I was just shoveling some more data through Murphy's Astrological
Engine and noticed that it's pretty much a waste of time standing for
the Presidency unless you have your diurnal MC in the right place
because there has been only one nominee in over a century who has
succeeded without it - George Bush Snr (if his birth time is to be
believed).

It seems the 'right place' for the Diurnal MC on the date of the
election is a very wide region 45 degrees either side of an exact
square to the natal moon - which occupies half of the possible "aspect
area"

I haven't checked all the birth charts and diurnal charts manually,
but a few random checks indicate that there is no problem with the
program's output.