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IMDb rating
7.5
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6.8

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Critic Richard Roeper
rated 6

...it can be great fun watching these audaciously amoral clowns, many of them obscenely rich, stumbling and bumbling about and smugly thinking they’re the smartest people in the room when in fact they’re not, they’re really, really not.

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Cast & Crew

Bette Midler
As Hadassah Gold
Gwyneth Paltrow
As Georgina Hobart
Judith Light
As Dede Standish
Zoey Deutch
As Infinity Jackson
Lucy Boynton
As Astrid Sloan
Ben Platt
As Payton Hobart
Theo Germaine
As James Sullivan
Julia Schlaepfer
As Alice Charles

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The Politician is a comedy series that follows the story of Payton Hobart, a wealthy high school student who has always dreamed of becoming the President of the United States. Set in Santa Barbara, California, the first season sees Payton running for student body president against his popular and athletic classmate, River Barkley. With the help of his ambitious friends, Payton chooses Infinity Jackson, a cancer patient and victim of Munchausen by Proxy disorder, to be his vice-president. The second season takes place in New York City and Albany, where Payton is running for a seat in the New York State Senate against incumbent Majority Leader Dede Standish. The series explores themes of ambition, morality, and political strategy as Payton navigates the treacherous landscape of high school politics.

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You can stream The Politician on: Netflix Apple TV Amazon Store Fandango at Home

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