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The Political Machine

Do you have what it takes to be president?Play as more than 20 candidates including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich or create your own candidate from scratch.Players take to the campaign trail against a computer controlled opponent or a human challenger over the Internet.
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Developer: Stardock Entertainment Publisher: Stardock Entertainment
Genre: Strategy
Languages: English
Tags: Strategy (136), Turn-Based (130), Turn-Based Strategy (127), Simulation (124), Political Sim (121), Political (114), Politics (108), Management (104), Singleplayer (100), Grand Strategy (95), Multiplayer (91), Economy (85), Character Customization (83), Anime (78), Alternate History (74), Replay Value (71), Satire (66), Choices Matter (53), America (51), Comedy (40)
Category: Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements
Release date: Jul 31, 2012
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Old userscore: 68% Metascore: 54%
Owners: 100,000 .. 200,000
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Followers: 244
Peak concurrent players yesterday: 1

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