Who would you cast to portray Barack Obama in a movie?

Of the 271 respondents to that question on gazettetimes.com, 74 (27 percent) picked Denzel Washington.

Runner-up was Will Smith with 68 votes (25 percent).

Here are the results for the other eight actors listed in the poll:

* Don Cheadle, 29 votes (11 percent).

* Chris Rock, 21 votes (8 percent).

* Cuba Gooding Jr., 16 (6 percent).

* Terrence Howard, 7 votes (3 percent).

* Taye Diggs, 7 votes, (3 percent).

* Omar Epps, 3 votes (1 percent).

* Philip Michael Thomas, 3 votes (1 percent).

* Mario Van Peebles, 3 votes (1 percent).

* None of the above, 40 votes (15 percent).

The poll appeared on the Web site from July 14 through 10 a.m. Monday.

The new poll question on gazettetimes.com:

"Do you feel safer driving on Highway 34 today than 10 years ago?"