The Tennessean Bi-Partisan: A 2004 Presidential Election Game

[West_Midlander]

Can I take Nader as a Green candidate?

[West_Midlander]

2. 5 Endorsements per turn. PM me for permission then post them in your campaign schedule.
Endorsements for our candidates, right? And from any non-running candidate? I assume the PM is to make sure the endorsements are reasonable for the candidate.
3. you have a maximum of 6 Ads per Turn
Is there any penalty for using all 6 per turn?
4. Players are encourage to post, for each round, a schedule for the Month. It can be as in-depth as an hourly itinerary for the candidate, or it can be as general as a summary of the entire Month
Is each turn one month?

[West_Midlander]

2. 5 Endorsements per turn. PM me for permission then post them in your campaign schedule.
Endorsements for our candidates, right? And from any non-running candidate? I assume the PM is to make sure the endorsements are reasonable for the candidate.
3. you have a maximum of 6 Ads per Turn
Is there any penalty for using all 6 per turn?
4. Players are encourage to post, for each round, a schedule for the Month. It can be as in-depth as an hourly itinerary for the candidate, or it can be as general as a summary of the entire Month
Is each turn one month?

Yes, yes, and yes.

What's the downside to using all 6 ads as opposed to less?

[West_Midlander]

2. 5 Endorsements per turn. PM me for permission then post them in your campaign schedule.
Endorsements for our candidates, right? And from any non-running candidate? I assume the PM is to make sure the endorsements are reasonable for the candidate.
3. you have a maximum of 6 Ads per Turn
Is there any penalty for using all 6 per turn?
4. Players are encourage to post, for each round, a schedule for the Month. It can be as in-depth as an hourly itinerary for the candidate, or it can be as general as a summary of the entire Month
Is each turn one month?

Yes, yes, and yes.

What's the downside to using all 6 ads as opposed to less?

You won't be able to use them as a way to get your record across if you have only attack ads per turn, which will be a double edged sword. Same for if you use them for positives about your record.

It's encouraged to do all 6, if you want, then? Just not all attacking or positive?

Sorry for all the questions, I've not played an election game like this before.

[West_Midlander]

Good morning, America! I come before you today to announce my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States! Yes, I'm running again. When we announced our campaign, against all odds, in 2000, we finished the election tripling the result we got in 1996. If we can do that again, triple our support, we can attain federal fund matching in 2008. Though I want to tell you. I'm in it to win it in 2004. In 1992, 19% of the country, despite the risk of a "spoiler" came out against the two party duopoly. Just eight years later, in 2000, 18% of the nation once again voted against the two major parties. 40% of Americans are Independents (via Gallup Jan 2004, oldest data I could find). If we can harness most of that support, we can become a real third party. We can oust the two party tyranny from Washington and take the White House back to the American people! Don't believe you have to choose the lesser of two evils. Choose the positive good. We're running a people's campaign and if everyone dissatisfied with both similar parties votes for us, we will win in a landslide. For All of Us! Vote Green in 2004! Thank You!

[West_Midlander]

For the purposes of this game, changing to "Ralph Nader" and "G-CT." (Excuse to change my state avatar).

[West_Midlander]

So, asking real quick, should I just go ahead and begin the game or should we wait for one more Republican player?

Wait for one more

I think so too.

[West_Midlander]

Ads
1. Positive - A Living Wage

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2. Positive - Investing In Us

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3. Positive - America

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4. Negative - Duopoly

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5. Negative - Lieberman

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6. Negative - Alexander

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Schedule coming soon.

[West_Midlander]

Rally in New York City 9/1
Rally in New York City with Susan Sarandon (endorsement) 9/2
Rally in New York City with Susan Sarandon 9/3
Rally in Hempstead, NY 9/4
Rally in Brookhaven, NY 9/5
Rally in Hartford, CT 9/6
Town Hall in Montpelier, VT 9/7
Town Hall in Burlington, VT 9/8
Rally in Sacramento, CA with Peter Camejo (endorsement) 9/9
Rally in San Francisco, CA 9/10
Nothing due to the recency of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Rally in San Francisco with Peter Camejo 9/12
Rally with Winona LaDuke (endorsement) in Los Angeles, CA 9/13
Rally w/ LaDuke in Los Angeles 9/14
Town Hall in Anaheim, CA 9/15
Town Halls in Phoenix, AZ 9/16-9/18
Rally and Fundraiser in Tuscon, AZ 9/19-9/20
Rally in Albuquerque, NM 9/21
Rally in El Paso, TX 9/22
Rally and Fundraiser in San Antonio 9/23-9/24
Rally in Galveston with David Cobb (endorsement) 9/25 (Cobb was the Green nominee in OTL, so perhaps Nader would be the presumptive nominee for the Greens at this point).
Rally in Rockford, IL with Former Republican Congressman John Anderson (endorsement). Nader uses this opportunity to prove the bipartisanship and uniting message his campaign has, for all Americans. 9/26
Fundraisers in Chicago, IL 9/27-9/30

[West_Midlander]

You should add this to the election game area since you would probably get more players

Probably. I just don't know how to move threads

You could probably just start turn 3 there and just put the general info on that page too

I'll do that then

At the end of Turn 2, just drop a link to the new thread here so all who view this thread will know where it went.