The Seventies

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The Seventies
Years	1969-1980
Voters	24
Stakeholder groups	27
Scenarios	6

The Seventies covers 1969 to 1980. It has a cast of twenty-four voters, its own stakeholder groups and its own state-by-state map. It is the last of three pinned eras, meaning its cast does not change part-way through a game the way the Nineties cast does. There is no 1980s cast and no 1980s event pool, so a presidency that runs past 1980 keeps the 1970s voters and the 1970s events for the rest of its term. The setup screen's category card describes the period as Vietnam winding down, stagflation, the energy crisis, détente, school busing and the distrust left by Watergate.

Contents

1 Presidents on offer
2 How the period plays
3 Toggles
4 The cast
5 Stakeholders
6 Scenarios

Presidents on offer

Three presidencies in this era are historical. Richard Nixon's 1969 start governs with Vietnam at its height, the support of the "silent majority" behind him, and a Congress controlled by the opposing party. Nixon's 1973 start is his second term, following a landslide win in 49 states, with the Paris Peace Accords already signed and prices rising. Jimmy Carter's 1977 start is an outsider candidate arriving to an energy crisis, stagflation and a Congress with a large Democratic majority.

There are also three alternative candidacies. Hubert Humphrey wins in 1968 and starts in 1969. George McGovern wins in 1972 and starts in 1973. Gerald Ford narrowly beats Carter and starts in 1977. McGovern's game takes place under the same starting conditions as Nixon's January 1973 start, and Ford's game takes place under the same starting conditions as Carter's 1977 start; in both cases only the president and the running mate differ.

All six scenarios are premium. With Deployments and War switched on, the 1969 and 1973 starts inherit the Vietnam War, and Carter's 1977 start inherits no conflict.

How the period plays

The voters sit on the five-step scale used by later eras, from strong Democrat to strong Republican, rather than the Cold War vocabulary used by The Fifties and The Sixties. The Seventies is the earliest era to use this scale. Diplomacy, however, still covers the Cold War set of relationships: the Soviet Union, Communist China, the NATO allies, the United Kingdom, Latin America and the Middle East. There is no reduction in the influence of Black voters in this era, so every voter counts at full weight in every state.

Elections are scored state by state, because there is no congressional district map for the period. A unit of campaign war chest is worth $1.5 million. Campaign-season media appearances are a CBS Evening News interview, The Tonight Show with Carson, Donahue, Firing Line with Buckley, a drive-time AM radio tour and a Rolling Stone interview. Events for this era never reference anything after 1980.

Toggles

Red Scare is not offered outside the Fifties. Tweeter does not exist yet in this era. The Fourth Estate is not offered in any era yet. Covert Operations, Dirty Tricks, Expanded Congress, Weekly Pacing, Presidential Debates, Difficulty and Whacko Mode are all available.

Two known problems. First, the Covert Operations screen shows the War on Terror description, which is meant for the 1990s onward, instead of the Cold War description that actually applies here. Second, presidential debates in this era are judged by the modern cast of voters rather than the 1970s cast.

The cast

Stakeholders

Main article: Stakeholders

Scenarios

Main article: Scenarios

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