Some of TV and film’s most famous fictional presidents would have a good shot at winning a real-life White House race against former President Trump and Vice President Harris, according to a new poll.
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A survey released this week by the National Research Group found that 38 percent of respondents would “definitely” cast a ballot for Harrison Ford’s “Air Force One” character, President James Marshall — who famously saved passengers aboard the presidential aircraft from hijackers in the 1997 action flick — if he was running in the 2024 race.
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Tom Beck, the POTUS played by Morgan Freeman in 1998’s “Deep Impact,” netted 35 percent of the “definite” vote among those polled, while President Thomas J. Whitmore, played by Bill Pullman in “Independence Day,” garnered 31 percent.
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The entertainment tracking firm behind the survey, which was conducted this month among 1,000 U.S. adults, said the three faux commanders in chief shared at least one advantage in common: “In the absence of a clearly defined set of policy goals, viewers are able to superimpose their own beliefs and values — resulting in strong appeal across the aisle.”
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