The main problem I have with this game is that you're more or less going through the same motions every playthrough. You're going to go for policies that boost your income because pissing off specific groups in this game doesn't matter and you can win any election if you go hard on your chosen bases. For what it's worth there's a lot of different goals you can go for in this game, but ultimately the path to go there isn't horribly different aside from being a warmonger.