Politics

The politics career track is one of the ten basic career tracks for The Sims and The Sims 2, and is one of the fourteen basic career tracks for The Sims 3. It also appears in The Sims 4: City Living as a semi-active career, under the name "politician".
==The Sims ==
Politics follows a very similar pay curve to the military and law enforcement career tracks, having the third-highest pay at rank 1 but the third-lowest pay at rank 10 of any of the career tracks in the base game. However, it is by far the most difficult career track to reach the top of due to its extremely steep friend requirement (17!), and at high ranks, it has by far the worst ratio of pay to friends required. Out of all 20 careers from the base game, Livin' Large, and Unleashed, it is tied with Paranormal for being the most difficult career track to climb and only Slacker has a worse ratio of pay to friends required at rank 10. It's good for making quick cash in the first few in-game days of a Sim's life, but players will probably want to switch to something else as soon as possible.
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The Mayor will eventually change careers and become an Intern in the Medicine career track.
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==The Sims 2==
In The Sims 2, the career reward object is the Enterprise Office Concepts Bushmaster Tele-Prompter. It enhances a Sim's ability to improve the charisma skill. If The Sims 2: Apartment Life is installed, Socialites are likely to work in this career. The college majors associated with this career are political science, economics, history and drama, making it (along with show business) the only career track with four college majors associated.
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==The Sims 2 (console)==
Politics is a career track available in The Sims 2 (console).
==The Sims 2: Pets (console)==
Government is a career track in The Sims 2: Pets (console).
==The Sims 3==
Political is one of the basic career tracks in The Sims 3. Sims can be employed from newspaper, computer, or city hall. Working in the Political career requires the Charisma skill, which indirectly requires friends in order to advance the skills as well. Additionally, Sims are required to collect government funding as one of the performance factors. Sims can collect the funds by asking in person or by throwing a campaign fundraiser party.
The Political career has a special performance tone, "Propose New Course of Action." This special tone needs 16 cumulative hours to be finished. It has several possible outcomes when Sims finish proposing the course of action. There's a 10% chance that Sims will be promoted outright regardless of performance, 30% chance for +40 relationship with the boss, 40% chance for +40 relationship with the boss but -40 with coworkers, and 20% chance that the boss and coworkers will get damaged relationships by -30 and -40, respectively.
Additionally, Sims in the Political career unlock the "Give Inspirational Speech" and "Debate Politics". Sims who have reached the top of the Political career will become a celebrity.
Performance tones:
* Business as Usual
* Work Hard - Increases performance faster but adds stress
* Take It Easy - Increases fun but lowers performance
* Meet Coworkers - Meets new coworker
* Chat with Coworkers - Builds relationship with coworkers
* Run Errands for Supervisor - Builds relationship with the boss
* Sleep in Judges Chamber - Increases energy
* Propose New Course of Action - Risky action that has various outcomes
=== Sims in the Politics Career ===
This page provides a detailed list of Sims in the Politics career, categorized by town, including store worlds. It includes information about their career levels, paired with a link to each Sim's respective wiki page.
* Tamara Donner (Sunset Valley) - Ballot Counter
* Tori Kimura (Sunset Valley) - Ballot Counter
* Vita Alto (Sunset Valley) - Local Representative
* Lorraine Cantina (Riverview) - Yes-Woman
* Heather Crosby (Riverview) - Ballot Counter
* Walter Grisby (Riverview) - Ballot Counter
* Buddy Bailey (Twinbrook) - Podium Polisher
* Holly Greenwood (Twinbrook) - Local Representative
* Bill Racket (Twinbrook) - Yes-Man
* Eleanor Goldbeard (Barnacle Bay) - Mayor
* Tobias Goldbeard (Barnacle Bay) - Ballot Counter
* Richie Radan (Barnacle Bay) - Yes-Man
* Jeff Smith (Barnacle Bay) - Campaign Intern
* Catarina Vanderburg (Hidden Springs) - Leader of the Free World
* Renauld Vanderburg (Hidden Springs) - Leader of the Free World
* Gabriella Ornales (Hidden Springs) - Yes-Woman
* Genevieve Colby (Hidden Springs) - Campaign Intern
* Costanzo Rossi (Monte Vista) - Mayor
* Georgia Giordano (Monte Vista) - Campaign Intern
* Nicoletta Lombardi (Monte Vista) - Campaign Intern
==The Sims 4==
The Politician career is one of the three career tracks introduced in The Sims 4: City Living expansion pack."New Careers in The Sims 4 City Living Send You Out on Assignments" by Grant Rodiek on TheSims.com (retrieved 17 October 2016) Like the other City Living careers, Sims in the Politician career have the option of working from home. They are offered their first work from home assignment immediately after joining the career, which, if completed, improves their job performance. The purpose of this assignment is to choose a cause (out of a selection of No Sim Left Behind, Simoleons for Everyone, Speak for the Trees, World United, and the Foundation for Less Mischief), which they then promote as they continue their career. After this, if they choose to work from home, they are given two randomized assignments to complete each day, though they can still choose to go to work as they normally would.
After being promoted from level four, Sims will be able to choose one of the two career paths: Politician or Charity Organizer.
===Career levels===
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===Sims in the Politics Career===
* Miko Ojo - Social Justice Worker
* Victor Feng - Representative
=== Trivia ===
* Politicians who Kiss Babies will temporarily have a 0% chance of failure on convincing other Sims to vote for or repeal a Neighborhood Action Plan from the Eco Lifestyle expansion pack. 
==References==
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ru:Политика
pt-br:Carreira Política
Category:The Sims
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