seanreynolds801

Reply to Outdated Electoral College in Political Machine 2012? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

What about states that are neither big or contested - do they not matter? How much attention will Utah or Vermont get in this election? Let's not pretend the electoral college somehow answers that problem. It just designates new important states that, yes, often are based on size. Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania - they're all electorally rich and contested states. Hell, California was once considered the most important swing-state prior to it solidifying as

Reply to Disappointed with election night... in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Yeah. I thought I'd be in the minority. I don't know, you invest weeks into a campaign and then results are over in a nanosecond it feels like. I'd like to have the ability to draw it out as long, or short, as possible. That's just me, though.

Disappointed with election night... in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I like the game overall, but was disappointed to find that election night went by pretty quickly and allowed for little suspense. It might be taboo to bring up another election game, but since I don't think it's around anymore, I will - Power Politics had it right. Every state's results was brought up in a different window and you could see what your margin was before going on to the next state. It added some suspense to the whole ordeal because you could draw out election night a