This was last night, but I ran a Romney-Portman campaign in 2012. I kept it moderate, maybe slightly leaning to the right, overall but kept strong on foreign policy. I did not at all do dirty campaigning and kept with a very optimistic message and I eked out a victory by about 20 electoral votes if I remember correctly.
The Campaign Trail Game Has Returned.
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Didn't some people here get into contact with the maker of the game, offering to provide questions and such?
John Farson
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Finally won my first victory last night, played Bryan in the 1896 race at Easy, with Claude Matthews as my running mate. Won 240 EVs and 51.4% of the popular vote against McKinley's 207 and 47.7%.
Could be worse. Could've been a few hundred in New Mexico.
Or Florida!
*coughgeorgebushcough*
John Farson
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Won 2012 as Obama at Easy. Got all his 2008 states + Missouri.
Obama 368 EV, 52.8%
Romney 170 EV, 46.3%
Obama 368 EV, 52.8%
Romney 170 EV, 46.3%
Oh please, I won Tennessee and Montana as well. Try to beat that!
(no offense meant).
(no offense meant).
Oh please, I won Tennessee and Montana as well. Try to beat that!
(no offense meant).
No Georgia? For shame...
Swept all I could, but I didn't do enough in the North to give Humphrey enough to "win". Heck, I beat Humphrey.
Final Results
Candidate Electoral Votes Popular Votes Popular Vote %
---- Richard Nixon 426 33,177,875 45.2%
---- George Wallace 64 11,313,511 15.4%
---- Hubert H. Humphrey 47 28,978,210 39.4%
Final Results
Candidate Electoral Votes Popular Votes Popular Vote %
---- Richard Nixon 426 33,177,875 45.2%
---- George Wallace 64 11,313,511 15.4%
---- Hubert H. Humphrey 47 28,978,210 39.4%
Just won 1968 as Humphrey/Kennedy. Cut ties to Johnson administration, beat the snot out of Nixon in a debate, and moderated my Liberalism to win over the Law and Order crowd. The whole "Nixon sabotaged the peace talks" thing certainly helped.
310/174/53 for the EC, 44.5%/41.7%/13.8% for the popular vote.
310/174/53 for the EC, 44.5%/41.7%/13.8% for the popular vote.
John Farson
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I never get a debate with Nixon when playing HHH in '68. How do you do it, getting the debate I mean.
John Farson
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Just played the '68 election with the HHH-Kennedy ticket again at Easy. Lost again.
I'm not getting any advisor feedback on any of the answers, what about you guys?
Neither am I.
Goddamn it! How do am I supposed to deadlock as Wallace if Humphrey does worse then me?
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John Farson
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There's supposed to be feedback?
...
Why do I get the feeling I've been missing out on stuff in the game?
U.S David
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I was Mitt Romney on easy, and I was killing Obama. I was on track to win New York and Washington State. Then I fucked up on the last question, and I barely won with New Hampshire being the last and deciding state. But I somehow list the popular vote.
But I then played as Wallace in 1968 easy. I did better then he did OTL, but I couldn't deadlock the electoral collage because Nixon did much better then HHH.
What's the best you had on Wallace? I was got Tennesse and South Carolina. Anyone beat that? Is it even possible for him to win the upper south or Midwest?
But I then played as Wallace in 1968 easy. I did better then he did OTL, but I couldn't deadlock the electoral collage because Nixon did much better then HHH.
What's the best you had on Wallace? I was got Tennesse and South Carolina. Anyone beat that? Is it even possible for him to win the upper south or Midwest?
I won North Carolina once. In that game I picked Thurmond and campaigned there significantly. Paid off.
John Farson
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For some reason I was playing as Nixon and I was polled to win a landslide until I said I didn't like the Black Panthers.
Yeah, some of the reactions to the answers are weird. I swear, in my last playthrough as HHH (which actually went better than before - I won Illinois), when I chose the "relentlessly hammer Nixon over refusing to debate" option, my poll ratings went down.