Political Machine 2008

Political Machine is a PC strategy game in which players run for President. Players can choose an existing candidate or can design their own from scratch, then choose a map/scenario to campaign in. From there, players must tackle the issues and battle against their ideological opponent for victory on election day.

Each scenario divides out the map into states (or provinces depending on the scenario). Each state is worth a certain number of electoral votes in which the player must win a majority of them on election day to win the game.

A player has two major political resources, capital and money. What they do with these two resources depends on the strategy employed. Each candidate has a number of traits that provide them with strengths and weaknesses such as charisma, stamina, integrity, intelligence, and position on the issues.
Features

* Play as your favorite candidate, or create your own
* Play against online opponents or against the computer
* Find out how your favorite candidates might actually do in the 2008 election
* Hire special operatives like the "Smear Merchant", or "War Hero", "Spin Doctor", and many others
* See how you would fare in historic elections
* Take a stand on the issues you care about most