Celebrity Resemblance: A decidedly not Played for Laughs example occurs in 1972d when a bunch of construction workers mistake a random woman on a subway for Jane Fonda ( who had become the running mate for the communist Gus Hall at the point) and proceed to viciously assault her. The news of this story brings poor Jane to tears, and has a decidedly negative impact on the CPUSA's popularity. Most endings of 36 – 64 AD: The Apostle to the Gentiles usually end in Paul getting martyred for his preaching, with the epilogue telling of the great persecutions that will happen under Nero. Exactly one ending however has one of Paul's fellow believers managing to bribe the guard to let him out. Thanking God for the miracle, a grateful Paul boards a ship to Spain to continue spreading His word to the ends of the Earth. election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/p49n5k/1952_mod_20_playable_eisenhower_and_stevenson/

A Hero to His Hometown: Many candidates, especially Vice Presidents, are this. Chris Christie is a notable exception, because while this was once the case, support for him has plummeted after a scandal in New Jersey. Large Ham: George Wallace definitely qualifies. You can tell every choice made for him by the inflammatory language it uses, with many one-liners and zingers. Harry Truman, if he chooses to up the ante with the HUAC, can come off as grandstanding. Finally, the revised 2016 scenario leans hard into Donald Trump's style of speaking. Biden only election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/p0tg09/yet_another_2020_mod_but_only_for_bidenharris/

CAMPAIGN TRAIL SHOWCASE

The path to victory for Abraham Lincoln can be perilous; numerous obstacles will appear that threaten to throw you off course, and you must carefully navigate the factional divides of the Republican and Democratic parties to achieve a convincing victory, else your mandate, and with it the war, may be lost. Bush stumbled on a couple of occasions, and you did pretty well. Observers believe these debates will definitely help your case. McGovern election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/ou797b/1972_mcgovern_mod/ Notoriously inverted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic Primaries. Unless you're playing on disaster, the hardest difficulty possible, Hillary will win the nomination easily no matter what you do thanks to a majority of Superdelegates being on her side. The Campaign Trail is an interactive simulator of various select American elections, from 1844 to 2020.

The 1972d scenario is set up to look like an ordinary mod about a Nixon vs Connally race, but reveals that you are actually playing as CPUSA leader Gus Hall in an atmosphere where Nixon has successfully set things up so that a man who once served as a conservative republican is now the nominee for the democrats, leading to widespread political alienation. In a gameplay sense, it serves as this as well: you are not even seriously running for president, but instead aiming to gain a popular vote share high enough to legitimize communism and the left in America. You are the clear winner in the first debate, and it shows in the sudden enthusiasm of your crowds.From Bad to Worse: In 1948, there is concern about Soviet expansionism across the world, in 1960 there is considerable worry that they have won in various areas, and in 1968 America is consumed by Vietnam. The Cold War is going none too hot. Alternate History: A common subject with mods, usually revolving around a candidate winning an election that they lost in real life, such as a Gore v McCain 2004 mod, or a 1992 Dukakis v Buchanan mod. Special mention goes to Viva Kennedy, a series where JFK didn't get assassinated and proceeded to run for re-election. Richard Nixon in 1972 is obviously a President Corrupt. Already the Trope Codifier in real life, Nixon can become even worse under player guidance, including kidnapping, bombings, and worse. His paranoia is represented strongly, especially if the paths are taken that lead to the worst possible outcome for Nixon. The strongest example being a Ted Kennedy nomination at the DNC, which leads to Nixon having a full on Villainous Breakdown. Campaign Trail has been modified to support additional scenarios here (including nearly every recent election and many older ones). These scenarios are custom-built by various enthusiasts of the game. Hero with Bad Publicity: Several, depending on your view. But perhaps one of the most notable is Barry Goldwater. While Goldwater is a right-wing conservative hardliner and a hawk among Republicans with all the accompanying negative baggage that entails, he is personally opposed to segregation and racism (to the point of voting for most civil rights laws), is personal friends with civil rights champions and liberal stalwarts like JFK, and in terms of personal integrity and life is almost beyond reproach. Which makes things difficult when so much of the base he relies on for electoral performance includes Dixiecrats, fervent segregationists, outright racists, conspiracy nutjobs, and the Ku Klux Klan. The disconnect is one of his major weaknesses and something his opponents (especially LBJ in the historical 1964 election) capitalize on.

far-right: I believe that we need to return control of education to the states and to the people. I would end the Department of Education as President. A House Divided: The most obvious example is of course the 1860 election, where North-South divisions in the Democratic Party mean secession is practically inevitable, no matter what. But it's a recurrent theme throughout various eras, as minor parties and candidates split off, like the "States' Rights" Democratic Party offshoot in the 1948 election if Harry Truman doesn't remove the civil rights plank.

Your Hall of Fame feature on the Campaign Trail doesn't work any more.

Alex Jones VP election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/nfi7c7/2016_alex_jones_vp_mod/

Why would you not want to debate Nixon? He has an awkward, sometimes surly personality and you would surely look good in comparison. election scenario: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/llpvmu/1964_scenario_mod_player_content_only_for/ In a similar vein to the 1972d scenario, the 1844c: The Widow's Son scenario looks to be a simple rework of the initial 1844 scenario between Polk and Clay, only for it to be revealed that you're actually playing as Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Even more interesting is the gameplay: initially you start off running for president as Smith did in real life, only for things to go wrong in a similar vein to how they did in real life, costing Smith his dictatorial power over Nauvoo. The mod turns from a presidential election campaign to a choose your own adventure game where you as Smith are trying to avoid dying in a multitude of violent ways. Dukakis did not help himself with an awkward response on capital punishment, and observers agree that you seemed to win.

takes the cake: Northern and Southern Democrats and Constitutional Unionists, despite all hating each other, can all start working together on the sole goal of preventing the Republicans getting elected. In 1860 both playable candidates have to deal with slave-owning radicals in control of the South. In 1864 this is even more of a problem since they have already risen up and the Union has fought for three bloody years against the Confederacy in a Civil War. Other new difficulties: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/pd9nhw/more_new_difficulties_mod/ You are campaigning hard, but several times you break out into uncontrolled coughing fits that don't escape public notice. new color: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/pd25hu/making_all_the_elections_have_my_1960_reuther/