Shape your campaign
Create custom candidates and parties, select policy positions, and respond to interviews, debates, endorsements, and breaking events. Your decisions carry forward through the campaign.
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Working The Margins Election simulation game
Build a party. Plan your campaign. Watch Election Night unfold.
Take a candidate from the first campaign stop to the final count in this single-player political campaign game. Create both parties, choose a platform, and manage twenty weeks of decisions on a U.S. Electoral College map.
No download or account required. Campaign progress saves in this browser.
YOUR CAMPAIGN DESK
An electoral strategy game about choices and consequences
Work the map
Choose from sixty historical election scenarios spanning 1788–1789 to 2024, an original 2028 map, or a randomized map. Allocate funds, hold rallies, and organize across participating states.
Follow the count
This presidential election game ends with a gradual Election Night count. Watch state calls and popular-vote totals, inspect individual states, and pause or change the speed.
A campaign simulator you can make your own
Choose Easy, Normal, Hard, or Extreme and experiment with different campaign approaches. The map, campaign history, and decision feedback let you follow how your run develops.
Can I play for free?
Yes. Open the game in a modern desktop or mobile browser and start playing. No installation is needed.
Will my campaign be saved?
One campaign is saved on this device and browser. Return to the same site to resume; clearing browser storage removes the save.
Is this a historical recreation?
It is a fictional election simulator, not a forecast. Historical scenarios adapt elections to two sides, using modern map outlines and shared campaign tools. Read the historical source notes.