Warning - Xbox

Elections
The population of the island will demand free elections every few
years. When the Democracy expectations of your island are high,
the people will demand elections more often. If you do not allow the
elections, the people’s liberty satisfaction will suffer and the USA will
be displeased.
When Elections have been scheduled, you will receive up-to-date poll
information in the left part of your screen. People are more likely
to vote for you if they respect you and if their overall happiness is
high. Of course, the opposing candidate and his family are not likely
to vote for you.
If you lose an election, you will also lose the game. It is possible
to arrange an election fraud, but this will greatly displease the
Intellectuals on the island.
Election Speeches
Election Speeches can be used for swaying the public opinion or
your foreign relations. When you are prompted for elections you
will be given the option to give a speech and a special interface for
composing speeches will appear.
When composing speeches you will have three major choices - what
hot topic to address, who to praise and what to promise for the next
elections.
• Address a current issue - you can choose one of the following
factors - Job Quality, Housing, Food Quality, Entertainment,
Religion, Healthcare, Environment, or Crime Safety as a topic to
address. When you address an issue, it will have less impact on
the votes of your citizens for the next elections.
• Praise - gives you the option to praise a faction or a superpower.
Praising temporarily increases the respect of the members of the
faction (if a faction was chosen) or the relations with the
selected superpower (if a superpower was chosen). You can also
praise yourself.
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