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* Some [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_simulation_game political simulation games]] (such as the ''VideoGame/PoliticalMachine'' series and ''VideoGame/{{Democracy}}'' trilogy) are based entirely around this trope.
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* Some [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_simulation_game political simulation games]] (such as the ''VideoGame/PoliticalMachine'' series and ''VideoGame/{{Democracy}}'' trilogy) series) are based entirely around this trope.
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* The third chapter of ''VideoGame/{{Highborn}}'' averts the NoCampaignForTheWicked trope in two ways: the "bad guys" are the playable faction for the chapter, and the Arch-Lich in charge of them is running an election campaign. It comes complete with [[PoliticiansKissBabies dragons kissing babies]] during a rally for their candidate.
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* The third chapter of ''VideoGame/{{Highborn}}'' averts the NoCampaignForTheWicked trope in two ways: the "bad guys" are the playable faction for the chapter, and the Arch-Lich in charge of them is running an election campaign. It comes complete with [[PoliticiansKissBabies dragons kissing babies]] during a rally for their candidate.
* In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', the Rival Season Pass is about Acting Mayor Mei running for the mayoral election against Edwina, who tries sabotaging her campaign by destroying the town's historic gatehouse, spreading lies about Mei, and leaking her old video of her [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers crying over her gymnastics routine being rated 7 out of 10.]] Edwina wants to get her revenge on her since the former's father Sebastian used to be the mayor, and she also wants to build Global Megacorp [=MegaWarehouse=] as per his contract. However, Mei stands up to her and makes her campaign push through with the player's help.
* In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', the Rival Season Pass is about Acting Mayor Mei running for the mayoral election against Edwina, who tries sabotaging her campaign by destroying the town's historic gatehouse, spreading lies about Mei, and leaking her old video of her [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers crying over her gymnastics routine being rated 7 out of 10.]] Edwina wants to get her revenge on her since the former's father Sebastian used to be the mayor, and she also wants to build Global Megacorp [=MegaWarehouse=] as per his contract. However, Mei stands up to her and makes her campaign push through with the player's help.
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* ''Series/Avenue5'': In "Let's Play with Matches", the passengers depose Captain Ryan after the previous episode ended with him [[IsThisThingStillOn accidentally telling the whole ship]] all the various problems he's been keeping from them. After a brief attempt to replace him with a series of committees results in anarchy, it's decided to elect a "benevolent dictator" to take total control of the ship. Ultimately, after Nathan (the cannibal who stowed away from a prison space station a few episodes previous) nearly wins through sheer charm, it ends with [[spoiler: one of the candidates drunkenly encourages the passengers to reinstall Ryan on [[InsaneTrollLogic the grounds]] that his previous failures will make him a better leader now. So much to Ryan's own protests, he's put back in charge.]]
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* Reconciling the position of ''Literature/PerryRhodan'''s eponymous protagonist as Grand Administrator of the Solar Empire during the latter's existence with the fact that said empire was of course still meant to be a democracy at heart, this came up several times in the series. In one case, the risk of losing the upcoming next election while being too busy helping an alien civilization elsewhere in the galaxy to do much serious campaigning (with the main challenger meanwhile running on something of a "humanity first" platform) even informed the background mood of an entire thirty-issue arc.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "The Stanchurian Candidate" features Grunkle Stan and Bud Gleeful running for mayor upon the death of the old mayor. Most notably, it was named after ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'', and like the aforementioned movie, it involves mind control.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "The Stanchurian Candidate" features Grunkle Stan and Bud Gleeful running for mayor upon the death of the old mayor. Most notably, it was named after ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'', and like the aforementioned movie, it involves mind control. [[spoiler: It’s later revealed that Bud is a puppet of Gideon and being used to get Gideon out of jail. Stan does technically win, but is disqualified due to his criminal record, resulting in Tyler Cutbiker winning and becoming Mayor for the rest of the series.]]
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* The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "Darkblade" centered on two elections: one is the vote for class representative, which protagonist Marinette runs for against [[AlphaBitch Chloe]], and the other is the mayoral election, which ends with the loser (after much hounding from the press) getting [[BrainwashedAndCrazy akumatized]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "Darkblade" centered on two elections: one is the vote for class representative, which protagonist Marinette runs for against [[AlphaBitch Chloe]], Chloé]], and the other is the mayoral election, which ends with the loser (after much hounding from the press) getting [[BrainwashedAndCrazy akumatized]].
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' episode "Pups Save Election Day", Mayor Goodway and Mayor Humdinger compete in Adventure Bay's mayoral election. During this, Major Humdinger's gaudy advertising campaign goes awry, prompting a rescue from the PAW Patrol.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Impeach Fuzz" features Fuzzy Lumpinks, after realizing a mayor election The Mayor had won for years, had joined the election and won. Then he causes Townsville to go into chaos, so its up to the girls to get The Mayor back against Fuzzy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Impeach Fuzz" features Fuzzy Lumpinks, after realizing a mayor election The Mayor had won for years, had joined the election and won. Then he causes Townsville to go into chaos, so its up to the girls to get The Mayor back against Fuzzy.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Ed Good, Rocko Bad" has Rocko and Ed Bighead running for the position of town dog catcher.
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** Another short had Popeye and Bluto competing in an election which is a dead heat. Olive is the deciding vote, so Popeye and Bluto vie for it.
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* ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' held It's first mayoral election In 1894 (2016) where players could support the candidate of their choice and the winner would be the candidate who receives the greatest overall support from the most Notable players. However, the candidates were rather...eccentric: a [[BadassPreacher boisterous bishop]] who challenges others to wrestling contests and wants to invade Hell (again), a revolutionary who [[CommanderContrarian contradicts every single opinion he comes across]] and treats his campaign like it's one big elaborate joke, and a [[NaughtyNuns sin-loving nun]] who may [[BunnyEarsLawyer actually be the most sensible]] of all the candidates...and ended up winning the election by a significant margin.
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* ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' held It's its first mayoral election In 1894 (2016) where players could support the candidate of their choice and the winner would be the candidate who receives the greatest overall support from the most Notable players. However, the candidates were rather...eccentric: a [[BadassPreacher boisterous bishop]] who challenges others to wrestling contests and wants to invade Hell (again), a revolutionary who [[CommanderContrarian contradicts every single opinion he comes across]] and treats his campaign like it's one big elaborate joke, and a [[NaughtyNuns sin-loving nun]] who may [[BunnyEarsLawyer actually be the most sensible]] of all the candidates...and ended up winning the election by a significant margin.
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* ''Ballot Monkeys'' is a topical satire show running in the weeks prior to the May 2015 general election in Great Britain. It follows four hopeful would-be MP's, two representing the big parties (plus a Liberal and a UKIP candidate), as they go about the hustings, and mercilessly sends up both the parties and an electoral mechanism which seems as far removed from democracy as it's possible to get.
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* ''Ballot Monkeys'' ''Series/BallotMonkeys'' is a topical satire show running in the weeks prior to the May 2015 general election in Great Britain. It follows four hopeful would-be MP's, two representing the big parties (plus a Liberal and a UKIP candidate), as they go about the hustings, and mercilessly sends up both the parties and an electoral mechanism which seems as far removed from democracy as it's possible to get.
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* On ''Series/TheDFickVanDykeShow'' Dick's run for town council comes down to the wire. Dick frets that he is in the running because he has a glamorous job in television and has an attractive wife, while his opponent is extremely knowledgeable but bland.
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* ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries'': When the long-time mayor is found dead in the lead up to a mayoral election, all the candidates become suspects. Doubles as the show's ChristmasEpisode, as his body is found after the annual Brokenwood Christmas parade.
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* ''Series/Zoey101'' has one in season 2, with [[TheAce Zoey]] (the protagonist) running against her best friend, [[NiceGuy Chase]] for student body president. They both end up dropping out of the race because it was ruining their friendship, so Mark Delfigalo ([[HollywoodNerd Quinn]]'s boyfriend) ends up winning by default.
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** The third segment of "Treehouse of Horror VII" is entitled "Citizen Kang", where Kang and Kodos capture UsefulNotes/BillClinton and UsefulNotes/BobDole and disguise themselves as them to trick the Earthlings into voting for either of them so they can take over the Earth.
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* ''[[Film/ErnestPWorrell Hey Vern, It's Ernest!]]'': In "Holidays," Ernest decides to enter the record books by celebrating all of the major holidays in one day; when it comes time to celebrate Election Day, Ernest heads off to the voting booth... or, rather, step into his shower in lieu of a voting booth.
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* ''[[Film/ErnestPWorrell Hey Vern, It's Ernest!]]'': ''Series/HeyVernItsErnest'': In "Holidays," Ernest decides to enter the record books by celebrating all of the major holidays in one day; when it comes time to celebrate Election Day, Ernest heads off to the voting booth... or, rather, step into his shower in lieu of a voting booth.
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* ''Series/TheBookOfPooh'': In "A Smackeral in Every Pot", Rabbit announces that he has been invited to give a guest lecture at the Squash Society, and he needs someone to lead the next meeting of the Very Important Discussion Club to lead the next meeting while he's gone. When Rabbit says he needs a bold and courageous leader, Roo nominates Tigger, and when Rabbit says he also needs a thoughtful and considerate leader, Pooh nominates Piglet. Owl decides to have an election to decide who the new leader will be. On the day of the election, the wind knocks over Piglet's banner, and Piglet saves Tigger from having it fall on him by pushing him out of the way. When Piglet is upset over the state of his banner, Tigger returns the favor by letting him use his (even going as far as letting him put his name on it). The election ends in a tie, and it is revealed that Piglet voted for Tigger for being thoughtful and giving him his banner, and Tigger voted for Piglet for being bold and saving him from his fallen banner. Owl has both Piglet and Tigger lead the meeting, [[ShaggyDogStory or at least he would have had Rabbit's lecture not ended early]].
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* The 2016 run of the Advertising/MonsterCereals themed the cereals after elections, with the three main monsters pushing the fans to vote for their favorite cereal. [[spoiler:Count Chocula won in the end.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'': In "Rizzo For Mayor", when Miss Nanny explains the concept of a mayoral election to the babies, Rizzo overhears and nominates himself as a candidate for the mayor of the playroom. Summer also nominates herself as a mayoral candidate, so the babies hold an election. Rizzo gets the upper edge by making wild promises, whereas Summer's promises are simple ones she knows she can do. Rizzo wins the election, but has a hard time fulfilling his promises, and has to learn the consequences of making wild promises the hard way. In the end, Rizzo realizes that Summer kept all the promises she made by helping him, so he lets her be mayor.
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* On ''Series/TheDFickVanDykeShow'' Dick's run for town council comes down to the wire. Dick frets that he is in the running because he has a glamorous job in television and has an attractive wife, while his opponent is extremely knowledgeable but bland.
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* ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' has an episode that features the local Melonville elections, where institutionalized mentally ill incumbent mayor Tommy Shanks runs against incredibly slimy opponent Vic Hedges, the bottle bill is worded so confusingly that it is impossible to understand, and the voters vote ''down'' the Up with Melonville campaign, but vote ''for'' a ''second'' nuclear dump site to be created near the town.
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* ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' held a mayoral election where players could support the candidate of their choice and the winner would be the candidate who receives the greatest overall support from the most Notable players. However, the candidates were rather...eccentric: a [[BadassPreacher boisterous bishop]] who challenges others to wrestling contests and wants to invade Hell (again), a revolutionary who [[CommanderContrarian contradicts every single opinion he comes across]] and treats his campaign like it's one big elaborate joke, and a [[NaughtyNuns sin-loving nun]] who may [[BunnyEarsLawyer actually be the most sensible]] of all the candidates...and ended up winning the election by a significant margin.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' had a mission strand where Toni tries to help Donald Love win an election for mayor of Liberty City. Of course, with this being ''Series/GrandTheftAuto'', some rather underhanded techniques are used. (The result is a ForegoneConclusion if you've played ''Series/GrandTheftAutoIII'' since Love is not the mayor of Liberty City in that game, set three years later.)
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' had a mission strand where Toni tries to help Donald Love win an election for mayor of Liberty City. Of course, with this being ''Series/GrandTheftAuto'', some rather underhanded techniques are used. (The result is a ForegoneConclusion if you've played ''Series/GrandTheftAutoIII'' since Love is not the mayor of Liberty City in that game, set three years later.)
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* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' had a mission strand where Toni tries to help Donald Love win an election for mayor of Liberty City. Of course, with this being''Series/GrandTheftAuto'', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'', some rather underhanded techniques are used. (The result is a ForegoneConclusion if you've played ''Series/GrandTheftAutoIII'' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' since Love is not the mayor of Liberty City in that game, set three years later.)
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' had a mission strand where Toni tries to help Donald Love win an election for mayor of Liberty City. Of course, with this being
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* ''Series/TheRepublicOfSarah'': In "A Show of Hands", in response to allegations that the new nation is becoming a dictatorship, Greylock hosts elections for a new four-member legislature to help Sarah run things with checks and balances.
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* GovernmentProcedural show ''Series/{{Veep}}'' ends its fourth season with "Election Night", in which protagonist Vice President (then Acting President) Selina Meyer and her opponent Senator O'Brien are locked in a down-to-the-wire battle for the presidency.
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* GovernmentProcedural show ''Series/{{Veep}}'' ends its fourth season with "Election Night", in which protagonist Vice President (then Acting President) Selina Meyer and her opponent Senator O'Brien are locked in a down-to-the-wire battle for the presidency. When this ends with a tied Electoral College, Selina's team then spends all of Season 5 trying to influence the resulting Congressional vote on the matter, which culminates in the penultimate episode of the season, "Kissing Your Sister".
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* ''Series/KirbyBuckets'' did an episode in Season 2. Kirby is forced to eat lunch with Principal Mitchell 100 days in a row after he is caught throwing a party in Mitchell’s office. The only way out of the punishment is a pardon from the school president, which has typically been a vacant position. Dawn, who’s been annoyed by Kirby’s loud chewing in the cafeteria, conspires to keep Kirby’s punishment ongoing and enlists a perpetually unlucky boy named Sad Randy to run as a puppet and get the sympathy vote. To stop Randy from winning, Kirby gets Fish and Eli to run against Randy. Eli promises to run an honest campaign, but can’t afford campaign supplies and is forced to make a deal with an old woman to get them in exchange for having his cheeks pinched. Fish, meanwhile, is very reluctant to enter the race due to his very aggressive campaign style, but Kirby ultimately convinces him to join. Eli takes responsibility for breaking his honesty pledge and drops out of the race and Randy is disqualified after Kirby exposes the ruse, leaving Fish as the winner. Unfortunately for him, pardoning Mitchell’s detentions is all the president can do.
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* David Williamson's 1971 play ''Film/DonsParty'' (later adapted to a film in 1976), which revolves around a group of friends who get together to watch the coverage of the 1969 Australian Federal Election. Williamsom followed it up decades later with ''Don Parties On'', about the 2010 election.
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* Episode "The Evergreen Election" of ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' has Bert Raccoon and Cyril Sneer competing for Mayor of the Evergreen Forest. Bert was clearly the frontrunner causing the [[SycophanticServant Pigs]] to commit voter's fraud in favor of Bert ([[ItMakesSenseInContext in order to not lose their jobs if Sneer wins]]). Finding this Sneer, as the [[NobleDemon honorable villain]] he is makes this public and the election is repeated. [[spoiler:Lady Baden Baden wins]].
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* The Election Arc of the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'' classifies as this, where [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Quackity]] ran against Wilbur to try to win the presidency of L'Manburg to prevent a one-party election and everything that happened afterward. It ended with [[spoiler:Jschlatt, a latecoming third party candidate, [[DarkHorseVictory winning the election]] after Quackity pulled his votes with him, [[TheExile kicking Wilbur and Tommy out of the country]], and [[TyrantTakesTheHelm everything going]] [[DisasterDominoes downhill from there]]]].
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* ''Literature/ForestKingdom'': The ''Hawk & Fisher'' spinoff series' book 2 (''Winner Takes All'') is about Haven's annual election, and how Hawk and Fisher get stuck protecting one of the candidates.
