Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Updates Educational Video Game 'Win the White House' for 2016 [View all]

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https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-03-28-justice-sandra-day-o-connor-updates-educational-video-game-win-the-white-house-for-2016

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has released an updated version of her campaign simulator game Win the White House, one of three games in her iCivics suite, for the 2016 election. The game was first released in 2012 and is designed for grades four through 12. The game tasks players with raising funds, poling voters, conducting media campaigns and making personal appearances to garner electoral support. The update includes tablet and mobile compatibility, more player customization and an expanded participation in the election primaries.
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The game teaches players about the processes by which candidates conduct a campaign and garner support. It taught us a few things about how states swing back and forth for one or another candidate. Unlike real politics, the campaign deals in binary situations: your statements either help you or they don't. There are few freak outcomes. Our biggest takeaway was learning about the typical sides taken on each issue, i.e. how does the GOP normally talk about energy independence? What do the Democrats usually have to say about global cooperation?

The NYT also has a good article about this: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/technology/sandra-day-oconnor-supreme-court-video-games.html