Chapter 6: Prelude to the Election
The election cycle for student council president begins immediately after the sophomore sabbatical trip. From the beginning of the second semester, the sports festival, the cultural festival, the leave trip, and the election of the student president made it feel like the activities of the second semester were really rich and colorful.
INTERVIEWER But on the other hand, it's too stressful, and while it's understandable that the first semester of freshmen and the third semester of preparing for exams don't seem to be suitable for large-scale events, it's precisely because of this that certain events need to be made less important, isn't it?
That's right, I'm referring to the election of the student president, the significance of the existence of the student union in high school is extremely limited, and the election mechanism of the president can be completely simplified. After all, the so-called chairman election, in the case of insufficient preparations, is still a simple popularity vote in the end. In other words, if we move the top three of Miss General Wu High School to the student union, the students may not have objections. Normal people usually just tend to accept the system and not doubt it.
But all in all, this model of the student council president election with great fanfare still gives people outside the student council system a chance to overtake in the outside world, and I and Xuexia, two people who have nothing to do with the student council, have been given the opportunity in this way, and from that point of view, it seems that I should not complain about anything.
In contrast to me and Yukishita, who officially put the election of the president on the agenda after the school vacation, Ichishiki-san has been preparing since the end of the cultural festival. From the beginning of what seemed to be a light job like testing the waters, to now winning over supporters in a way that I couldn't have imagined before.
The election of the student president is different from the election of the chairman of the executive committee, and it is an easily manipulated election in a small circle where no candidate can know the identity of all the other executive committee members until the election of the chairman of the executive committee. And this open election of the student council president is completely different, before the election, all the "voters" who voted are open, open, and also give anyone a fair chance to fight for it, but, in this case, it will not work to unite part of the people - Because under normal circumstances, you can never buy off the majority of the students in the school, and no matter how broad your social circle is, it can only affect the group of people in your circle, and that group of people, compared to the majority of students, will always be a minority, and you can't get much influence by relying on technical methods.
Of course, this is not to say that the election of the student council president is more difficult, controlling a small number of people cannot affect the overall situation, in turn, it means that the betrayal of a few people generally does not affect the overall situation, there is a possibility of a few people betraying among your supporters, and there is a similar possibility among the supporters of competitors, this is a real majority of people, and the next election will be won.
This is also the reason why people tend to believe in polls in large political elections, which are usually not wrong unless extremely exceptional circumstances arise.
Usually, in large-scale political elections, what a political party or a candidate has to do is not to win the majority vote, but to secure the votes of their own supporters and try to win over the middle voters as much as possible. Winning the majority vote is itself a false proposition, and for many people, the initial vote is already determined in a two-choice competition model. For example, some people will unconditionally support Yukixia because they simply like black and straight type girls, for example, some people will unconditionally support Isshiki because they like girls with short hair, and the number of people is still about the same. If you're going to cut your hair short to cater to people who like short hair, that's the worst option, because not only will you not be sure you'll win the votes of those people, but you'll also be losing the votes you have now. What you're trying to do is to satisfy the ideas of voters who don't care about the type of hair a girl has.
- Usually, this is the least risky, and the right way to hold your base is the right way to conduct a big election. However, after all, the election of the president of the student union is different from the purely political election - the most basic point is that all candidates are running in their own personal capacity, and when running in an individual capacity, a person actually does not know where the voter base he relies on is, and people who like black and straight may vote for Isshiki because they don't like the cold and arrogant character under the snow, so no one has a so-called basic plate, which makes the candidate unable to selectively give up a certain part of a specific group of voters. Second, unlike ordinary political elections, the election of the student council president is basically the only opportunity for everyone, and the situation that often occurs in political life after four or five years - or next year - does not apply to the election of the student president, which makes all candidates have higher expectations for the president election, that is, the possibility of using some risky means will also increase, which also makes it possible to win the majority. Finally, students have a higher turnout in smaller elections than normal voter manipulation, because more people don't see such votes as a burden and are more enthusiastic because they seem directly related to their lives. But it's for this reason that makes it easier for them to discard their established views – if you can convince the other person that your position is in the other person's favor, the more likely he is to think about it and change his position.
This is the difference between the election of the president of the student council and the general large-scale political election, that is, the election of the president of the student council requires more technology and strategy - to put it bluntly, the possibility of using intrigue and attacking each other to obtain greater benefits.
So, in a way, the color feather I see now is even less threatening than the one at the beginning. Isshiki's current approach is to speak further about his policy to first-year students who tend to support him and to his classmates who are expanding with their social networks. It's a tactic of integrity that doesn't seem to me to fit Ischishiki's image, but if she had only adopted it, the outcome of the election would have been in doubt.
------------------------------------------------- dividing line-------------------------------------------------
"So, in her way, we don't even have to promote our views, we just take advantage of her painstakingly doing her job. The ministry department's activities ended hastily, and I stayed with my sister's somewhat indignant eyes, which was my opinion during the first presidential election discussion with Yukishita.
"Don't you have to think about other candidates?" asked under the snow, as cautious as ever.
"There's only one Isshiki running in the student council, and if Hayama doesn't run in the second year, there's no one worth noting, right?
"No, that's not what I meant, I mean, at this stage, we really don't do anything, can we?" Speaking of which, this guy seems to be a person who believes in a fair duel, and at this time telling her to use skill to reap the rewards is also a small test for her.
"That's what it is, or rather, it's the most efficient way to do it. Ichishiki-san, I want you to figure out what your advantage is over Isshiki? Isshiki's strength lies in her social network, which allows her to spread her views more efficiently through social networks - but if she only uses the network as a medium to transmit her opinions, then she gives up her advantage. Your strength lies in your ability, your ability to be proven in practice, the same promise, from your mouth, is more convincing than from the mouth of Isshiki, instead of doing what you are not good at, why not wait for the other person to help you pave the way, and then turn the tables in one fell swoop?"
"That's right," I don't know if it's because I'm still under some pressure to face the election of the student council president, and it seems that Yukishita is more inclined to play the role of an inquirer than a decision-maker today, "But Yuhihama's consideration is based on judging the 'integrity' of Isshiki-san's behavior." As you said yourself, she's been so upright lately that it seems to make people feel that something is not her style, and you can't do something else without doing something else, right?"
"Of course, prevention in other areas is necessary, but it can be seen that Isshiki's main goal is to divide the victory or defeat with you in the frontal battlefield, and that guy must be a little dissatisfied with what you did during the Executive Committee, right? ”
At the level of the snow, it should be easy to spot the questions I just mentioned, and if it weren't for knowing that she wasn't good at lying, I would really suspect that she was deliberately asking these questions to prove my "loyalty". However, her state seems to have been so tepid for a while, barely on the verge of solving the problem, but she doesn't have the sharpness of her peak, which makes me really helpless. This situation was even exacerbated after returning from a school trip.
"So, have you recovered from your illness under the snow?"
This is the only explanation I can think of for her problem right now. She didn't recover from her illness and lacked physical strength, and it is understandable that she went on a school trip again, and the situation became very bad.
"Ah, the body? Well, the body is fine. ”
- Although she said this with a red face, she seemed completely unconvincing.
A common favorite practice is to measure the temperature on the forehead after finding that the other party's face is very red, but for me there is no need for this, pretending to be a sluggish man and then inadvertently enjoying the benefits is really inferior, at this time it is enough to trust your own judgment under the snow. She has made a self-management mistake once, and if she repeats the mistake, then she is really sorry for her ability.
"Of course, it should be noted that Isshiki will not find other helpers to help her with the election of the president. After all, she also knew that it would be difficult for her to deal with the two of us alone, and if her helper was someone like Bi Qigu who was also willing to use inferior means to solve problems, it would be a bit of a problem. Then there are some unexpected uncertainties, such as what your sister did at the cultural festival, which is completely irresistible and crushing, in terms of these issues, intelligence work is the most important, I will help you keep an eye on it, and you had better pay attention to the situation on your own side. ”
"Well, there's nothing wrong with that, but my sister won't even interfere in the student council president election - and even if she did, Isshiki-san's relationship with her is not good, so she should refuse her help, right?"
"We didn't expect her to put on such a big show at the cultural festival before, didn't we? ”
Without a doubt, it was the worst snow I've ever seen, and apart from the still lack of softness on her face, this refusal to think for herself and try to get me to solve all my problems, as if she had completely lost her initiative. Is this because the defeat of the previous cultural festival hit her too hard, and it wasn't so obvious at the time!
"That's right, my sister's actions before, if I had noticed, could have been prepared, and this time, I can't repeat the same mistakes. ”
At the end of the conversation, it seemed that there was finally a little energy under the snow.
But perhaps the momentum came too late.
Or rather, the challenge we are facing is coming a little too soon.
The day after submitting the application for the election of the president under the snow, an embarrassing scandal arose and everyone was caught off guard.
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Hey, to be reasonable, to write Yang Nai as a big boss or something, I'm also very embarrassed, it's too dark to write, much darker than the protagonist. Writing the protagonist black still has to leave some space for whitewashing.,So it's been like this.。。。