Talk Elections

 

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Welcome to the official campaign thread for the forum Democratic presidential nomination!

This thread will begin with instructions on how the game is played, and will follow with nineteen stages each focused on one or several primaries in the campaign.

But first, let's take a look at the candidates as we enter the primary season:






Table of Contents:

1. Overview
2. Contesting a primary
3. Primary schedule
4. Candidate advantages

As in real life, the objective of a successful primary campaign is to win a majority of delegates at the party convention.  As you know, the more primaries you win, the more delegates you will accumulate.

In this game, we’ll be using an artificial currency of 'credits'.  These can be earned and spent in various ways, and will be essential to your success.


EARNING CREDITS

Each candidate will begin with 10 credits, to get the ball rolling.  Additional credits are earned in two different ways:

The first method is already underway; forum members are able to donate 'endorsement points' to their favored candidates, which equate directly with credits for their campaign.  The thread where this happens is here (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=104222.0).  Forum members who haven’t done so already may endorse candidates at any point in the campaign, and credits will be added to their campaign war chest before the start of the next primary.  If forum members decide to switch their endorsements, credits will be deducted from one candidate (if available) and added to the other.

The second method is by winning primaries.  The number of credits earned is determined by the winner’s margin of victory.  This will be explained in further detail in the next post.


SPENDING CREDITS

There are three varieties of ‘token’ that you can buy for one credit each, and all of them will prove essential to victory.

Firstly, there are campaign tokens.  Each of these tokens will generate a random number (http://www.random.org/integers/?num=1&min=1&max=1000&col=5&base=10&format=html&rnd=new) between 1-1000.  These numbers are added up, and whichever candidate has the highest score wins the primary.  For the first four primary stages (i.e. Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina), there is a limit of five campaign tokens that a candidate may invest.  It may be possible to exchange campaign tokens back into credits after the primary, but this will depend on how well your candidate performs.

Secondly, there are bonus tokens.  Each bonus token adds 25% to your score produced by your campaign tokens.  There is no limit to the number of bonus tokens you can invest in a primary, but these cannot be redeemed as credits afterwards.

Thirdly, there are attack tokens.  Each attack token reduces a specific opponent’s total campaign score in a single primary by 25%.  There is also no limit to the number of attack tokens you can invest in a primary, but these also cannot be redeemed as credits afterwards.  Furthermore, each candidate is guaranteed at least 25% of their campaign token score, so any attack tokens inflicted on an opponent once this threshold has been reached will be ineffective.  Finally, attack tokens are ineffective against an opponent in their home state.


ENDING THE GAME

The game will end either when only one candidate remains in the game after their opponents have dropped out, or if one candidate clinches the nomination by achieving a majority of convention delegates.  If no candidate has achieved a majority of delegates after the final primary stage, then... well... we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. :)

The presumptive Democratic nominee will then face the presumptive Republican nominee in a general election campaign.

It’s important to note that credits will roll over to the general election campaign.  So if you’re a candidate who has just lost out on the nomination but you still have a decent war chest, you may want to consider endorsing your opponent to help them in the next stage.  (Or not. ;) )  Furthermore, the number of delegates you have accumulated as a runner up will affect your value as a prospective running mate.....

It’s important to understand how to enter a primary contest, particularly if you want to win one.  Some of the basics were covered in the last post, but here there will be more detail.

For the purposes of the game, there will be no effective difference between a caucus and a primary.  Whenever I describe ‘a primary’, you can take that to include the caucuses too.


ENTERING A PRIMARY

To win a primary, you will need to spend at least one credit to buy a campaign token.  Unless you decide to opt out of a particular primary state entirely, I will automatically enter you in with one campaign token, thus deducting one credit from your balance.  If there are more primaries in one stage than you have credits for, I’ll randomly decide which states to opt you in to.

As I described in the previous post, you can purchase campaign tokens, bonus tokens, and attack tokens.  The best way I can demonstrate how these work is as follows:

Example

• Candidate A buys 4 campaign tokens, 2 bonus tokens, and 1 attack token to be used against Candidate C.  A total of 7 credits is therefore deducted from their campaign fund.

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• Candidate B buys 5 campaign tokens, 3 bonus tokens, 2 attack tokens to be used against Candidate C, and 1 attack token to be used against Candidate D.  A total of 11 credits is therefore deducted from their campaign fund.

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• Candidate C buys 3 campaign tokens, no bonus tokens, and 1 attack token to be used against Candidate A.  A total of 4 credits is therefore deducted from their campaign fund.

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• Candidate D buys 4 campaign tokens, 4 bonus tokens, and no attack tokens.  A total of 8 credits is therefore deducted from their campaign fund.

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WINNING A PRIMARY

Once I have received instructions from all candidates, or the designated time limit has run out, I will temporarily lock this thread and calculate the results.  As I described in the previous post, each campaign token produces a randomly generated (http://www.random.org/integers/?num=1&min=1&max=1000&col=5&base=10&format=html&rnd=new) number between 1-1000, which are then added up.  This score will then be increased and/or reduced by the number of bonus tokens and attack tokens that have been employed on it.

Continuing the previous example:

• Candidate A’s four campaign tokens produce the following results:
  299  496  163  481
  This produces a subtotal of 1439.
  Candidate A’s two bonus tokens add a further 25% each, which adds 720 to the subtotal.
  Candidate C has employed one attack token (25% of the subtotal), and thus deducting 360 from the subtotal.
  Therefore, Candidate A’s final score in this primary is 1799.

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• Candidate B’s five campaign tokens produce the following results:
  402  553  675  686  909
  This produces a subtotal of 3225.
  Candidate B’s three bonus tokens add a further 25% each, which adds 2419 to the subtotal.
  No attack tokens were employed against Candidate B.
  Therefore, Candidate B’s final score in this primary is 5644.

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• Candidate C’s three campaign tokens produce the following results:
  79  685  646
  This produces a subtotal of 1410.
  Candidate C has no bonus tokens.
  Candidates A and B have employed three attack tokens (25% for each token; 75% in total), thus deducting 1056 from the subtotal.
  Therefore, Candidate C’s final score in this primary is 354.

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• Candidate D’s four campaign tokens produce the following results:
  905 644  763  575
  This produces a subtotal of 2887.
  Candidate D’s four bonus tokens add a further 25% each, which adds 2887 to the subtotal.
  Candidate B has employed one attack token (25% of the subtotal), and thus deducting 722 from the subtotal.
  Therefore, Candidate B’s final score in this primary is 5052.

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• The final results of this primary are as follows:
  Candidate A:  1799;  14.0%
  Candidate B:  5644;  43.9%
  Candidate C:  354;  2.8%
  Candidate D:  5052;  39.3%
  
  Candidate B has won the primary with a margin of 4.6%.

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RETURN ON INVESTMENT

As mentioned earlier, candidates are able to redeem some of the credits they invested in the primary (and more if they win).  This is calculated as follows:

The winner receives a number of credits directly equal to the number of campaign tokens they bought, plus a number of credits equal to their percentage margin of victory (rounded to the nearest whole number, at a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 5).

The second place finisher receives a number of credits directly equal to the number of campaign tokens they bought.

The third place finisher receives a number of credits directly equal to the number of campaign tokens they bought, minus 1.

The fourth place finisher receives a number of credits directly equal to the number of campaign tokens they bought, minus 2 if available.

The fifth place finisher receives a number of credits directly equal to the number of campaign tokens they bought, minus 3 if available.

…and so on.

When a primary stage is over, if your candidate has no remaining credits, and you have not received any additional endorsements from fellow forum members during this stage, you will be forced to withdraw from the campaign.


DELEGATES

As these are the Democratic primaries, the delegates in each state will be split proportionally among candidates who win at least 15% of the vote.  There are no superdelegates in this game.  I realize that this is not entirely comparable to reality, but some creative license has been used here.

The number of delegates available in each primary is summarized in the primary schedule in the next post, and also before each primary itself.

The schedule roughly matches that of the 2008 Democratic primaries; for the sake of simplicity, the same schedule is being used for both parties.  There will be no primaries held for Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Marianas Islands, or the Democrats Abroad.

The Super Tuesday primaries of 2008 have been divided in two in the hope of making it more manageable.

The chronological list of primaries is as follows, with the number of delegates in brackets:

Stage 1	Iowa (45)
Stage 2	New Hampshire (22)
Stage 3	Nevada (25)
Stage 4	South Carolina (45)
Stage 5	Florida (185) Michigan (128)
Stage 6	Alabama (52) Arizona (56) California (370) Connecticut (48) Georgia (87) Illinois (153) Massachusetts (93) Missouri (72) New Mexico (26) North Dakota (13) Tennessee (68)
Stage 7	Alaska (13) Arkansas (35) Colorado (55) Delaware (15) Idaho (18) Kansas (32) Minnesota (72) New Jersey (107) New York (232) Oklahoma (38) Utah (23)
Stage 8	Louisiana (56) Nebraska (24) Washington (78)
Stage 9	Maine (24)
Stage 10	District of Columbia (15) Maryland (70) Virginia (83)
Stage 11	Hawaii (20) Wisconsin (74)
Stage 12	Ohio (141) Rhode Island (21) Texas (193) Vermont (15)
Stage 13	Wyoming (12)
Stage 14	Mississippi (33)
Stage 15	Pennsylvania (158)
Stage 16	Indiana (72) North Carolina (115)
Stage 17	West Virginia (28)
Stage 18	Kentucky (51) Oregon (52)
Stage 19	Montana (16) South Dakota (15)



Total Delegates:  3,494

HOME STATE ADVANTAGES

As in real life, candidates often receive an advantage in particular primaries based on the proximity of their home state.  This element will be simulated in this game too.

The following map displays the various regions in which home state advantages are grouped:






The following series of questions will help explain how candidates' advantages in each primary are calculated:


[1]  Is the primary in your candidate's home state?

• Yes - add 200% bonus and proceed to Q5.
• No - proceed to Q2.

[2]  Does the primary state share a border with your candidate's home state?

• Yes - add 75% bonus and proceed to Q3.
• No - proceed to Q3.

[3]  Is the primary state in the same color group (e.g. red, green, etc.) as your candidate's home state?

• Yes - add 25% bonus and proceed to Q4.
• No - proceed to Q4.

[4]  Is the primary state in the same color shade group (e.g. bright orange, dark orange, etc.) as your candidate's home state?

• Yes - add 50% bonus and proceed to Q5.
• No - proceed to Q5.

[5]  Is the primary state in the blue region (i.e. the South)?

• Yes - double your accumulated bonus(es), if any.*
• No - end.

Any bonuses are added to the score subtotal produced by each candidate's campaign tokens.

N.B.  Each of the states at the Four Corners share borders with each other; i.e. New Mexico borders Utah, and Arizona borders Colorado.


* I realize that this may seem unfair on candidates from outside the South, but this intra-regional bias is pretty well based in reality, alas.



MOMENTUM BONUSES

In each primary state, each candidate will receive a bonus equal to the average vote percentage they have won over the previous three stages.  This will include stages with multi-state primaries.

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The credit balances of the candidates are as follows:

Diane Dalton	10
Franklin Finch	15
Gillespie Goldsmith	15
Linda Lopez	22
Martin Montgomery	11
Oliver Osborne	17
Quentin Quinn	28
Timothy Taylor	33
Xander Xiao	24
Zachary Zuckerman	24

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IOWA

There are 45 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Diane Dalton (MO) has a 75% bonus.
• Timothy Taylor (MI) has a 25% bonus.

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N.B.  In this stage, you may buy no more than 5 campaign tokens.  There is no limit to the number of bonus tokens and attack tokens you can buy.

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Please post your instructions for what tokens you would like to buy to compete in this stage.  You may edit your post as many times as you like if necessary.

The thread will be temporarily locked three days from now so that the results can be calculated.

In the mean time, please don't be afraid to ask any questions.  :)

I'll use 5 campaign tokens, ten bonus tokens, and 1 guess I'll switch over to a clean campaign.

I'll use 5 campaign tokens, 3 bonus tokens, and a clean campaign.

5 campaign tokens and five bonus tokens.

5 campaign tokens and 2 bonus tokens.  Iowa is a critical state.  I intend to run a clean campaign, so I will pledge in advance that at this stage I will use one attack token against anyone who uses one against me, up to a total of three.  Should no one attack me, I will not attack anyone.

5 campaign, 19 bonus

By the way, what would happen if all ten candidates split the vote so evenly that none hits the 15% viability threshold?  No delegates at all?

Or, more realistically, only one candidate crosses the 15% mark.  Automatic 100% delegate win?

I would like 5 campaign tokens and 11 bonus tokens please.

In addition, I will join Mikado and pledge to run a clean campaign as well. I will only use attack tokens, although an unspecified number, against those that use them against me.

EDIT: Good to see Quentin Quinn join the clean campaign initiative.

EDIT 2: Good to see Zachary Zuckerman join the clean campaign initiative.

Um, good question.  :-\  Hopefully, this won't happen, but if it does, I'll most likely lower or remove the threshold for that particular primary.


That would seem to be the most feasible outcome.

Wouldn't the South advantage only be for the Republican party?

No, history has often shown that the South loves them a fellow Southerner no matter what color flag they be flyin'.

One campaign token, two attack tokens on Quinn.

And one attack token on Goldsmith.

Five campaign tokens, five bonus tokens, and I will also be running a clean campaign.

Why are just about all the attack tokens againest me? lol

Here's to Messrs Señors Goldsmith and Taylor for joining me in an effort to keep this campaign clean!

Always hurts to be the first to go negative. You can always edit your post and join the clean campaigners.

I'll send a reminder PM to NiK (Dalton) and afleitch (Montgomery); if they both post their instructions then I can calculate the results early.

Could you do that with all the Republican candidates as well :)

Will do.  :)

Do the Four Corners border (i.e. do I get the neighboring state bonus for Utah?) and are you doing the Maine/Massachusetts border you did in Risk?

NiK is going to get ridiculous regional bonuses.

HappyWarrior's bonuses will be even more ridiculous.

Yes to the first, and no to the second, and thank you for reminding me to clarify that.  :)


It's true that they will have an advantage, though I don't think it'll be "ridiculous".  What's more, other candidates have different kinds of advantages, which potentially spill over to the general election campaign as well.

Ran the numbers:

Lopez (The Mikado): 32.81%, 18 delegates
Goldsmith (benconstine): 28.64%, 15 delegates
Xiao (Xahar): 22.03%, 12 delegates
Zuckerman (Sewer Socialist): 10.86%
Quinn (HappyWarrior): 4.54%
Finch (Al): 1.12%

I presume that counts as an internal poll relased by the Xiao campaign.

Forgetting someone? :P

Does this mean that Lopez will get an additional bonus in states with a large number of hispanic voters, for example (by which I mean greater than the regional bonus)? Just a question... and now for a comment - I think this game is working really well! Great game machine/formula!

Damn thats terrible.

Was I left out of the party?

For that matter, do I get a bonus in South Carolina for the color of my skin?

(Out of character) The Xiao campaign hired Strategic Vision as their pollster, and SV's random number generator was acting funky.  :P

(In character) This poll shows Iowans firmly committed to our message of Never Again.  Hopefully, they will turn out as such on Tuesday.

(Out of character) By acting funky, you mean made up. ;)


(In character) "Tim Taylor for President" roundly rejects the legitimacy of this poll, sponsored by its opponents to mislead the residents of Iowa. This attempt to deceive the voters serves only to solidify Tim as the best choice for Iowans when they go to their caucuses this week.

Our prior internal polls had a typo. This has been rectified below.

Lopez (The Mikado): 26.87%, 14 delegates
Goldsmith (benconstine): 23.46%, 12 delegates
Taylor (Purple State): 18.1%, 10 delegates
Xiao (Xahar): 18.04%, 9 delegates
Zuckerman (Sewer Socialist): 8.89%
Quinn (HappyWarrior): 3.72%
Finch (Al): 0.91%

Slightly too close to the full 100%. Nate Silver would have a field day.

Will we have to play each state individually for multi-state primary days? Or will it be all together?

Just kidding, those numbers were jokes. Got you!

Lopez (The Mikado): 22.02%, 17 delegates
Goldsmith (benconstine): 19.22%, 14 delegates
Osborne (Shilly): 18.07%, 14 delegates
Taylor (Purple State): 14.83%
Xiao (Xahar): 14.78%
Zuckerman (Sewer Socialist): 7.29%
Quinn (HappyWarrior): 3.05%
Finch (Al): 0.75%

New numbers coming soon!

New numbers are here!

Osborne (Shilly): 21.92%, 15 delegates
Taylor (Purple State): 21.3%, 15 delegates
Goldsmith (benconstine): 20.63%, 15 delegates
Xiao (Xahar): 12.98%
Lopez (The Mikado): 9.18%
Zuckerman (Sewer Socialist): 5.48%
Quinn (HappyWarrior): 4.52%
Finch (Al): 3.98%

Lopez (The Mikado): 17.66%, 12 delegates
Goldsmith (benconstine): 16.43%, 11 delegates
Osborne (Shilly): 17.53%, 11 delegates
Taylor (Purple State): 17.53%, 11 delegates
Xiao (Xahar): 12.36%
Zuckerman (Sewer Socialist): 11.05%
Quinn (HappyWarrior): 5.73%
Finch (Al): 1.7%

OOC: I demand a bonus for states with lots of crazy people!

Naturally I withdraw. I didn't have time to be part of this. Sorry :( :)

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Will we be able to choose what states to enter if we run out of tokens?  Enter Alabama but not Connecticut, for example?

The Lopez Campaign has changed its campaign website to a picture of Mr. Montgomery, honoring his years of service as a loyal Democrat and supporter of the people of this country, and recognizes his sacrifice in making it easier for us in New Hampshire the Democratic field more united and less needlessly cluttered.  We hope we stand a good chance of taking Montgomery's tokens of winning this dedicated public servant's endorsement.

Fair enough. More wishful thinking than anything else. ;)

When does this close?

I wish I could say 'yes' to those questions and enhance the realism, but alas, there would simply be too much work and detail involved to keep it accurate and fair.

The names and appearances of the candidates are simply to give the appearance of diversity, and to make things slightly more interesting for the players.  They don't actually have any real impact on the game itself in terms of how the results are calculated.



Each state will be played individually.  Players would have to give me instructions for each state all at once during those stages.  That's when things will get really interesting, because you guys will have to spend your limited credits very wisely over such a broad field.  ;)



Fine, I'm doubling your bonuses in West Virginia, California and Florida.

just kidding j00 guise



Yes.  The automatic entry of one token is only for players who don't issue any instructions.  If you want to opt out of a particular state entirely, you'd need to say so.

Sorry to see you go, but I understand.  :(

Don't forget that you can still issue your endorsement (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=104222.0)!  You have 6 credits to share out to whichever candidate(s) you like.

(Ordinarily you'd be able to share out the 10 credits you started with too, but since you didn't compete in any primaries it probably wouldn't seem right.)

As soon after 8.47am Eastern tomorrow as I'm able to get online.  While the thread is locked, you'll be unable to edit your posts.


By the way, I'm loving the 'internal polls' you guys are 'publishing'.  :)

Another poll (yay)

Lopez (The Mikado): 21.46%, 17 delegates
Xiao (Xahar): 19.25%, 15 delegates
Goldsmith (benconstine): 16.06%, 13 delegates
Taylor (Purple State): 14.16%
Osborne (Shilly): 13.18%
Quinn (HappyWarrior): 5.9%
Zuckerman (Sewer Socialist): 4.95%
Finch (Al): 3.26%
Dalton (NiK): 1.78%

Will edits after that time be counted? Or will everything be counted up until you close the thread?

This is more than you have Xahar. You can only escalate to as high as you had at the beginning of the round. Recent donations don't count.

:(

The latter.  I can't really prevent people editing posts before the thread is locked, and if I were to try and enforce it, I wouldn't know what their post contained before they edited it.  :)

^^^^

I'll let these results sink in before announcing the start of the next stage.  :)

I believe your math is off and I come in second.

7670 + 3068 - 1534 = 9104 (you did + rather than -).

Damn, I had a phantom number in my spreadsheet.  Give me a minute to recalculate.


Okay, it's been corrected.  I apologize for the error.

So Xahar tries to double cross me and ends up losing more credits than he would have otherwise. I am genuinely amused. :P

EDIT: Joe, could you make rounds end closer to 11pm in the future, that way Xahar can actually sleep (someone went to bed at 5:30am last night for a game)? Also, if we could avoid Friday night (after 4pm) ends for primaries, that would be appreciated for religious reasons. :)

Oh, yay.

3rd place, alot better than I was expecting lol

No problem.  Due to the latter request, if I start the next stage tonight, I'll finish it on Saturday morning instead, which will give you all just over three days.  Unless all candidates post instructions beforehand, that is.

Friday night and Saturday day (until 5:30pm or so) is all the Sabbath. If it's too difficult to accommodate it's fine.

I didn't go to bed at 5:30. I happened to wake up at 5:30, changed the totals, and went back to sleep. :)

Pardon my ignorance.  :)  I don't mind extending the next round for another day or so.  Again, if everybody posts early, I can close it early, so it won't matter anyway.

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The credit balances of the candidates are as follows:

Diane Dalton	9
Franklin Finch	12
Gillespie Goldsmith	8
Linda Lopez	16
Oliver Osborne	8
Quentin Quinn	18
Timothy Taylor	37
Xander Xiao	45
Zachary Zuckerman	22

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

There are 22 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Zachary Zuckerman (PA) has a 25% bonus.

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Momentum Bonuses

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Diane Dalton has a 2% bonus.
• Franklin Finch has a 1% bonus.
• Gillespie Goldsmith has a 11% bonus.
• Linda Lopez has a 6% bonus.
• Oliver Osborne has a 7% bonus.
• Quentin Quinn has a 20% bonus.
• Timothy Taylor has a 20% bonus.
• Xander Xiao has a 26% bonus.
• Zachary Zuckerman has a 10% bonus.

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N.B.  In this stage, you may buy no more than 5 campaign tokens.  There is no limit to the number of bonus tokens and attack tokens you can buy.

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Please post your instructions for what tokens you would like to buy to compete in this stage.  You may edit your post as many times as you like if necessary.

The thread will be temporarily locked three days from now - or after all candidates have posted instructions - so that the results can be calculated.

In the mean time, please don't be afraid to ask any questions.  :)

5 campaign tokens, 10 bonus tokens.

10 attack tokens against Xander Xiao.

5 campaign, 24 bonus

5 campaign tokens

4 campaign tokens, and 4 bonus tokens.

There's no limit to the number of bonus and attack tokens you can buy, but don't forget that you won't have the chance to reclaim them as credits like you potentially can with campaign tokens.

Also, after the first four stages, there won't be a limit to the number of campaign tokens you can buy either.

Five campaign tokens.

Spoilsport.

Anyway, 5 and 2 bonus.

A poll* has just been released by the Mypalfish Institute on the shape of the race in New Hampshire as of this moment:

Xiao	61%
Taylor	10%
Lopez	9%
Goldsmith	8%
Quinn	6%
Osborne	5%
Finch	<1%
Zuckerman	<1%
Dalton	<1%

* Just for fun, but hopefully somewhat useful in determining the strengths of each candidate's campaign at this point.

I will now accept my accolades.

four campaign tokens and one bonus token.

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Remember how that ended the first time...

Does not compute.

0 campaign, 0 bonus and 0 attack.

First, that was only for the first state, because of the nature of Iowa. Second, let's not talk about double-talk Xahar.

One campaign token. One attack token on Goldsmith.

Okay, now that we have instructions from all candidates, I'm going to lock the thread in about an hour and calculate the results.

Ah, how nice.


You certainly didn't mention that in that post.

And expected.

I polled a little higher than I thought I would.

Did I just get punished for the Michael Jackson thing? :P

YES  >:(



But also, no.  'twas naught but the fates.

Just a quick FYI:  I'm going to simplify things a tiny bit by rounding everything except percentages to the nearest whole number.  It shouldn't make any difference unless there's a tie; in which case I'll bring back decimals in those cases.  Percentages will remain using one decimal place.

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The credit balances of the candidates are as follows:

Diane Dalton	6
Franklin Finch	10
Gillespie Goldsmith	3
Linda Lopez	10
Oliver Osborne	5
Quentin Quinn	16
Timothy Taylor	17
Xander Xiao	43
Zachary Zuckerman	22

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NEVADA

There are 25 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Linda Lopez (NM) has a 75% bonus.
• Xander Xiao (CA) has a 100% bonus.

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Momentum Bonuses

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Diane Dalton has a 6% bonus.
• Franklin Finch has a 1% bonus.
• Gillespie Goldsmith has a 11% bonus.
• Linda Lopez has a 7% bonus.
• Oliver Osborne has a 8% bonus.
• Quentin Quinn has a 14% bonus.
• Timothy Taylor has a 24% bonus.
• Xander Xiao has a 29% bonus.
• Zachary Zuckerman has a 5% bonus.

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N.B.  In this stage, you may buy no more than 5 campaign tokens.  There is no limit to the number of bonus tokens and attack tokens you can buy.

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Please post your instructions for what tokens you would like to buy to compete in this stage.  You may edit your post as many times as you like if necessary.

The thread will be temporarily locked three days from now - or after all candidates have posted instructions - so that the results can be calculated.

In the mean time, please don't be afraid to ask any questions.  :)

5 campaign, 28 bonus

5 campaign I guess.

Why are you splitting dem's delegates but not repubs?

It's a simplistic simulation of the real primaries.

Not compteting in Nevada.

^^^^

Everybody has to attack Xahar, now! ;D

Don't you know that everyone is running a "clean campaign"?

All in.

5 campaign, 5 bonus.  And I'm never playing in the same game as Xahar again.

17 attack tokens on Xahar.

5 attack tokens on Xiao.

Ha, this is pathetic

Nowt fur me, thankee.

None.

Seriously, if you all attacked Xahar he would have spent all those tokens for nothing.

And your point is...

Oh, the complicated plots and machinations of the Anti-Christ can be seen at work! PEOPLE! NAY! SAY I! TO THIS! KILL THE ANTI-CHRIST! KILL HIS MACHINATIONS! DEATH UNTO! HIM!

Okeydokey, I'll lock the thread in about an hour so to calculated the results.  :)

It's over. I withdraw.

Linda Lopes in Las Vegas:

Well, if we had to leave this race, it's just as well we did it on a high point.  Crowd shocked, boos  No, no, my friends.  We can't do any more.  However, there is someone who can, and who can stand up to corrupt big-city pols like Xander Xiao who represent everything bad about our system.  Someone who shares our beliefs.

Timothy Taylor, the next President of the United States, has my endorsement, my five remaining campaign credits, my nine delegates, and my full support.

And it's a good thing for him, too, because he'd be out of credits otherwise.

Sorry to see you go, NiK & Mikado.  :(




No, Mechaman endorsed him.

Ah, missed that.

Well, it'd be close.

Incidentally, if a candidate drops out and endorses another, they'll get their momentum as well as any credits and delegates.  I probably should have mentioned that sooner.

Also, it appears that Oliver Osborne has run out of campaign credits.  Therefore, I'm afraid you're out of the running, Shilly, unless you can rustle up another endorsement by the time I total up ready for South Carolina.  :(

If not, you can endorse a remaining candidate and grant them your 5% momentum bonus.

When does South Carolina begin?

I was hoping the Republicans would be ready as well by now, but we're still waiting for AHDuke.  I may start SC for the Dems later today.

I wasn't expecting the endorsements and did plan to simply move on, but I will honor my colleagues for their trust and continue on.

Thank you.

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The credit balances of the candidates are as follows:

Franklin Finch	16
Gillespie Goldsmith	3
Quentin Quinn	17
Timothy Taylor	13
Xander Xiao	39
Zachary Zuckerman	22

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SOUTH CAROLINA

There are 45 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch (WV) has a 50% bonus.
• Gillespie Goldsmith (LA) has a 150% bonus.
• Quentin Quinn (TN) has a 50% bonus.

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Momentum Bonuses

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch has no bonus.
• Gillespie Goldsmith has a 7% bonus.
• Quentin Quinn has a 14% bonus.
• Timothy Taylor has a 38% bonus.
• Xander Xiao has a 35% bonus.
• Zachary Zuckerman has a 3% bonus.

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N.B.  In this stage, you may buy no more than 5 campaign tokens.  There is no limit to the number of bonus tokens and attack tokens you can buy.

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Please post your instructions for what tokens you would like to buy to compete in this stage.  You may edit your post as many times as you like if necessary.

The thread will be temporarily locked three days from now - or after all candidates have posted instructions - so that the results can be calculated.

In the mean time, please don't be afraid to ask any questions.  :)

Let's go with 5 campaign and 14 bonus.

No tokens this round.

Five campaign tokens.
Eight bonus tokens.
Two attack tokens on Quinn.

Two tokens, and one bonus token.

Five tokens and twelve bonuses.

No tokens this round.

Why must you hurt me so?

Because you are an agent of the Anti-Christ. And. I. Will. DESTROY YOU.

What about the anti christ himself, Xiao?

It just occurred to me that all of you have now posted instructions (I forgot there's only six of you left), so I'll lock the thread in about an hour for the results.

lol, close to 19% of South Carolina voted for a crazy.

Benconstine (Gillespie Goldsmith) has a bankruptcy warning - you either need to gain an endorsement from somebody asap, or concede defeat.  :(

You make it sound like this is an unusual occurrence.

It's because my PAC announced it was giving you the two endorsement points Taylor gained from our organisation upon the withdrawl of Lopez.

[obligatory self-congratulations]


And this after you got a 4 on one of your tokens.

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When's the next round?

In a couple of hours.  The Republican contest has literally just ended.

I'm dropping out, and endorsing Quinn.

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The credit balances of the candidates are as follows:

Franklin Finch	29
Quentin Quinn	5
Timothy Taylor	9
Xander Xiao	33

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FLORIDA

There are 185 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch (WV) has a 50% bonus.
• Quentin Quinn (TN) has a 50% bonus.

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Momentum Bonuses

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch has a 6% bonus.
• Quentin Quinn has a 15% bonus.
• Timothy Taylor has a 27% bonus.
• Xander Xiao has a 41% bonus.

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MICHIGAN

There are 128 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Timothy Taylor (MI) has a 200% bonus.

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Momentum Bonuses

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch has a 6% bonus.
• Quentin Quinn has a 15% bonus.
• Timothy Taylor has a 27% bonus.
• Xander Xiao has a 41% bonus.

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Please post your instructions for what tokens you would like to buy to compete in this stage.  You may edit your post as many times as you like if necessary.

The thread will be temporarily locked three days from now - or after all candidates have posted instructions - so that the results can be calculated.

In the mean time, please don't be afraid to ask any questions.  :)

Note that candidates are no longer limited to the number of campaign tokens they can buy.  All other restrictions still apply, however.

6 campaign tokens and 3 bonus tokens in my home state.

I'll use my last 5 campaign tokens in Florida.

17 campaign in Michigan, 16 in Florida

I will not contest Michigan.

12 campaign tokens in Florida.

Alrighty, I'll lock the thread in about an hour.

wtf?

Problem?

No, just super weird.

Fair enough.  It must feel super weird to actually lose a primary for once.  :P

Yeah; now the map is ugly.

More than 1 in every 3 people in Florida voted to help stop the anti-christ!

I will drop out and give my endorsement to Tim Taylor.

Just to let you know, you fail at math. ;) Using exclusively campaign tokens is mathematically inferior and there is actually a formula to all of this.


I thank my colleague for the endorsement.

Well, yeah, I know that, but campaign tokens have certain advantages.

Yes, especially as the race gets smaller, such as when only two people contest Michigan.

Super Tuesday is going to be a token-palooza unless Joe has some special rules ready for it.

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The credit balances of the candidates are as follows:

Franklin Finch	29
Timothy Taylor	15
Xander Xiao	38

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ALABAMA

There are 52 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch (WV) has a 50% bonus.

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ARIZONA

There are 56 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Xander Xiao (CA) has a 100% bonus.

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CALIFORNIA

There are 370 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Xander Xiao (CA) has a 200% bonus, and is immune to attack tokens.

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CONNECTICUT

There are 48 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

No candidate receives a bonus.
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GEORGIA

There are 87 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch (WV) has a 50% bonus.

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ILLINOIS

There are 153 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Timothy Taylor (MI) has a 75% bonus.

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MASSACHUSETTS

There are 93 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

No candidate receives a bonus.
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MISSOURI

There are 72 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch (WV) has a 150% bonus.

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NEW MEXICO

There are 26 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Xander Xiao (CA) has a 25% bonus.

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NORTH DAKOTA

There are 13 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

No candidate receives a bonus.
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TENNESSEE

There are 68 delegates available.  These will be divided proportionally among candidates who achieve at least 15% of the vote here.


Home State Advantages

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch (WV) has a 150% bonus.

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N.B.  To avoid the risk of no candidates competing in certain states, I'm automatically entering your candidate into every contest with one campaign token each, which will not be deducted from your credit balance.  You will not be able to withdraw that token from the primary, and you will not be able to win it back for your credit balance after the primary.  This means that you still have the chance to win a primary even if you choose not to contest it, and therefore win a number of credits based on your margin of victory.

Please post your instructions for what tokens you would like to buy to compete in this stage.  You may edit your post as many times as you like if necessary.

The thread will be temporarily locked three days from now - or after all candidates have posted instructions - so that the results can be calculated.

In the mean time, please don't be afraid to ask any questions.  :)



Momentum Bonuses

(Bonuses will be added to candidates' campaign token scores.)

• Franklin Finch has a 13% bonus.
• Timothy Taylor has a 43% bonus.
• Xander Xiao has a 45% bonus.

So there are eleven states at the moment and you have given each of us one campaign token in each state free of charge. So I am automatically in each contest, but still have 15 tokens?

Correct.

Four campaign tokens in each of: Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts. Three campaign tokens in North Dakota.

All campaign tokens

4 in AL
3 in AZ
2 in CA
3 in CT
4 in GA
3 in IL
3 in MA
4 in MO
4 in NM
4 in ND
4 in TN

Campaign tokens:

5 in Alabama
5 in Georgia
5 in Missouri
6 in Tennessee

This thread be lock'd in one revolution of a clock's minute hand.