Some of TV and film's most famous fictional presidents would have a good shot at winning a real-life White House race against former President Trump and Vice President Harris, according to a new poll. A survey released this week by the National Research Group found that 38 percent of respondents would "definitely" cast a ballot for Harrison Ford's "Air Force One" character, President James Marshall — who famously saved passengers aboard the presidential aircraft from hijackers in the 1997 action flick — if he was running in the 2024 race. Tom Beck, the POTUS played by Morgan Freeman in 1998's "Deep Impact," netted 35 percent of the "definite" vote among those polled, while President Thomas J. Whitmore, played by Bill Pullman in "Independence Day," garnered 31 percent.  (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Chris Pizzello/Jordan Strauss/File) The entertainment tracking firm behind the survey, which was conducted this month among 1,000 U.S. adults, said the three faux commanders in chief shared at least one advantage in common: "In the absence of a clearly defined set of policy goals, viewers are able to superimpose their own beliefs and values — resulting in strong appeal across the aisle." But female commanders-in-chief portrayed on TV, the poll found, would "struggle to secure the same level of support." The three women included in the survey performed among the worst in the group of imagined presidents.  Just 20 percent of those surveyed said they would absolutely vote for Selina Meyer, the sometimes-blundering vice president-turned-Oval Office occupant played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in HBO's political satire, "Veep." Another 18 percent would cast a ballot for Geena Davis's "Commander in Chief" character, Mackenzie Allen, and a mere 17 percent would vote for Claire Underwood, the stone-hearted character from "House of Cards" portrayed by Robin Wright. The only male character who polled lower than any woman on the list was Frank Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, an insanely devious fictional president who was responsible for multiple murders on the Netflix drama.  "Unlike many of the male presidents on this list, none of the female characters here could be described as 'action heroes.' Nor is their characterisation, in general, particularly flattering," the National Research Group said in an analysis of the survey's results.  "Claire Underwood and Selina Meyer, in particular, are both ruthlessly ambitious, willing to betray their political principles and throw close allies under the bus in order to gain — or cling onto — power," the group said. "If there were more shows and movies about truly inspirational female presidents —a female James Marshall, for example — that could go a long way towards helping to challenge viewers’ preconceived notions about the relationship between political leadership and gender." While only 37 percent of Trump supporters said they believed it's important for the public to see women playing fictional presidents, the majority of Harris supporters — 69 percent — responded that there's value in seeing female POTUS characters on the small and big screens.