Swing Vote (2008)


Kelsey Grammer          President Andrew Boone
Madeline Carroll        Molly Johnson
Kevin Costner           Bud Johnson
Dennis Hopper           Donald Greenleaf
Nathan Lane             Art Crumb/ Art Crumb
Stanley Tucci           Martin Fox
George Lopez            John Sweeney
Mare Winningham         Larissa Johnson
Paula Patton            Kate Madison
Judge Reinhold          Walter
Willie Nelson           Himself
Arianna Huffington      Herself
Richard Petty           Himself
Aaron Brown             Himself

Directed by:            Joshua Michael Stern
Produced by:            Ted Field, Terry Dougas, Robin Jonas


Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser, is coasting through a life that has 
passed him by. The one bright spot is his precocious, over-achieving twelve year-old daughter 
Molly. She takes care of both of them, until one mischievous moment on Election Day, when she 
accidentally sets off a chain of events which culminates in the election coming down to one 
vote... her dad's.

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November, 2004, New Mexico. Bud is a slacker with one good thing in his life, his engaging 
fifth-grade daughter Molly. On election day, Bud is supposed to meet her at the polling place. 
When he doesn't show, she sneaks a ballot and is about to vote when the power goes off. It turns 
out that New Mexico's electoral votes will decide the contest, and there it's tied with one vote 
needing recasting - Bud's. The world's media and both presidential candidates, including the 
current President, descend on Bud in anticipation of his re-vote in two weeks. Can the clueless 
Bud, even with the help of Molly and a local TV reporter, handle this responsibility?