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Meet Payton Hobart (Ben Platt), a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, California, who has grown up knowing that he’s going to become the President of th United States. His stepping stone is winning an election for Student Body President of Sain Sebastian High School. Next is a spot at Harvard University. And it seems that high school politics aren’t all that different from grown-up politics, with scandals, back-stabbing and a possible assassination. This twisted (and often hilarious) look at a student election is unveiled below in the first full-length trailer for the series.
The show also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, Zoey Deutch, Lucy Boynton, Julia Schlaepfer, Laura Dreyfuss, Rahne Jones, Theo Germaine, David Corenswet, Bob Balaban and Benjamin Barrett. THE POLITICIAN is set to premiere on Netflix on September 27.