Chapter 548: General Election
In July, without any major action from Mr. Li and Mr. Li's students, the attention of global netizens finally shifted away from China.
And the United States has received the most attention.
The quadrennial U.S. election kicked off as early as the beginning of the year. But the real start will not be until late July.
Because, late July is the time when the two parties officially decide on the presidential candidates.
On July 20, the Elephant Party was the first to announce the nomination of the 60th presidential candidate, Kellett.
It's a surprising name.
Especially in the eyes of many people who are familiar with American politics, it feels a little strange.
The reason is simple, Kellett is not strong, and can even be called unknown.
Of course, the so-called namelessness is compared to several other politicians in the Elephant Party who are vying for the presidential nomination.
In the United States, Kellett's fame is not small.
He was an ophthalmologist by training, and he practiced this profession until he was in his forties. Moreover, he can be called the pinnacle of the profession.
In the field of ophthalmology, he is a well-known genius, and before the age of forty he has become a top authority and extremely influential.
At the age of forty-five, he suddenly ran for the Senate of Colorado, and was eventually elected with his eloquence, influence and image, and entered the political arena as a member of the Elephant Party. And relying on his good skills and communication skills, he became one of the important political figures of the Elephant Party in just a few years.
However, compared with several other candidates for the Elephant Party's presidential nomination, Kellett's influence, resume, and seniority are much worse.
You must know that among the other presidential candidates of the Xiang Party, there are those who are personally recommended, there are bigwigs who can be on an equal footing with the Party in terms of qualifications, and there are also top figures in the hearts of voters in terms of both image and ability.
Compared with these bigwigs, although Kellett's status in the Elephant Party has risen rapidly, if it is maintained, it may be able to compete in four years, but it is still a notch lower now.
No one could have imagined that the final presidential nomination announced by the Elephant Party would be Kellett.
This is a super upset.
However, netizens and the American people did not pay much attention to it.
They are more concerned about the donkey party's presidential nomination.
On July 28, the Donkey Party officially announced the nomination of the 60th presidential candidate - Neil.
Governor of Contena's first two terms.
There is nothing surprising about this result.
Compared to Kellett, Neil has risen faster in the Donkey Party.
In only three or four years, he is already one of the well-deserved bigwigs of the Donkey Party.
And, most crucially, he served two terms as governor of Contner. The first term was not obvious, but the second term was a blockbuster.
Although he did not have any outstanding achievements during his time in power, he firmly captured the hearts of voters. His approval rating in Contena is a staggering 90 percent.
This is a remarkable achievement.
It is also an invincible ability.
This ability, compared to the other bigwigs of the Donkey Party, simply has the advantage of crushing level.
You must know that the votes in the hands of voters are the only way to ascend to the presidency. Whoever gets the most votes will be the president of the United States.
Jonier's ability to maintain his position in Contena is due to him.
In fact, as long as the performance does not lose too much to Kellytt, it is also a high probability event that the 60th president of the United States will be pocketed by him.
The reason is very simple, the 58th and 59th presidents of the United States are like the party's ***.
Since World War II, in the past 70 years, in addition to the 49th and 50th presidents of the United States, the 51st president has also been elected from the Elephant Party. The president of the United States basically takes turns in feng shui, this or these two terms are the elephant party in the bank, and the next or two terms will be the turn of the donkey party in the bank.
If there is no surprise, after the real estate tycoon was resigned for two consecutive terms, the probability of the 60th president of the United States coming from the Donkey Party is surprisingly high. Many bookmakers offer odds, and the odds of the Donkey Party candidate winning the presidency are only about 1.01 to 0.1.
This is also the reason why netizens and the American people do not know much about who the presidential candidate of the Donkey Party is, but want to know who is the presidential candidate of the Donkey Party.
As long as he wins the internal competition of the Donkey Party, he is basically booked for the 60th president of the United States.
Even, after the Donkey Party officially announced that the 60th presidential nominee was Neil, the major bookmakers almost immediately lowered the odds to less than 0.1 to 1.
Of course, a high probability does not mean that you will win 100% of the election. Especially in the early stage of the election campaign, the support of both sides is not large. Even when the results of the vote are released, there are very few results that are completely crushed.
Whoever dies the deer has to fight before it can be separated.
The first presidential debate took place in late September. Kellett and Neil had a 90-minute televised debate about the declining global share of American electronics and the impact of the Asian economic situation on the United States.
At the end of the debate, it was widely believed that Kellett had the upper hand in the debate.
In the aftermath of the survey of the approval rating, Kellett's approval rating also reached more than 50 points, while Neil's approval rating barely reached 30 percent.
It's nothing, though.
This is the first televised debate, and there is not much to see as to which is better or worse. Moreover, the people are somewhat rebellious. Who wants to be bigger, when surveying, they often like to say that they are more supportive of the weaker side.
Moreover, the approval rating or something, in fact, is nothing. In most states in the United States, it's a winner-takes-all. In other words, although the support rate can reflect a certain voter inclination, it is more important to have the support of more than half of the voters in most states, rather than the absolute support of a small number of voters in a small number of states.
There is not much difference between a state's 51 percent approval rating and a state's 99 percent approval rating.
The election of the president of the United States, just pass the passing line, get a high score or something, and it is not too big a seed.
Moreover, the support rate in the early stage does not reflect much, at most it indicates that the candidate is a little more popular in the early stage of the election.
In fact, not to mention the early stage of the election, even in the late stage of the election, it is not uncommon for a candidate with low support to defeat a candidate with a high support rating.
The main reason is not only that many states practice winner-take-all, but also because of mutual discredit.
The election process is basically a process of smearing each other.
You call me a liar, an idiot, a nymphomaniac, and come up with all sorts of evidence. I say you're megalomaniac, braggart, black-hearted bastard, and put the same evidence out.
The two sides use various relationships to tarnish each other's image in the eyes of the people.
If you don't do it, whoever will come up with a deadly evidence of the other party in the late stage of the election campaign will completely turn the tables around.
Whoever is more successful will be better at scheming and convincing voters to come up with evidence and arguments.
This process and method of smearing each other and revealing each other's privacy is also one of the reasons why people continue to pay attention to the US election and enjoy it with relish.
I don't know, there will be a scandal or a scandal one day, which is more lively than the entertainment industry. Moreover, it is more complex and exciting than the entertainment industry.
Conspiracy, framing, rebellion, internal ghosts, power trading...... There are all kinds of things, not only the Chinese Thirty-six Strategies and Sun Tzu's Art of War can be used, but also foreign books on the art of war, such as "A Brief Introduction to the Art of War", "Strategy", and "Theory of War".
Even if a top conspirator is a commentator, it may be difficult to completely clear through the fog and see through the truth and falsity of all the relevant news and the real purpose behind it.
The U.S. election is definitely a top-notch, one-season every four years, a super TV series that is very brain-consuming to watch seriously, and very interesting to watch if you don't watch it seriously.
Moreover, in this TV series, it is difficult to determine who is the protagonist until the end. When the next season starts, the protagonist may change again.