{"id":11162,"date":"2014-07-04T04:10:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T08:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=11162"},"modified":"2014-07-04T04:15:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T08:15:26","slug":"what-does-hollywood-think-a-president-should-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2014\/what-does-hollywood-think-a-president-should-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Hollywood Think A President Should Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-373 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thediscussion.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Presidential-Analysis-Banner_2-2-1024x358.png\" alt=\"Presidential Analysis Banner_2 (2)\" width=\"801\" height=\"279\" data-id=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We decided to commemorate America&#8217;s Independence Day by watching <em>Independence Day <\/em>a movie where President Thomas J. Whitmore leads an squadron of fighter jets against an alien attack. Which got us wondering &#8211; what does Hollywood think a President should look like? We went throug<!--more-->h Wikipedia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_fictional_Presidents_of_the_United_States\">list of fictional Presidents<\/a> and figured out how they compared to their real world counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>First we looked at where those who become President on-screen or in reality are from:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thediscussion.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/President-Map-Legend.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-365 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thediscussion.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/President-Map-Legend.png\" alt=\"President Map Legend\" width=\"929\" height=\"530\" data-id=\"365\" \/><\/a>Ohioans seem particularly Presidential as both the American electorate, and entertainment casting agents, have selected individuals from the the Buckeye State to lead the country. Virginia also accounts for a large number of America&#8217;s Presidents although Hollywood had tended to select New Yorkers and Californians to play Commander in Chief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/embed?cid=BA8E3793E29D99EB&amp;resid=BA8E3793E29D99EB%21622&amp;authkey=&amp;em=2&amp;wdAllowInteractivity=False&amp;Item=Chart%201\" width=\"485\" height=\"318\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/embed?cid=BA8E3793E29D99EB&amp;resid=BA8E3793E29D99EB%21622&amp;authkey=&amp;em=2&amp;wdAllowInteractivity=False&amp;Item=Chart%202\" width=\"485\" height=\"318\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While in the real world there have been more Republicans than Democrats in office, the entertainment industry is slightly fonder of depicting Democrats running the show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/embed?cid=BA8E3793E29D99EB&amp;resid=BA8E3793E29D99EB%21622&amp;authkey=&amp;em=2&amp;wdAllowInteractivity=False&amp;Item=Chart%208\" width=\"485\" height=\"318\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/embed?cid=BA8E3793E29D99EB&amp;resid=BA8E3793E29D99EB%21622&amp;authkey=&amp;em=2&amp;wdAllowInteractivity=False&amp;Item=Chart%209\" width=\"485\" height=\"318\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On-Screen Presidents are a touch more diverse than those who have actually sat in the Oval Office, though we have yet to see an Asian President, despite Asians making up <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demographics_of_Asian_Americans\">about 5% <\/a>of America&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/embed?cid=BA8E3793E29D99EB&amp;resid=BA8E3793E29D99EB%21622&amp;authkey=&amp;em=2&amp;wdAllowInteractivity=False&amp;Item=Chart%204\" width=\"485\" height=\"318\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/embed?cid=BA8E3793E29D99EB&amp;resid=BA8E3793E29D99EB%21622&amp;authkey=&amp;em=2&amp;wdAllowInteractivity=False&amp;Item=Chart%205\" width=\"485\" height=\"318\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And so it is that we live in a world where 9% female representation seems shockingly progressive.<\/p>\n<p>One place where the entertainment industry gets it exactly right is age. Since George Washington took the oath the average age of a President being sworn into office has been 54.7. The average age of an actor playing President has been 54.5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Keep in touch:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Centives\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/071712_1126_HowMuchDoes4.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Centives\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/071712_1126_HowMuchDoes5.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We decided to commemorate America&#8217;s Independence Day by watching Independence Day a movie where President Thomas J. Whitmore leads an squadron of fighter jets against an alien attack. 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