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Elections are the beating heart of A House Divided. Every seat in the simulation — from a US state legislature district to Prime Minister — is won at the ballot box against other players and NPC politicians, on a live clock where one real hour is one game week. Campaigns are fought with the same levers everywhere: build favorability with the demographics that actually live in your district, raise and spend campaign funds on ads and ground game, bank Political Influence to unlock bigger moves, and time your push so you peak in the final weeks, not the first ones.
What differs is the system you're playing in. American races are candidate-first: you win a primary before you ever see the general, and first-past-the-post (or ranked-choice in some states) decides the winner. Parliamentary races in the UK and Japan are party-first: your list position, coalition math, and the threat of snap elections matter as much as your personal polling. The two guides below walk through each path office-by-office — what it costs, what the vote formula rewards, and the mistakes that sink first campaigns.
New to the game entirely? Start with the First Campaign Walkthrough on the wiki, then come back here when you know which country you're playing.
House, Senate, Governor, and State Legislature races. Covers FPTP and RCV, campaign upgrades, Political Influence, favorability, and the vote formula.
Parliamentary systems — MPs, Diet seats, proportional representation, snap elections, cabinet bills, and how government formation actually works.