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The 2008 film &quot;Swing Vote&quot; depicts two middle-aged white male presidential candidates. (Walt Disney Pictures)

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Lights, Camera, Political Action: &#8216;Swing Vote&#8217;

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Flip on a news channel and you’re likely to see characters with perfectly coiffed hair making fantastical claims directly to camera. But how far does this connection between political figures and entertainment go?

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Lights, Camera, Political Action: ‘Swing Vote’

By Kevin Truong

Nov. 6, 2015 1:58 a.m.