Harrison Ford voted best movie president: Poll

Los Angeles, Oct 23: A president who can kickstart the US economy may be favored by American voters this election season, but if left to movie fans voting in an online poll, a president who can kick butt would do better in the White House.

Harrison Ford, who played a US president fighting airplane hijackers in 1997`s "Air Force One" topped a list of fictional movie presidents people would most like to lead the US, according to a poll released on Thursday by AOL`s website. Ford took 24 percent of the votes versus 16 percent for No 2 Morgan Freeman, playing a president who must save mankind from a comet heading for Earth in "Deep Impact" (1998). "It seems everybody is looking for a commander-in-chief who can come in and take command," said Moviefone editor-in-chief Scott Robson. "Our readers voted with their hearts at a time when you have the economy going down the tubes, but in an ideal world it would be great to have a president who can kick some ass." Freeman is one of a handful of African-Americans to play a US president onscreen, putting Hollywood well ahead of Barack Obama`s historic 2008 White House bid. "I don`t know if Obama can say Morgan Freeman paved the way, but it hasn`t hurt," said Robson. Michael Douglas, who played a widowed president looking for love in "The American President" (1995), was No. 3 with 15 percent of votes and Bill Pullman, who thwarted aliens in "Independence Day" (1996), followed with 12 percent. The poll ran on Moviefone.com from Sept 23-October 21 and attracted more than 1.1 million votes. The top 10 movie presidents who Americans would vote into office in real life according to the poll are; 1. Harrison Ford - "Air Force One" (1997) 2. Morgan Freeman - "Deep Impact" (1998) 3. Michael Douglas - "The American President (1995) 4. Bill Pullman - "Independence Day" (1996) 5. Kevin Kline - "Dave" (1993) 6. Dennis Quaid - "American Dreamz" (2006) 7. Bruce Greenwood - "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" (2003). 8. James Cromwell - "The Sum of All Fears (2002). 9. Jack Nicholson - "Mars Attacks" (1996) 10. Jeff Bridges - "The Contender" (2000). Bureau Report