Getting my POPs to vote liberal?

[likk9922]

Hey-
Vicky 1.3, EUII converted, no mods

I'm playing as the USA. It's 1873, and I still haven't managed to get the liberal Republicans in power.
That means no civil war, plus I still have slaves.

I have converted just about every possible POP into craftsmen/clerks. I've hit my limit, and my economy will have a difficult time functioning if I take any more POPs out of the RGOs. My nation is ~40% liberal, but the Republicans only get ~25% of the vote.

I kinda need my clergy right now, I'm in a few belligerent alliances and I need Mil down.

How do I make my POPs vote liberal or, alternatively, get more POPs converted into Craftsmen/clerks?

Thanks in advance.

 

[OHgamer]

Honestly things have been so changed with 1.4 and Revolutions, I can not recall what strategies would be needed for older versions of Victoria. Sorry.

 

[likk9922]

I meant 1.4. o

The most recent one.

 

[unmerged(760)]

have you tried raising poor taxes?

 

[Eärendil]

Set voting rights to wealth and promote enough clerks (shouldn't take that many).

 

[RELee]

Eärendil gives the same advice that I would recommend. That, and tax your middle-income pops in the range of 35% to 50%, if necessary, so that taxation becomes an issue for your clerks.

 

[likk9922]

Raising taxes worked like a charm. A few went Socialist, but most went liberal and now it's all good.

Thanks!!

 

[unmerged(69922)]

That's what I would have said. If they all are conservative, increase rich and middle taxes. That way they will change to liberal (since they're the ones that can vote) and you have your fix right there.

 

[RoyalArk14]

How do you get people to vote the way you want? I really only know how to make people vote socialist-and I have to raise taxes really high-but is there anyway to make people vote Fascist or Communist or Reactionary or any of the other parties?

 

[Eärendil]

Reactionary POPs are conservative POPs with high miltancy. Communist POPs are socialist POPs with high militancy. So in order to get your people to vote reactionary you will need to make the conservatives militant.

When it comes to fascism, it will become popular if you have lost wars and that your core provinces are owned by other nations.