''On the Campaign Trail'' is a 1988 video game published by Campaigns & Elections.

Gameplay

''On the Campaign Trail'' is a game in which a senatorial campaign is depicted taking place in a fictitious state.

Development

In 1987, ''On the Campaign Trail'' was developed as a tool at

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a Public university, public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Kent State University at Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Kent State ...

's political campaign management program, and engaged students in decision-making regarding the campaigns for

United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...

elections between 1970 and 1986.Nadine S. Koch
"Winning Is Not the Only Thing 'On the Campaign Trail': An Evaluation of a Micro-Computer Campaign Simulation"
PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 694-698,

Reception

Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for ''

Computer Gaming World ''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American Video game journalism, computer game magazine that was published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 199 ...

'', and stated that "Frankly, On The Campaign Trail is an awesome program that can teach players more about politics than several college courses."

References

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External links

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