old dog Duke as its new mayor. In Colorado, a small town has also elected 11 pets, including a baby hedgehog, as their mayor. Last June, the town of Edward in Southern California appointed a 6-year-old golden retriever as the town's mayor.
Recently, a small town in Kentucky, USA, elected a French bulldog as the mayor, and it successfully defeated a group of cats, dogs, chickens, and donkeys, and successfully ran with an overwhelming advantage.
According to US media reports on November 5, Wilbur is a 6-month-old puppy, and last Thursday, he was elected mayor of the small Kentucky town of Rabbit Hash.
Wilbur's owner, Amy Noland, told NBC News that Wilbur's campaign was based on "all the negative coverage in the United States, the presidential election, and the covid-19 pandemic."
"I think I wanted Wilbur to play a positive role in this news media," she said.
She mentioned that Wilbur coped well with the pressure of being mayor.
"It's been given a lot of interviews locally," she said. There are many pets who serve him, often scratching his stomach and often scratching his ears. ”
Norland explained that there was no real person in the town who was mayor. This tradition was formed in the late 1990s.
She said a man named Don Claire thought it was a good idea to choose some kind of animal (not necessarily a dog) as mayor.
She said Wilbur was an outlier because it was purebred, and Noland thought it was so cute.
Norlander said she owns a number of cats, and the rest of town is home to dog lovers.
To date, The Town of Rabbit has had five "Dog Townsh" terms, each time during the U.S. presidential election.
Noland said, "It has nothing to do with politics."
It was clear that Wilbur did not have any administrative capacity, but Norland added: "It loves everyone in town unconditionally, and everyone here loves it." ”
Wilbur reportedly won with 13,143 votes, which was also the candidate with the most votes in the history of the Rabitt hash mayoral election, no, a candidate dog.