List RulesVote up the commanders in chief from film and TV you think could provide the most competent and commanding leadership during a global pandemic.
American presidents in movies, television shows, books, and comics tend to fall into two categories. In the first, you'll find idealized fictional heads of state who are capable, noble, and get the job done regardless of their politics. These presidents could wield Mjolnir. In the second category, you'll find caricatures of self-obsessed or incompetent politicians. These presidents screw up during crises.
So, with a pandemic raging across the planet and the US economy in a headlock, many citizens are turning to made-up commanders in chief for inspiration. If you could vote a commanding character from a set of the Oval Office into the actual office to provide leadership during an unprecedented crisis, for whom would you cast your ballot? Are you looking for the stalwart humanism of The West Wing's Jed Bartlet? Or do you want a president who will hop in a fighter jet and blast some missiles at the virus, like Independence Day's Thomas J. Whitmore?
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1,300397Thomas J. Whitmore
Independence Day2
1,447454Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet
The West Wing3
1,085328James Marshall
Air Force One4
947332Tom Beck
Deep Impact5
677328Allan Trumbull
Olympus Has Fallen6
775438Andrew Shepherd
The American President7
5784448
560471Tom Kirkman
Designated Survivor9
435464Dave Kovic
Dave10
328432Benjamin Asher
Olympus Has Fallen11
298400James Foster
Chasing Liberty12
195265Elizabeth McCord
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295414Laura Roslin
Battlestar Galactica14
334478Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Simpsons Movie15
251361Thomas Wilson
201216
275402James W. Sawyer
White House Down17
304461President Skroob
Spaceballs18
27543019
211345President Matt Douglas
My Fellow Americans20
237387Mackenzie Allen
Commander in Chief21
201372Selina Meyer
Veep22
180337President Lindberg
The Fifth Element23
161317Baxter Harris
Scary Movie universe24
184365Joe 'Not Sure' Bauers
Idiocracy25
150308President Mackenzie
First Daughter