Legislative glossary
Political Capital (PC)
Also known as: PC · capital
Definition
Your influence in the capitol. Spent on sponsor meetings, whip calls, opposing amendments, cutting deals. Real legislators replenish PC by delivering wins.
Why it matters
Political capital is the unofficial currency of legislatures: the favors owed, the credibility earned, the relationships banked. Members and advocates spend it to move colleagues, and every ask draws the account down. The discipline is knowing what's worth spending on: a vote that wins by ten wasted capital on eight of them.
In the game
Political Capital is the first of The Bill to Law Game's four meters and the one you'll watch like a hawk: sponsor meetings, whip calls, amendment fights, and deals all draw from the same account.
Related terms
Comes up alongside