This is a unique game that effectively teaches the election process and US geography in a totally engaging way. Two teams, Democrats and Republicans, square off using a US map as a game board battle to win control of the Electoral College and the Presidency. The teams take turns rolling dice and choosing either campaigning or fundraising cards to earn chips. Players strategically choose the states to place their chips. The team with the most chips on any given state wins control of the state. This game is superb to help children understand the election process, which can be a confusing concept. Teams must do strategic calculations to work toward the 270 votes needed to win the electoral college and the game so students discover the practical value of math. Students learn the value of winning states with more electoral votes, relevant vocabulary and political terms, as well as the importance of strategy and teamwork. Parents just need to be sure that teams are appropriately balanced and everyone is cooperative to make this game successful.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Adults would enjoy playing with a child
• For electronic games, gives positive or encouraging feedback
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Does not require excessive set-up time after first time use
• Can be fun as a single player game
• Multi-player game which fosters collaboration or cooperation
• Well-made for the cost
• For electronic games, can play without sound
• For electronic games, allows user to save work
• For electronic games, voice/sounds are appealing and pronounces words properly
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Self-regulation
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• Social Awareness
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• Visual Memory
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Working Memory
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement

The Presidential is the hot political board game that takes players inside the world of the Electoral College process as teams fight to have the most powerful job in the world. Each turn a team decides to either go campaigning or fundraising. Dice are rolled and Political Cards are awarded based on each scenario. Chips are won and then distributed in different states according to the strategy chosen. At the end of the game, the team with 270 or more Electoral Votes wins. A password for an optional WebMap calculator is also included which makes it easy to keep score on a computer, tablet or smartphone with a colorful interactive Electoral College map.