This is a game that lets young Americans experience a presidential campaign firsthand and understand the process it takes to run a campaign successfully. The game starts with the user choosing a political party and five issues they will represent. Users get to manage elements of a presidential campaign such as winning their party’s nomination, selecting a running mate, raising funds, polling voters, launching media campaigns, and making personal appearances. Meticulous planning and wise spending are encouraged.

Website: https://www.icivics.org/games/win-white-house

What Users Love About the App

“I absolutely love this game, it allows players to create their own candidates and run for President, this game is also highly simplified which allows those who don’t know much about politics the ability to understand what goes into running for office.”

“I love this game, it’s simple and fun. Winning the presidency is satisfying and watching the big states turn to your color, making the opponent lose many electoral votes, brightens my day. It’s a really fun game.”

“It’s a really great game for i civics and for those who might want to be president someday. If you ever want to be president you should definitely download this app. You can choose Republican or Democrat and you to against your opponent to try to Win the White House.”

“I would like to start off this review of saying that this game is definitely one of the best becoming president games of the century. It allows you to create your own campaign and run against the computer or if you sign in, your friends!”

“I feel it is very educational for children who want to grow up and want to become politicians. You start in the primaries, and after that if you succeed you move on to the national election where you can go visit states to get momentum to help your campaign.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“Thought this game would be great but turned out to be a major disappointment. The other side wins over states with ease but for you it is virtually impossible. Don’t recommend this to anyone who rages if they can’t win.”

“I have tried both sides and they give your three responses for each issue, but only one response make sense. only the AI gets momentum. I have tried both time and even answered issues with answer that were not related out of the options it gives. still never win.”

“Rigged. I was in the lead I mean 263 and my opponent jumped a head from 124!!!!!! Plus it doesn’t tell you the political parties of the states and you are forced to give your opponent’s votes unwillingly!”

“Dull and unrealistic! Tennessee should never be blue and Massachusetts should never be Red. Also there is a glitch where you talk about an issue that a state opposes and the game will cheat you and say “they don’t care about that.” Don’t download this game!”

“There are some places that could’ve been more optimized and updated. In some cases on specific ProMotion devices (especially on the iPhone 13 Pro), the user interface refresh rate seems to be locked at 60 Hz while the display is optimized for 120 Hz. I tried turning sound on and off again in the app settings, but it seems to be not working.”