User summary Hat in the Ring: A Presidential Election Game is a two-player simulation of "political considerations involved in running a presidential campaign." One player assumes the role of the Republican candidate; the other assumes the role of the Democratic candidate. The game, written by Thorwald Esbensen, was published as a BASIC source listing in Compute! magazine, Issue 6 (Vol. 1, No. 6), September/October, 1980. It was intended for the PET system.