Scenarios

A scenario is a preset presidency that the player can choose on the setup screen. It fixes the president, the starting year, the composition of Congress, the Supreme Court and the cabinet of that time, and any historical events that are fixed to the calendar. The scenarios are listed on one page for each era.

• The Fifties: Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, Strom Thurmond, Henry A. Wallace, Robert A. Taft, Estes Kefauver
• The Sixties: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater
• The Seventies: Richard Nixon, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, Gerald Ford
• The Nineties: George W. Bush, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole
• The 2000s: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, John Kerry, John McCain
• The Modern Era: Designated Survivor, Joe Biden, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Mitt Romney