American millennials would rather have a Sith Lord as president than Republican front-runner Donald Trump, according to a new online poll that pitted "Star Wars" characters against the 2016 presidential candidates.
The Ipsos poll released Tuesday found that when Darth Vader was matched up head-to-head against Trump, Vader came out on top with 27 percent support among millennials, while Trump took 18 percent. Minorities also preferred Vader over Trump, 26 percent to 13 percent.
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton managed to beat Vader in the hypothetical general election matchup, 32 percent support to 16 percent. But Clinton lost to Jedi master Yoda, with the little green guy taking 50 percent of the millennial vote, while Clinton received 26 percent.
As for Jedi master Obi Wan Kenobi, the poll found that he would beat every candidate in the 2016 race.
"Ipsos finds that the American public would prefer to elect the iconic Jedi Obi Wan Kenobi than any other challenger," said Ipsos.
"Whether it's because of this week's release of Episode 7, or general disdain among Americans with their political system, this data suggests that the Jedi Order is vastly more popular than either the Republican or Democratic Party," said Chris Jackson, vice president at Ipsos Public Affairs. "As we have seen in much of the political data this year, our Republic is more fractured than in recent history. However, it seems that the force could 'surround us and bind the universe together.'"
The poll, which comes ahead of this week's release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," was conducted Dec. 10-14 among 1,005 adults. Statistical margins of error are not applicable to online polls, noted the Hill.
