ElectricMonk Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Alright folks TheorySpark has commissioned me to do a new 2008 scenario. Not as a replacement but as an additional sort of "political wonk" version. Essentially I have a free hand to make the 2008 scenario as detailed as possible. So, what do y'all want in the scenario? (Can't guarantee what will and won't make it in since I'm on a deadline, but I'll do my best.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCA Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 A more even race for the Democratic Nomination. Barrack Obama *always* loses to Hillary in every 2008 game I've ever played. even losing Illinois.... More Third Parties. That's pretty much it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_right Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 More national endorsers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarnstrom54014 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I would really like to see Cynthia McKinney and Brian Moore added, well at least McKinney anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricMonk Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 More third parties probably aren't going to happen, sorry. None of them are making much of an impact (excepting, potentially, Bob Barr and/or Ross Perot in Montana and even that looks very unlikely these days). I might include a potential Bloomberg bid but I'm still trying to work out the details since the only way he'd run is if—say—it was a Hillary vs. Romney/Guiliani or something. Perhaps an event series that triggers only if certain candidates are the Democratic & Republican nominees. Therefore he's low in the polls if you turn him on, but gets a momentum boost from if Hillary's the nominee, another one from Romney, and so on. One problem, obviously, is whether his billions would break the game in terms of all the advertising he could run. I'm also thinking about events for the Republicans based on the head-to-heads from January/February to better model McCain being arguably the most electable Republican. More national endorsers are probable, as well as more state specific endorsers. You do have to keep in mind that most endorsers are worth little in terms of actually moving the polls though. (Charlie Crist in Florida is an exception.) I'm going to look at primary results. I'm going to look at fund-raising. I'll probably redo some issues to reflect the importance of the economy in the general election. I'm going to do additional events. The VP lists will be redone. Candidates will be tweaked. Anything else people want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kauai Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hillary is set at Far-Left on the Healthcare issue, she should be Left. John Edward should have a 50% chance event if he becomes the nominee, that his affair goes public. I'll probably think of more tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoteGOP Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Events Events Events! And tweak the issues a little to add the finincial crisis and or the housing market. Tweak the GE numbers a litttle. Make Rudy weaker in the GOP primaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz452 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Add more candidates, especially ones who ran, but are not included. Republican Jim Gilmore Tommy Thompson Democratic Mike Gravel More third parties! Boston Tea Charles Jay Thomas Knapp Constitution Susan Gail Ducey Daniel Imperato Alan Keyes Max Riekse Green Cynthia McKinney Kat Swift Kent Mesplay Jesse Johnson Jared Ball Libertarian Mike Gravel Daniel Imperato Mike Jingozian Steve Kubby George Phillies Christine Smith Socialist Party USA Brian Moore Stewart Alexander Eric Chester Independent Ralph Nader Taxpayers Ron Paul *Paul is on the ballot in Montana. Reform Ted C. Weill Frank McEnulty Well, if you're not going to add more third parties to the game, then I think that 80Soft is going against what their buyers want. You might not nescessarily want to add candidates, but if it were actually 80soft, they would listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoteGOP Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 We don't need ALL those third parties. Mickinney and Nader would be good but thats it. Ron "frickin nuts" Paul is only on the ballot in one state for god sakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_right Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Having more than one candidate for the Constitution Party would be good, since it make primaries playing as them pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoteGOP Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Having more than one candidate for the Constitution Party would be good, since it make primaries playing as them pointless. Problem is the only other canditate was Keyes and hes now running as an independent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_right Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Problem is the only other canditate was Keyes and hes now running as an independent. Well as long as he's not running in the scenario as an independent I don't see how that's a problem: he only became an independent through loosing the primary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoteGOP Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Well as long as he's not running in the scenario as an independent I don't see how that's a problem: he only became an independent through loosing the primary. Another reason for Theoryspark to add running as an independent after losing the nomination as an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
president9 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Republican VPs- Sarah Palin was a long-shot so when she was announced I went on the internet, and found more people who were mentioned only once or twice. Elizabeth Dole M. Jodi Rell Mike Huckabee Tim Pawlenty I can't remember if they were added or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matvail2002 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I would be interested in seeing more issues such as: -Mortgage Crisis -The 2008 Economic Crisis -The Economic Crisis Plan -Gas Prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Lincoln Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Add all the third parties with ballot status in more then one state, you can find them all here: http://politics1.com/p2008.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matvail2002 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 *Paul is on the ballot in Montana. And in Louisiana. BTW, if the Canadian game has all the minor parties, I am expepting PM4E+P to be the same, as I love to play as a third-party candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanamit Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 It'd cool if some candidates (like Obama) got more money through background fundraising than others. Not sure if this is the sort of stuff you'll be focusing on, but it'd also be awesome if you could add Russ Feingold as a default off candidate (he was considering a run). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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