Election (movie)
Election is a 1999 film adapted from a novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta. The film was directed by Alexander Payne and stars Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, and Chris Klein.
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
Three candidates vie for the position of president of the student government at an American high school. The race begins with a candidate considered by many to be unbeatable: Tracy Flick. The teacher in charge of the election and the student government, Jim McAllister, finds the notion of Tracy walking away with the election distasteful. He encourages Paul, a popular athlete sidelined by a skiing injury, to run against her. Paul's younger sister enters the race out spite. The run-up to the election includes several scandals.
