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Political Parties

The Political Party screen, in the Information Center, lists the parties that exist and who belongs to each.

The Political Party screen listing the existing parties and their members

Forming your own party

Without a party of your own, the screen offers you the option to form one.

The option to form a new political party

Donations

Click Donate to put money into your party.

The Political Party screen with the Donate button

The donation can come from you personally or from your company.

Choosing between a personal donation and one made on behalf of the company

Running for mayor

Wait for the window to open

The Run for Mayor button becomes available as early as one year before the sitting mayor’s term expires.

The Political Party screen with the Run for Mayor button available

Put up a candidate

Click the button to enter a member of your party into the race.

Open the Election screen

Once someone is standing, a View Election Screen button appears.

The View Election Screen button, shown once a candidate is standing

Fund the campaign

The Election screen lists every mayoral candidate and their support ratings.

The Election screen listing candidates, their support ratings and the campaign budget control

Here you set the monthly budget for the election campaign for your own party’s candidate. The more you spend, the higher their support rating climbs.

The Election screen is also reachable directly from the Mayor page of the Cities report.