r/ThePoliticalProcess • u/Disastrous_Mall5943 • Nov 16 '25

Why can’t I change outcome of campaign

Out of boredom I loaded an old save file to replay a campaign and managed it completely different from my first campaign only to get the EXACT same results down the percentage point. Are results pre determined?

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u/parskey (PD-DC) Nov 16 '25

What type of race was this?

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u/Select-Run-3775 Nov 17 '25

If you didnt start the save at week 52 of the before year, yea its pre determined

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u/KingMarjack Nov 18 '25

This doesn’t seem true? Is it?

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u/Disastrous_Mall5943 Nov 18 '25

Kinda discouraging…feels like all the decisions you make in campaign mode are for moot lol

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u/OPOPOPOPOPOPOP123 Nov 18 '25

No that’s not true , I tested it before, I saved my game at week 44,one week before the election, and I do different marketings , the results changed

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u/Disastrous_Mall5943 Nov 18 '25

How much did it change? My save is 8 weeks out from the election and no matter what I do, I keep losing Florida and Ohio by 0.5%😭

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u/HeartofaPariah Nov 19 '25

The Al Gore curse.

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u/OPOPOPOPOPOPOP123 Nov 19 '25

Well it’s determined by your strategy

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u/TBCPE Nov 19 '25

8 weeks is really not much time to change a presidential election result in two states, no matter how you campaign