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The 1992 game Power Politics ( and, before it, 1981's President Elect ) focused on domestic United States political campaigns ( but not the running of the country upon election ).

In 1996, this was adapted to the Doonesbury Election Game, designed by Randy Chase ( who also did Power Politics ) and published by Mindscape, in which players conducted a campaign with the assistance of a pool of advisors selected from characters in the Doonesbury comic strip.

A successor entitled Power Politics III was released in 2005.

In 2004, Stardock published Political Machine, in which the player steers a candidate through a 41-week election cycle for United States President, developing policies and tailoring talk show appearances and speech content.

The game is heavily tied to modern polling methods, using real-time feedback for how campaign strategy impacts polling numbers.

In 2006, TheorySpark released President Forever 2008 + Primaries, an election simulation game that allows the player to realistically control an entire election campaign through both the Primaries and General Election.

President Forever 2008 + Primaries itself a follow-up to the highly successful general election sim President Forever, released in 2004