"Presidential election boardgame from 80s?" Topic

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Winston Smith	05 Jul 2016 5:34 a.m. PST
The various candidates would go from state to state, collecting electoral votes. No ideology to speak of. Random events of course. I don't know who made it but vaguely remember enjoying it. Based on various timelines in my life I know I played it in the 80s. Anybody know what game it may have been? The electoral vote collection was key.
Doms Decals	05 Jul 2016 5:49 a.m. PST
Maybe? link
Editor in Chief Bill	05 Jul 2016 6:02 a.m. PST
Not an Avalon Hill or 3W bookshelf game, was it? Landslide? link https://youtu.be/oJ6PQau6J3A
Ooh Rah	05 Jul 2016 6:35 a.m. PST
Mr. President, perhaps? link
Winston Smith	05 Jul 2016 7:09 a.m. PST
I think Dom got it. It looks sort of familiar.
jdpintex	05 Jul 2016 4:24 p.m. PST
I remember something similar from the 70s. It had a square bored and you got states via some I remembered mechanism and the electoral votes were on cards. NY, TX, CA were the winning cards.
The G Dog	06 Jul 2016 5:03 a.m. PST
Agree with Dom. Likely Campaign Trail. The last copy I saw for sale was tagged $80.00 USD
Ooh Rah	06 Jul 2016 9:29 a.m. PST
Check out the market at Board Game Geek. No copies are available now, but a copy sold less than a month ago for $12.50 USD. Highest price was $39.95 USD in April. link
cfielitz	06 Jul 2016 4:58 p.m. PST
Landslide. Great game.
piper909	16 Dec 2016 12:51 a.m. PST
I had a copy of Landslide for decades! Played it quite a bit, too. Not a bad beer and pretzels game in its day.

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