Margin of Victory
Run a real election campaign week by week. Spend scarce time and money, survive the debates and the October surprise, and find out whether your strategy can change the result. 49 campaigns across six countries, from 1951 to 2027.
Every week is a plan
You get a budget, a staff, and a limited number of actions each week. Advertising, rallies, fundraising, field offices, opposition research, debate prep: every choice is a trade against the clock. The polling average moves in response, state by state or seat by seat, and the events that really happened arrive on schedule.
Six countries, six kinds of fight
American presidential races are a fight for 270 electoral votes. British campaigns are multiparty brawls for a working majority. France runs two rounds, Germany counts coalitions, and Canada and Australia have their own rules. Each system needs a different plan.
A daily challenge
Every day has one featured campaign with a fixed seed: the same race and the same events for everyone who plays it that day, with a leaderboard to settle who ran it best. Playing needs no account; posting a score needs a Lakeside sign-in.
Common questions
What does it cost?
US 2024, US 2020 and the daily challenge are free for everyone. The full catalogue of 49 campaigns comes with Supporter+, which also covers A House Divided Singleplayer. Campaigns bought earlier stay yours.
How long is one campaign?
Most take twenty to forty minutes, from the starting gun to election night.
Is it historically accurate?
Each campaign starts from real polling, the real map, and the real candidates, and its scripted events follow the race as it happened. What you do from there is up to you.
Can I play on my phone or computer?
The browser version works on desktop and mobile today. Native phone and desktop apps are in development.