The San Francisco Chronicle has taken a look at The Political Machine.

It concludes with "The Political Machine is another winner, in an election year or any other time. "

Read the whole thing at: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/24/DDGIH8CH0P1.DTL

Meanwhile, Gamespot has posted The Political Machine on their home page as a recommended title: "We put our vote behind Stardock's charming new political strategy game"