Losing control in the Senate...why?

Keep your people's moral up. You also need to keep your approval rating above 50%. Lowering taxes seem to work wonders, as does having a good economy, or being a tech leader. Your people like it when your winning, when your not..well they vote you off..kinda like real life

~SDC~

Make sure you're not losing money as well. The moment you go negative, you can bet either the Merchantile or the Federalists will win the next election. I've noticed that the party that usually wins the election is a good indication of what you need to focus on in preparation for the next. If Merchantile wins, try building up your trade. If War wins, spend more time building ships.

Hmm, we were light years ahead in technology because I threw every bit of production and research into research improving techs. But I didn't think to check my approval rating. I'll have to remember that.

Thanks

Now that I think of it, I was doing great financially all game, and then I noticed my cash reserves turned yellow. I think that means you're taking a loss right? It was like that for maybe ten turns before I lost control of the Senate to the Mercantilists, just like you said Harry.

So much to learn, but it so good!

Well, I've lost the Senate when I had a 62% approval rating, I was only in the red by -300 or so. Ouch!! The Merchantilists won though so it could have been due to debt, they only beat me by 3 or 4 seats. I've noticed that when another party wins you not only lose your bonuses, but that parties bonuses count as negatives as well, why is this? This concept makes for a very fun game, in fact I like struggling for control of the senate. Although declaring war should be harder when you don't control the sentate, especially if the opposing party is in control.

By the way, I read somewhere that each party has an opposing party. How do you find out which parties traditionaly oppose each other? Any documentation anywhere?

~SDC~

I don't know about opposing parties, although I could guess. I can't think of a time I won a Senate vote when I was in the red unless I was making massive strides financially each turn and was already under -200 on the way back up.