Presidential Campaigns

Rules

 * In order to start a Presidential Campaign, you must announce your candidacy. There is a link to that page on the original page.
 * Presidential Campaigns are determined by a points system. There are several ways to gain points, including the following:
 * Endorsements
 * Governor/Senator: 3 points in their home state, 1 point in states bordering that state.
 * Newspaper: 1 points bonus
 * Members of the other party: 5 points in their home state, hurts the popularity of the endorser by 3 points
 * Advertising
 * All ads are worth 1-5 points, depending on how much money is poured into the ad campaign (1 million dollars is 1 point, 5 million dollars is 5 points.)
 * Positive ads give you points.
 * Negative ads take away points from your target person.
 * Home state advantages (+10 in the primaries, +5 in the general election)
 * If you win the party nomination, you must nominate a Vice Presidential candidate, who must be a player and must not of served as Vice President or President in the past. You may not nominate someone of another party.
 * You must fundraise to gain funds to advertise.
 * You fundraise by state. You can fundraise in 10 states a month. You get 1 million dollars per every 1 million people in that state that support you. Once you fundraise in a state once, you cannot fundraise in that state again for another in-game month (RL week).
 * Losing a presidential election takes away 20 points by default if you run again four years later. Eight years later is 16 points, 12 years is 12 points, 16 years is 8 points, 20 years is four points, and 24 years is zero points. Be careful.
 * Notoriety points are awarded by the Council of Special Events for well-handling of a crisis. Infamy points are awarded by the Council of Special Events for scandal. Well-handling of a scandal may save you points.