Yetta Bronstein for President

Yetta Bronstein ran as a write-in candidate for President in 1964 and 1968, leading a political party known as the Best Party. Yetta was a Jewish grandmother from the Bronx. Her campaign slogan was; "Vote for Yetta" & "Things Will Get Betta!" Yetta's political platform included national bingo, putting a truth serum in the Senate drinking fountain, installing a ‘mental’ detector along with the metal detector, and taking Congress off of salary and putting them on straight commission.
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The True Story Of A Fake Presidential Candidate
Jeanne and Alan Abel, the creators of the Yetta hoax, in their Southbury, Connecticut home.
Alan Abel Media Pranks, Hoaxes and Other Satire
Yetta Book - The President I Almost Was
Yetta challenges George Wallace in Cincinnati paper
Yetta Bronstein newspaper press clippings
Yetta Bronstein Postcard to LBJ (Johnston) offering to be VP
Yetta a Dark Horse Candidate
Yetta Bronstein book page