List of Fictional United States Presidential Candidates - P

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Charles Palantine

• Candidate in Taxi Driver
• Played by: Leonard Harris
• Charles Palantine was a Senator from New York who attempted to run for president in the U.S. presidential election, 1972.
• Party: Democratic Party
• At the end of the movie, Travis Bickle tells Betsy, "I heard Palantine got the nomination", but as the movie ends, the general election has not yet occurred, so we do not know if he was actually elected President.

David Palmer

• Candidate in 24
• Played by: Dennis Haysbert
• David Palmer was a Senator running for president in the California Presidential Primary in the first season. That season's storyline revolved around a plot to assassinate him. He also ran for re-election in the third season, but dropped out of the race by the end of that season.

Philippe

• Candidate in Achewood (webcomic)
• Party: The Finding Nemo Party .

Ben Phillips

• Candidate in "The Scandal Plan or: How to Win the Presidency by Cheating on Your Wife" (novel)
• Party: Democratic

Pigasus

• Satiric candidate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, led by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin.
• Actual pig.

Pogo Possum

• Candidate in: Pogo 1952–1980 (comic strip) and the animated movie Pogo for President: I Go Pogo (1980).
• Played by: Himself
• Party: unknown.