Speeches give the biggest benefit early on as awarness boosts are one of their main effects. If you use them late game in states where you already have 100% awareness, it is much less likely you'll get a significant bump in voters from a speech. Also, as jeremiahj13 said, switching up the issues is critical.
Generalissimo2031, Do you get an error message starting a new game even if you quit entirely out of PM2012 and restart it? What does the message say? Thanks for the info!
Rusty, Some of the highlights are... -new candidates (including all republican primary candidates and improved art for some 2008 candidates) -additional issues, tea party endorsement, updated state political leanings, and interview questions -new UI appearance -much improved usability on map views -new tutorial screens and speech results feedback -improved balance on some gameplay aspects (ex. a speech that
2008 candidates should work just fine in 2012
Thanks for the catch. This will be resolved in the first patch (still determining ETA on that).