The American President is a romantic drama which has the current President Andrew Shepherd fall in love with Sydney Wade Allen, a lobbyist. With election day coming up and a myriad of issues to face, his romantic affair affects his ratings. This is because he is a widowed with his wife passing away three years ago (which was stated to be one of the reasons he was elected), and now his character is being called into action. It plays into the theme of the political elections where it is more of a popularity contest rather than actually caring about the policies and what they stood for. The romance is at the forefront of a lot of the scenes, and so it can be somewhat of a turn off at times as you feel the President is acting irrationally. However, in the end, it all turns out well as the President addresses what he truly believes in.