User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Candidate/@comment-31569519-20180306014908/@comment-31558698-20180307074548

"The Candidate" is meant to satire the political conflicts met by the people in general, not just today. Although many people who have watched this episode have may been tempted to compare it with the 2016 presidential election, the Gumball team hasn't really decided to do that. They've exaggerated upon the general behaviors of certain portions of the people into distinct figures (Banana Joe, Clare, etc.) and utilized them into a clever and unique way of summarizing modern politics as a whole.