A free screensaver for the Mac. Now updated for 2024!

Download the screensaver (v2.0)

Presidential Hopefuls is a screensaver that visualizes polling data aggregated by FiveThirtyEight.

It is probably the best way to keep up with the race!

Based on a proprietary algorithm, the screensaver shows presidential candidates' faces ranked based on recent polls.

Testimonials:

• "LOL"
• "haha the bouncing"
• "it installed perfectly!"
• "I like it"
• "nice!"
• "I don't want a presidential candidate screensaver tho"
• "I love that you're making a…screensaver. I want more screensavers."
• "Specifically, what are the main features of the app? Who is the target audience?"
• "this is hilarious and amazing"
• "The experience that your app provides is not sufficiently different from a web browsing experience."

Feedback is a gift. Please reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns.

Presidential Hopefuls is available on macOS 13+® (Ventura®).

Press inquiries: please email presidentialhopefuls at kindofawesome dot com.

Check out more projects at kindofawesome.com. Or my other things on the internet at tolar.ws.

FiveThirtyEight data used per the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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