Yourself as a candidate in PM

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If you were your own candidate in political machine, what would be the special traits that you would espouse that would differ you from the standard character of your party? What issues would you make important in your own campaign?
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Reply #1 from PolMach Forums Top
here's the Latour character:

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CANDIDATE BrianLatour
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FirstName "Brian"
LastName "Latour"
Image "Male55"



_CHARISMA 5
_COMELINESS 6
_COMPASSION 8
_CREDIBILITY 7
_EXPERIENCE 1
_INTEGRITY 7
_INTELLIGENCE 8
_MEDIABIAS 5
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 5
_RELIGIOUS 1





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FundRaisingAbility 7
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 27
Money 3100



//Special Traits---------------------
GAYMARRIAG 12
TRADITIONALVALUES -10
CIVILRIGHTS 9
SOCIALISM 8
UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE 12
MARSHALLLAW -10
UNIONS 10
STRONGFED 7
AFFIRMATIV 0
CAPITALPUN -15
FREEDOMOFSPEECH 8
UNSUPPORT 6
HARSHINTERROGATIONS -10
INVADEIRAN -10
KYOTOTREAT 8
LEGALIZINGMARIJUANA 12
PRAYERINSCHOOL -16
PROTECTING 8
STATESRIGHTS 0
PALESTINIANS 7
ENVIRONMENT 10
IRAQWAR -8
TAXCUTS -8
//-----------------------------------



ENDCANDIDATE


Here's a list of the special traita and what they mean:
STRONGFED A strong Fed. Government
STRONGMILITARY A strong military
ABORTION Abortion Rights
EUPOLICIES Adopting EU policies
AFFIRMATIV Affirmative Action
ALTENERGY Alternative Energy
ECORECOVERY An Economic Recovery
BIGGOVERNMENT Big Government
CAMPAIGNFINANCEREFORM Campaign Finance Reform
CAPITALPUN Capital Punishment
BUSINESSFREEMARKETS Capitalistic policies
CIVILRIGHTS Civil Rights
DEFICITREDUCTION Deficit Reduction
DEPOSINGCASTRO Deposing Castro
ANWR Drilling in ANWR EQOPPORTUNITY Equality of opportunity
EQRESULTS Equality of Results
FARMSUBSID Farm Subsidies
CRIME Fighting Crime
INTERNALUNREST Fighting internal unrest
FOREIGNAID Foreign Aid Generic
FRANCE France
FREEDOMOFSPEECH Freedom of speech
GAYMARRIAG Gay Marriage
UNSUPPORT Giving the UN more power
GLOBALIZATION Globalization
GOVJOBS Government provided jobs
GUNCONTROL Gun Control
HARSHINTERROGATIONS Harsh interrogations
HOMELANDSECURITY Homeland Security
ILLEGALIMMIGRATION Illegal Immigration
INVADEIRAN Invasion of Iran
KOREA_DIPLOMACY Korean Diplomacy
KYOTOTREAT Kyoto Treaty
LEGALIZINGMARIJUANA Legalizing Marijuana
MICROSOFT Microsoft
MISSILEDEF Missile Defense Shield
JOBS More Jobs
FEDERALEDUCATION More Money to Education
CHINA_TRADE More trade with China
NAFTA NAFTA
MARSHALLLAW National Martial Law
_NATIONALISTIC Nationalistic
NKWAR North Korean Action
NUCLEARPOWER Nuclear Energy
OUTSOURCINGJOBS Outsourcing of jobs
OVERTHROWIRAN Overthrowing Iran
REAGAN Policies of Ronald Reagan
POLCORRECTNESS Political Correctness
PRAYERINSCHOOL Prayer in Public Schools
PRESC_FOR_SENIORS Prescriptions for Seniors
PRIVATIZINGSOCIALSECURITY Privatize Social Security
PROTECTING Protecting Liberties
EDUCATION Public Education
GUNOWNERSHIP Right to bear arms
RIGHTTODIE Right to die
IRANSANCTIONS Sanctions against Iran
SCHOOLVOUCHERS School Vouchers
SOCIALSECU Social Security
SOCIALISM Socialistic Policies
SPENDINGFREEZE Spending Freezes or Cuts
STATESRIGHTS States Rights
ISRAEL Supporting Israel
PALESTINIANS Supporting Palestinians
TAXCUTS Tax Cuts
ENVIRONMENT The Environment
IRAQWAR The War in Iraq
WARONTERROR The War on Terror
TORTREFORM Tort Reform
TRADITIONALVALUES Traditional Values
UNCOVERALIENS Uncovering alien consp.
UNIONS Unions
UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE Universal Health Care
WELFARE Welfare Programs
WOMENINMILITARY Women in the military
WORKFARE Workfare


Most of my positions are similar to that of the New Democratic Party in Canada, or a really extreme version of the Democratic Party. I chose ND as my home state, because it borders my home province of MB. Some of my quirks include:
-A very low religion stat (I'm an atheist)
-Severe opposition to the death penalty (probably my number one issue)
-Strongly favours universal health care (I'm Canadian, and Tommy Douglas happens to be my political hero)
-Severe opposition to prayer in school

If I were running, I would try to make universal health care and tax cuts for the rich a major issue, and the way the Bush administration is fighting the war on terror (I think they have it all wrong). Some of my other major issues would come out, and my opponent would definately use the "L-word" against me, because I am pretty far left. Because I am so far left, I would probably get my ass kicked badly (like McGovern badly) in the election unless my opponent is utterly incompetent and would be lucky to win one state (DC doesn't count). If I could choose a running mate from any current American politician, I would probably choose Howard Dean. Well, at least I can feel good knowing that by the time they get a guy I like in the White House, I'll probably be dead.
Reply #2 from PolMach Forums Top
Only an 8 in socialism? Come on, you're commited.

What the heck does equality of results mean?

My biggest issue would be deficit reduction. Towards that end, my dream running mate would be former Senator William Proxmire, author of the Golden Fleece awards to recognize poor spending by the government. I would not favor general spending freezes or cuts as they are arbitrary. Though they have Democrats favoring gay marriage, neither Kerry nor Edwards did, but they came out in favor of civil unions with equal force in law. Though its generally not a big issue in the game, I abhorr political correctness. I don't agree with the game that everyone is for capital punishment, but I am for. You do the crime you take the penalty. I don't believe that Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, Timothy McVeigh were no longer human and needed to be put down. School vouchers to me are just another welfare scheme for the rich. Most Americans could not afford a private school even with vouchers. The game lists Democrats as neutral on homeland security? Homeland Security was originally proposed by Joe Lieberman and turned down by the White House. But revisionist history has come down on the Republican side as it often does.
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Reply #3 from PolMach Forums Top
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CANDIDATE DanielEdwards
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FirstName "Daniel"
LastName "Edwards"
Image "Male06"



_CHARISMA 9
_COMELINESS 4
_COMPASSION 4
_COMPETENCE 1
_CREDIBILITY 6
_EXPERIENCE 9
_INDIEAPPEAL 0
_INTEGRITY 3
_INTELLIGENCE 8
_MAINSTREAM 0
_MEDIABIAS 6
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 1
_MINORITYAPPEAL 3
_RELIGIOUS 6





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FundRaisingAbility 5
Stamina 14
PoliticalParty 1
HomeState 14
Money 4400

//Special Traits---------------------
STRONGMILITARY 5
REAGAN 5
TRADITIONALVALUES 10
UNIVERSALHEALTHCARE -5
UNIONS -5
IRAQWAR 8
AFFIRMATIV -5
CAPITALPUN 5
ABORTION -10
FREEDOMOFSPEECH 8
PRAYERINSCHOOL 16
TAXCUTS 8
ISRAEL 5
WARONTERROR 10
BUSINESSFREEMARKETS 10
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ENDCANDIDATE

That sums me up quite well

Important issues for me are the war on terror and iraq war as well as free market and traditional values. Also on the religion side, prayer in school, supporting Israel are positives and abortion certainly a no no.
Reply #4 from PolMach Forums Top
How do you get Special Traits?
Reply #5 from PolMach Forums Top
How do you get Special Traits?


Just write them in in your candidate file. I have a list of what to write to get what in reply #1. So If I wanted to make a Democratic candidate that strongly opposes the war (say -10, as opposed to the democratic default of -5), I would type in:

//Special Traits---------------------
IRAQWAR -10
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Reply #7 from PolMach Forums Top
How do you open up Candidate Files?


go into C:/program files/ubisoft/stardock/polmachine/data and find your candidate
Reply #9 from PolMach Forums Top
you can use notepad
Reply #10 from PolMach Forums Top
Heres what I have for my canidate:

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
CANDIDATE RogerM_Simpson
//------------------------------------------------------------------------

FirstName "Roger M."
LastName "Simpson"
Image "RogerMSimpson"



_CHARISMA 7
_COMELINESS 7
_COMPASSION 6
_CREDIBILITY 6
_EXPERIENCE 3
_INTEGRITY 8
_INTELLIGENCE 7
_MEDIABIAS 4
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 3
_MINORITYAPPEAL 2
_NATIONALISTIC 8
_RELIGIOUS 5
_REPUBLICANLOYALTY 5




//----------------------

FundRaisingAbility 7
Stamina 13
PoliticalParty 1
HomeState 18
Money 2000

//Special Traits---------------------


TAXCUTS 15
TRADITIONALVALUES 10
_NATIONALISTIC 7
GUNOWNERSHIP 10
BIGGOVERNMENT -7
GAYMARRIAG -15
LEGALIZINGMARIJUANA -20
WARONTERROR 15
MARSHALLLAW 10
AFFIRMATIV -10
SCHOOLVOUCHERS 10
IRAQWAR 15
CAPITALPUN 15
ABORTION -10
PRIVATIZINGSOCIALSECURITY 6
WOMENINMILITARY -2
UNIONS -5

//-----------------------------------
ENDCANDIDATE
Reply #11 from PolMach Forums Top
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CANDIDATE RobertP_Swearingen
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FirstName "Robert P."
LastName "Swearingen"
Image "Male23"



_CHARISMA 7
_COMELINESS 4
_COMPASSION 7
_CREDIBILITY 7
_EXPERIENCE 8
_INTEGRITY 7
_INTELLIGENCE 7
_MEDIABIAS 6
_MILITARYEXPERIENCE 5
_MINORITYAPPEAL 5
_RELIGIOUS 4





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FundRaisingAbility 8
Stamina 15
PoliticalParty 0
HomeState 11
Money 4400

//Special Traits---------------------
DEFICITREDUCTION 10
FREEDOMOFSPEECH 7
CAMPAIGNFINANCEREFORM 7
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ENDCANDIDATE


BTW, not my real name, I used two of my political idols in Robert Kennedy and P for Proxmire.
Reply #12 from PolMach Forums Top
wow, you're the only one who doesn't have a list of special traits as long as my arm, myself included.
Reply #13 from PolMach Forums Top
wow, you're the only one who doesn't have a list of special traits as long as my arm, myself included.


something I have noticed are some giving their candidates a score of 5 or minus 5 on an issue. Most likely they haven't changed their character because for example the Republicans are already -5 to big government, abortion rights, etc. Take a look at a character issues at the beginning of a game, they already have these issues.

Giving a score of 20 towards an issue is overkill and might label the candidate out of the mainstream.
Reply #14 from PolMach Forums Top
Giving a score of 20 towards an issue is overkill and might label the candidate out of the mainstream.


But I am out of the mainstream!