Presidents Day poll: Who's your favorite TV president?

Monday is Presidents Day, so while you're taking the day off -- or at least not taking time to read the mail you won't get -- we hope you'll cast a vote in our straw poll. The question is simple: Who's your favorite fictional TV president?

The past 10 years has been something of a golden age for presidents-as-characters on TV. "The West Wing," obviously, was set in the White House, but "24" has given us several memorable POTUSes, and there have been several others too. TV presidents are also a more diverse lot than their real-life counterparts: The list below includes two African-American men and four women in addition to a few white guys.

(We opted not to include "The West Wing's" Matt Santos and "24's" John Keeler and Noah Daniels as their respective shows didn't spend much time on them once they took office.)

Here are the contenders, in alphabetical order:

MacKenzie Allen, "Commander in Chief": An independent, Allen (Geena Davis) ran as vice president to help her Republican boss in the polls (remember: It's fiction), then took office midway through the term when he died of complications from a stroke.

Jed Bartlet, "The West Wing": The longest-serving TV president of recent years. Viewers got to see nearly all of Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) two terms in the White House; the show began about a year into his tenure.

Charles Logan, "24": The personification of the oily politician on several seasons of "24," Logan (Gregory Itzin) looked a little like Richard Nixon and was plagued by indecision and paranoia at first, before being revealed as the man behind season 5's conspiracy.

David Palmer, "24": When we first meet Palmer (Dennis Haysbert), he's a U.S. senator running for president -- an office he holds in the show's second and third seasons. He decides not to run for re-election after one term, although he's a presence in season 4 and assassinated at the beginning of season 5.

Wayne Palmer, "24": David Palmer's younger brother (played by DB Woodside) is elected following the Logan fiasco but doesn't get to serve long: He suffers a cerebral hemorrhage and slips into a coma. Vice President Noah Daniels (Powers Boothe) becomes acting president.

Caroline Reynolds, "Prison Break": The most pure-evil chief executive in this group, Reynolds is vice president at the start of "Prison Break" and soon revealed to be involved in the conspiracy that framed Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell). She later poisons her boss and becomes president.

Laura Roslin, "Battlestar Galactica": Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is secretary of education of the Twelve Colonies at the time of the Cylon attack, and despite being way down the line of succession, she becomes president after everyone ahead of her is killed in the attack.

Allison Taylor, "24": The current president on "24," Taylor (Cherry Jones) has faced numerous challenges in her time in office, including an assault on the White House and having to turn in her own daughter for ordering the death of Jonas Hodges (Jon Voight).

So who's your favorite?



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