Unit 6 Assignment 1 Personal Military Strategy

My strategy in the game was to make appearances in states that shared one or more of my issue positions. Throughout the rounds, I often began by fundraising in order to pay for my appearances, media, and polling. When I raised $3, I was able to fund all three options. However, because my opponent eventually took the lead, I was often only able to fundraise from states that offered $2. In such cases, I always chose to make an appearance. However, I alternated between choosing to poll new states or create a campaign advertisement. At the start of the game my strategy seem to be working. However, towards the middle of the game my opponent began to dominate the momentums of numerous states. Overall, my opponent’s campaign possessed a better strategy and a more
relevant selection of issues than my campaign. My opponent was a great example of how to properly and effectively run a campaign. The best strategic move I learned from my opponent is to release negative advertisements against your opponent, in states where a particular issue position is significant. Although my opponent quickly dominated the game, I learned to put up a good fight. I often used my opponent’s key move against him in order to decrease his momentum throughout the states. If I played the game again, I would be sure to think more carefully about which issue positions I select.
The relevancy of an individual’s issue positions, determines a candidate’s success throughout the campaign. Throughout my campaign, I felt that most of the states were only concerned with a few my issue positions such as, gun control, health care, and gay rights. The next time I play, I will select my issue positions based off of the concerns of the states that I wish to target. Prior to the end of the game I had been completely aware that I was not going to win. Thus I was not surprised by the outcome of the game. Yet I still learned a significant amount of information from my mistakes and good moves in the game. The game reflected the actual political process because it provided a stimulation of the choices politicians have to make in order to have and maintain a successful campaign. The fact that the game only provided 4 options/moves for each round was very unrealistic. A campaign entails much more than just 4 consistent activities. The game expanded my knowledge of elections that I gathered from the book and this week’s learnsmart by providing a visual explanation of how elections
operate. In the 2016 presidential election I predict that Texas will remain a majority republican state, Thus, I predict that the republican presidential candidate will win the state of Texas in the election.