The Political Machine 2024 is about U.S. presidential politics.

The Political Machine 2024 update includes tariffs, new demographics and more

The Political Machine is one of those games that never has to end, given that its fuel is interest in U.S. presidential politics.

While the presidential election might be over, Stardock released a new update to The Political Machine 2024 free for all players that includes a new tariff gameplay event where players will have to navigate tariffs as a raised important issue during campaigns as well as updated demographics data that will make for more accurate simulation in your journey to The White House.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.