{"id":43328,"date":"2012-11-07T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=43328"},"modified":"2012-12-01T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T21:18:30","slug":"fictional-presidents-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/fictional-presidents-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Week Poll: Best Fictional President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After seemingly endless months of non-stop attack ads and obnoxious robo-calls, the Presidential election in the United States is finally over. (At least, I assume so. I&#8217;m writing this post in advance. Please don&#8217;t tell me that we&#8217;re suffering through another recount situation. I don&#8217;t think I could take that.) No matter which candidate won or which party you voted for in real life, let&#8217;s use today&#8217;s poll to settle an even more important political debate: Who is the best fictional President from movies or TV?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried to assemble an interesting list of characters for the poll below. Some are genuinely good politicians, and some not so much. Just like a real election, you can only vote for one candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Please, no partisan bickering in the Comments. Most of these characters aren&#8217;t even associated with real political parties. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a David Palmer supporter all the way. I&#8217;d vote for him if he were real. Hell, I&#8217;d vote for <em>Dennis Haysbert<\/em> if he ever decided to enter politics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-326\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_326\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_326_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"7d721f4ea8\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which Fictional President Would You Vote For?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-326-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2895\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2895\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2895\">President Mackenzie Allen (Geena Davis, 'Commander in Chief')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2896\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2896\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2896\">President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen, 'The West Wing')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2897\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2897\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2897\">President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman, 'Deep Impact')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2898\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2898\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2898\">President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Terry Crews, 'Idiocracy')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2899\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2899\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2899\">President Hathaway (Stephen Colbert, 'Monsters vs. Aliens')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2900\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2900\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2900\">President James Marshall (Harrison Ford, 'Air Force One')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2901\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2901\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2901\">President William Harrison Mitchell (Kevin Kline, 'Dave')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2902\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2902\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2902\">President Lindberg (Tom \"Tiny\" Lister, Jr., 'The Fifth Element')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2903\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2903\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2903\">President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers, 'Dr. Strangelove')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2904\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2904\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2904\">President David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert, '24')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2905\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2905\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2905\">President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas, 'The American President')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2906\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2906\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2906\">President Jack Stanton (John Travolta, 'Primary Colors')<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-2907\" name=\"poll_326\" value=\"2907\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-2907\">Other: Write-in Candidate _____<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(326);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(326); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-326-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After seemingly endless months of non-stop attack ads and obnoxious robo-calls, the Presidential election in the United States is finally over. 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