I really do think that a lot of the government jobs are like this, figure out what to sacrifice to maximize your votes. But, what I missed in the game was corruption(animation wise). At some moment I just started to optimize the numbers to win and stopped reading. I expected some random dude, who look suspicious to come with a suitcase and offer me a bribe(maybe as a random event if you decide do go further). And I think the Synty office pack has that. Great experience overall, straight forward game with no confusion what so ever. Good Job! I won the elections with 190K in funds, without spending any money on approval at the end of the game.