Why the extra click for Senate elections?

I am for what ever is easiest. Sounds like one less click.

Yes, one extra click per year will certainly do damage to the wrist, as well as wearing out the mouse button all the sooner.

  

But you are right in that it is pathetically redundant.

In the spirit of mouse click reduction, I'd like to have the ability to upgrade all ships of the same type in a fleet rather than having to upgrade each one individually. Many a time in a war I've only got funds to upgrade one or two fleets a turn, not the entire class of ships.

It's a real pain to upgrade a fleet of 8 Storm-class fighters to Tornado-class fighters one by one (5 clicks/ship x 8 ships = 40 clicks minimum!)

There is a lot of clicking in this game, especially for the micromanagers. One thing I've done is use a five button mouse and have one of the extra buttons be the double-click. Saves me a ton of double clicking.  

I don't mind the clicking, personally. I enjoy the suspense of waiting to click and find out the results. If the results just popped up without any control over their revelation, I'd be disappointed.

It is something to give you enough time to read and absorb the information presented on the screen. It doesn't matter what is on the button. Perhaps it should say 'continue' in order to lessen any uncertainty on the matter. My question is: Is the information that I am being given re: political party strength of any value to me? And how can I use it to my advantage? Is it a barometer of the people, or just so much gobbledygook? If it's the latter, it can go away entirely, or almost. Since the higher forms of government require voting, just do it automatically and tell me on the news, along with the announcements of factory openings and ship launchings. Or... Take that little pause, and insert the chance of a random event; something unexpected that might upset the balance of power. A key Senator having a brain hemorrhage perhaps. That might make things interesting.

Thee's nothing wrong with the voting itself, but I don't feel I'm really involved. I'd like an extra click and an extra slider to set a 'Political Campaign' way before the voting, the slider indicating how much money is put behind the campaign.

Also, why base the support % solely on the tax rate? I've killed billions of my people in a war against a weak major race (Iconian Refuge) while I've been at peace with them for a long time. Why don't the people moan about that?

I don't mind the clicking, personally. I enjoy the suspense of waiting to click and find out the results.

Fair answer--hadn't thought of that, but I do sometimes study the list of parties and try to remember the last election. That's b/c I share Mistralok's question about whether the info has practical value.

These days I assume the vote is some kind of barometer and that if your majority is dwindling you should keep an eye out for which parties have the next biggest blocks and try to do things for those folks, e.g. build more Stock Markets if the Mercantilists are strong or more warships if the War Party is strong.

I'd love to hear from the pros or Stardock about whether something like that's really going on in the game or I'm just having fun telling myself stories.

I want two clicks.

One for the vote, and one for the Florida recount.

Possibly a third to rig the Florida recount....

Ouch, n0v4k4n3, I'm a FL native and former civics teacher