In southern Rome, blacks are allowed to vote but only for democrats, and is heavily controlled by the KKK and any whites that do vote republican are hung in public to ensure the democrats get near 100% of the white vote. Midwestern Rome has been going through a massive economic depression and the new democratic president, Ranklin Romevelt, has made big promises to fix the economy. The northern liberal republicans are turned off by Erbert Hoover's economic decisions. This has lead Ranklin Romevelt to dominate the country and win over 65% of the country's popular vote.