Swing Vote
- Title: Swing Vote
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When the outcome of the Presidential election comes down to one uncounted ballot in New Mexico the entire country’s attention becomes focused on Earnest “Bud” Johnson (Kevin Costner) an unemployed single father from a small town called Texaco.
Both campaigns, along with news media from around the country land in Texaco to court this doofus who, in ten days time, will decide the fate of the election.
The film is many things, part parody and part cautionary tale. At the heart of the film is the relationship between Bud and his much smarter daughter Molly Johnson (young Madeline Carroll, who steals the film in her first performance on screen). There’s also a subplot about the secret of Bud’s ballot which, although sets up the story, is a bit burdensome to the plot.
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