The Race for the White House

31 reviews. Mixed 58%
Strategy · Simulation

EA app EA app
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PC

Description

Play as a real-world candidate and completely immerse yourself into the battle of the US presidential election! Travel around the United States, try to woo voters across the country, create your own political agenda, skillfully manage your campaign budget... and perhaps you will be the next White House occupant!

Play as a real-world candidate and completely immerse yourself
into the battle of the US presidential election!

Travel around the United States, try to woo voters across the country, create your own political agenda, skillfully manage your campaign budget... and perhaps you will be the next White House occupant!

A presidential election simulation game with realistic elements for political neophytes and serious political junkies!

Nearly 20 playable and customizable candidates
Features 3D animated faces and voice imitations of real political personalities
Hundreds of policy proposals and playable locations taken from actual political campaigns and agendas
Marketing campaign: TV spots, poster campaigns, Internet campaigns, and human billboards
Campaign budget management: establish HQs; organize rallies; gather donations from super PACs, lobbies, and other kinds of organizations...
Media involvement: televised debates, press events, TV shows, election night results...
Low blows: rumors, fraud, discrediting your opponent... that's politics, too!
Continuously appraise statistics and poll results on participating candidates on the game's website!

Several game modes

Realistic mode: Run for office with actual opinion polls and vote projections
Equal Start mode: All candidates start with equal poll results
Long or short campaign
Take on an opposing candidate controlled by the computer, or by another human player online with internet rankings