The Political Machine is a government simulation game series from Stardock, in which the player leads a campaign 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.
Games
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The Political MachineEdit
- Main article: The Political Machine
The Political Machine, the first in the series.
The Political Machine 2008Edit
- Main article: The Political Machine 2008
The Political Machine 2008, the second in the series.
The Political Machine 2012Edit
- Main article: The Political Machine 2012
The Political Machine 2012, the third in the series.
The Political Machine 2016Edit
- Main article: The Political Machine 2016
The Political Machine 2016, the fourth in the series.
Candidates and charactersEdit
- Main article: The Political Machine candidates
Presidential order, alphabetical order (non-Presidents)
| Character | Released games | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Political Machine | The Political Machine 2008 | The Political Machine 2012 | The Political Machine 2016 | |
| George Washington | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (v1.02 update) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | |
| Thomas Jefferson | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (v1.02 update) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (v1.02 update) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | ||
| Theodore Roosevelt | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (v1.02 update) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | |
| William Taft | Playable (Unlockable) | |||
| Woodrow Wilson | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | ||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Playable (Unlockable) | |||
| John F. Kennedy | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (v1.02 update) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | ||
| Richard Nixon | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (v1.02 update) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | |
| Gerald Ford | Playable (Unlockable) | |||
| Jimmy Carter | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | ||
| Ronald Reagan | Playable (Unlockable) | Playable (v1.02 update) | Playable (Unlockable, DLC) | |
| George H. W. Bush | Playable | |||
| Bill Clinton | Playable | Playable (v1.02 update) | Playable | |
| George W. Bush | Playable | |||
| Barack Obama | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Donald Trump | Playable | |||
| Hillary Clinton | Playable | |||
| Al Gore | Playable | |||
| John Kerry | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Condoleezza Rice | Playable | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | |
| Joe Biden | Playable (Downloadable) | Playable | ||
| Dennis Kucinich | Playable (Downloadable) | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | |
| Sarah Palin | Playable (Downloadable) | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | |
| Ron Paul | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Mitt Romney | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Dick Cheney | Playable | |||
| John Edwards | Playable | |||
| Bill Richardson | Playable | |||
| Mike Huckabee | Playable (Downloadable) | Playable | ||
| Herman Cain | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Al Franken | Playable | |||
| Michelle Obama | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Marco Rubio | Playable | |||
| Michele Bachmann | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Newt Gingrich | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| John Huntsman | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Nancy Pelosi | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Rick Perry | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Rob Portman | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Paul Ryan | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Rick Santorum | Playable | Playable (v1.1 update) | ||
| Barbara Bush | Playable | |||
| Laura Bush | Playable | |||
| Wesley Clark | Playable | |||
| Mike Forbes | Playable | |||
| Dick Gephardt | Playable | |||
| Jeffory Jackson | Playable | |||
| Bill Mason | Playable | |||
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | Playable | |||
| Chloe Sullivan | Playable | |||
| Tom Vilsack | Playable | |||
| Rudy Giuliani | Playable | |||
| Mike Gravel | Playable (Downloadable) | |||
| Lona Kona | Playable | |||
| John McCain | Playable | |||
| Ajamu Baraka | Playable (v1.3 update) | |||
| Jeb Bush | Playable | |||
| Ben Carson | Playable | |||
| Lincoln Chafee | Playable | |||
| Ted Cruz | Playable | |||
| Carly Fiorina | Playable | |||
| Tim Kaine | Playable (v1.3 update) | |||
| Martin O'Malley | Playable | |||
| Rand Paul | Playable | |||
| Mike Pence | Playable (v1.2 update) | |||
| Bernie Sanders | Playable | |||
| Jill Stein | Playable (v1.3 update) | |||
| Elizabeth Warren | Playable | |||
| Jim Webb | Playable | |||
| Bill Weld | Playable (v1.3 update) | |||
