1500人覬覦白宮寶座 無名小卒也湊一腳!

More than 1,500 Americans are seeking the White House, according to the Federal Election Commission.

據美國聯邦選舉委員會表示，今年有超過1500名美國人尋求入主白宮。

The number of candidates seeking the White House has more than tripled from 417 in 2012, though some entrants have penned in possibly fictitious names such as "Disco Daddy" and "Darth Vader."

儘管有些參選者的登記名字很有可能是僞造的，比如寫作“迪斯科爸爸”和“達斯·維德”，但是今年白宮候選人的人數也已經是2012年參選人數(417人)的3倍了。

Their ranks include Susan Young, a California social studies teacher aiming to give her students a lesson in democracy, Terry Jones, the Florida pastor known for organizing Koran burnings, and anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee.

他們當中就包括一個名叫蘇珊·楊的人。蘇珊·楊是加州的一名社會學教師，她希望藉此給學生們上一堂有關民主的課程；還有一個名叫約翰·邁克菲的人，他是是佛羅里達州的一名牧師，以組織焚燒《古蘭經》出名。而John McAfee是反病毒軟件先鋒。

Another candidate, Edie Bukewihge, included her grandma's chili recipe on her web site: , along with the promise that the last two years of her term could be boring because she will have repaired the country's "damages."

另一名參選者Edie Bukewihge把她奶奶的辣椒配方放上自己的競選網站上，並稱她若當選，最後兩年任期可能會很無聊，因爲那時她已修復了國家的“損傷”。

They are among a rising number of Americans who aspire to be president, due to what psychology experts describe as growing narcissism, distrust of leadership and the power of social media to reach the public.

他們這些人是越來越多胸懷總統夢的美國人的代表。心理學專家稱，箇中原因包括人們越來越自戀、對領導階層的不信任以及社交媒體具備的與公衆溝通的威力。

These hopefuls are not a factor in polls that show businessman Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas battling for the Republican nomination and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leading the Democratic field ahead of next month's Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.

這些參選人不是相關民調考慮的一個因素。這些民調顯示在共和黨內，商人特朗普與美國參議員克魯茲將會爭奪候選人資格，而民主黨內則是佛蒙特州的參議員本尼·桑德斯和前國務卿希拉里的支持率在下個月舉行的愛荷華州和新罕布什爾州的初選之前領先。