re: Tropico 5

I love the new concept. I love starting in the colonial times. Really helps you establish your infrastructure... Along with setting up plantations, ranches, etc.
then when you advance to the next mission and eventually come back to the island, you're not starting from scratch everytime. I love that aspect. Tropico 4 was awesome, but I felt like it was too repetitive because you had to start from scratch every time you completed a mission. Some people might not be a fan of it, which I understand. I didn't get to play too much yesterday... In fact I'm probably going to start over because I just advanced to the World Wars. I got my shite pushed in off the bat by whoever invades you right at the start. Which I believe that's what's supposed to happen. I never focused on my military. Just a few guard towers and a fort. So when the world wars started, I added more plantations, mines, etc. and some industry... But I was focusing mainly on the military and trying to win the election... Which I can't seem to do even if I pass some edicts to benefit the people. I even tried rigging them and I still lost.
I think I won the election one time. And then I lost it the next year. Is there anyway to either delay elections or get rid of them without having a huge uprising?
I'm itching to play. Can't wait for 3:00 to roll around