''The Political Machine 2016'' is a government simulation game from Stardock and the fourth game in the ''

Political Machine In the politics of Representative democracy, representative democracies, a political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives (such as money or political jobs) and that is characterized by a hig ...

'' series, in which the player leads a

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to elect the President of the United States. The player accomplishes this goal by traveling from state to state and engaging in a variety of activities to either raise money or raise poll numbers. An early access version of the game was released on

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on November 17, 2015, with the full game releasing on February 4, 2016.

Presidential candidates

Democrats

*President Thomas Jefferson ( DR-VA) (Unlockable, DLC) *President John F. Kennedy (D-MA) (Unlockable, DLC) *President Bill Clinton (D-AR) *President Barack Obama (D-IL) (v1.1 update) *Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY) *Vice President

Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...

(D-TN)

Republicans

*President

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...

(VA)George Washington was an independent, but the game only allows for a two-party system (Unlockable, DLC) *President Abraham Lincoln (R-IL) (Unlockable, DLC) *President Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY) (Unlockable, DLC) *President Richard Nixon (R-CA) (Unlockable, DLC) *President

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

(R-CA) (Unlockable, DLC) *Businessman Donald Trump (R-NY) *Governor

Mitt Romney Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019, succeeding Orrin Hatch. He served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts f ...

(R-MA) (v1.1 update) It is not possible to run as a third-party or

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Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.

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