I recently played the demo and the gameplay loop is pretty good.
I'm a bit worried though. In the demo they introduce a unapologetically drunk and aggressively left politician that I worry they're gonna turn into a villain. I feel like it's gonna be lib shit and it'll annoy the hell out of me.
It's very, very strange. I've played a fair bit of it now and you're right, it's politics are all over the place.
I'm kinda just ignoring it because the fake sports match you edit is fucking hilarious.