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Objective - The game is set up like a political debate.  Be the first candidate to reach 50% in the polls.   

Game Pieces -  

• 7 Historical Candidate figures 
• Red, white and blue dice 
• 50 Issue cards 
• 300 Quote cards 
• Moderator token 
• Game board 

Setup - Each player selects a candidate figure and places it at the zero marker on one of the poll columns.  The issue cards are placed face down in the space on the board. 

Order of Play - Deal seven quote cards to each player.   

Players take turns being the debate moderator.  Each player will roll the white dice.  The player with the highest number will be the first moderator.  

At the start of each round, the moderator draws the top card from the issue card deck and places it in the issue slot on the game board.  Some issue cards are marked with specific dice colors which limits the moderator's choice of dice.  The moderator selects a dice color from the options listed on the issue card and rolls their selected dice.   

Each number on the dice corresponds to a particular political group listed in the tables below: 

Blue Dice              

1 - Bureaucrats

2 - Democrats in Congress

3 - Labor Uniions

4 - Left-wing Media

5 - Socialists

6 - Urban Elites

Red Dice 

1 - Corporations

2 - Republicans in Congress

3 - Right-wing Media

4 - Rural Folks

5 - The One Percent

6 - The Religious Right

 White Dice       

1 - Conservatives

2 - Moderates

3 - Non-Citizens

4 - Politicians

5 - Progressives

6 - The American People

The moderator then reads the prompt using the political group from the dice and the issue card.  Each player then selects a quote card from their hand they believe is the bast answer to the prompt.  They submit their cards face down and anonymously to the moderator. 

The moderator must decide which quote response is the best for the given prompt.  The candidate who submitted the chosen card is awarded five points in the polls.  The moderator is also awarded five points in the polls.  That player and the moderator will then advance their candidate figure on the poll column. 

At the end of each round, the moderator token is passed clockwise.  Each player will draw a new quote card, except the moderator.  Play continues until a candidate reaches 50%