In the Marvel Comics miniseries Vote Lokithe brother of Thor and sometimes villain surprisingly decides to run for President of the United States. What follows is a hilarious and equally thought-provoking parody of the American political system that also pretty accurately highlights its rampant flaws. However, one of the most interesting elements of the 2016 story is not just the concept of the Asgardian God of Mischief seeking to become the leader of the free world. It's the reason as to why Loki runs in the first place that's truly intriguing. At the end of the 4-issue series, Loki possibly reveals that his whole campaign was actually an elaborate attempt at altruism, which would potentially be heroic (if true).

At the beginning of the series, Loki announces his intentions to run for U.S president upon seeing the pathetic and pandering candidates being presented to the nation. Calling them liars, Loki speaks directly to the American people with a striking, hypocritical, and equally charismatic claim: "America, if I were your president, I'd have the guts to lie right to your face. And you'd love it." Many Americans find Loki's candor and personality a refreshing change of pace, and Loki starts using it to his advantage, building momentum until he has quite the large following, rapidly becoming an American icon and top contender for the presidency, despite his promises to straight up lie and deceive them all.

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Sure enough, Loki does end up deceiving the American people, though this time Loki's lies may have been used for good. Throughout the the miniseries from Christopher Hastings, a young and determined journalist for the Daily Bugle named Nisa Contreras isn't at all fooled by Loki's charm. Investigating him at every turn, Nisa exposes more and more lies and deceptions Loki perpetuates, but no one listens. They only become more and more enamored with the god, believing that he can do no wrong. However, as soon as Nisa creates a scenario where the American people get a chance to ask Loki himself about his plans, platform, and proposed policies upon taking office, they start to see him for what he truly is, and his lack of genuine care or concern for the nation. Because this revelation was just before election night, this creates a steep dive in voters for Loki. However, perhaps that's what Loki intended all along?

Loki seems to indicate here at the end of the issue that his entire campaign was means to make up for a past crime. During one of Loki's first battles with the Avengers, Nisa and her family's home was destroyed in the chaos. Now, thanks to his campaign and crooked acts therein, Nisa's desire to expose him and the truth skyrocketed her career and provided Nisa with her own show to expose and reveal further political corruption. Essentially, Loki says that it was all a set-up to make up for his past sins and do right by her. If that's true, that's pretty cool and would almost count as a heroic action for the God of Mischief trying to become the God of Stories.

However, the truth is always fluid and sometimes only half-accurate with Loki. After his conversation with Nisa at the end of the miniseries, he picks up the phone and calls one of the original presidential candidates. Thanks to Loki (who split the vote) this candidate actually got a stronger shot at winning over his opponent. Accepting a large sum of money as gratitude, Loki agrees to concede and withdraw from the election he might have still won. While his goals might have partly been to help Nisa, it seems as though Loki had some underlying personal agendas as well. Whatever the original intent was, it's probably for the best that Loki didn't become the President of the United States. The power that comes with The White House is volatile and dangerous enough without a literal God of Chaos sitting in the Oval Office.

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