In early September, the two presidential candidates returned to New York from a national speaking tour, and the election campaign came to a fever pitch.

In mid-September, a poll conducted by Time magazine showed that about 33 percent of voters across the country chose to support the Republican Party and 35 percent to support the Democratic Party, with the rest of the voters still undecided.

Because of Time magazine's market share and coverage, the results of this survey are still relatively credible, and to a certain extent, they indicate the political leanings of voters.

As you can see from the results, the Republicans are still at a disadvantage compared to the Democrats, but the gap is gradually narrowing compared to a few months ago, and if the next few months continue to improve, the results are still very difficult to say.

After getting the results of the investigation, "Time Magazine" did not announce it to the public as soon as possible, but submitted the results to Li Mu for processing.

"How can it be two percentage points short? What went wrong? Li Mu is very dissatisfied with this result, in Li Mu's view, with the full cooperation of "Time Magazine", and Li Mu's planning and command behind the scenes, in the polls, the Republican Party does not say that it has an overwhelming advantage, at least it should be on par with the Democratic Party, Li Mu really did not expect that the image of the Republican Party in the hearts of voters is so stubborn and irreversible.

"Time has a high market share, but it doesn't have a monopoly advantage, and the Democrats are responding very quickly, and their Echo is being promoted nationwide in the form of free giveaways, and although we don't know how long they will last, it seems that they are very determined at the moment..."The Echo is now learning from us, how we promote Mr. Governor, how they promote Samuel Tilden, we do charity, they do charity, we care about minorities, They also care about ethnic minorities, we comfort the families of military martyrs, they also ask the families of military martyrs, and they are simply following the same trend..."With such an opponent, Sammy Larkin also has a headache.

Don't take anyone lightly.

Compared with the people of this era, Li Mu has more insight and vision, and his IQ does not exceed much, and even compared with the elites of this era, Li Mu's IQ may not be enough, after all, Li Mu is not the kind of genius with an IQ of more than 200 in the 21st century.

Although people in this era don't hype and put on a show, simple plagiarism is still no problem.

Although the Democratic Party does not have Li Mu's wisdom, it can simply imitate Li Mu's propaganda strategy, and it is not difficult to do this.

"Tomorrow we will begin to enter the second phase, and Mr. Hayes's signed article will be published in Time Magazine, and we must fight this battle well and officially launch a general offensive from now on." Li Mu was ready to make a big move.

Although limited by technology, it is not possible to hold a televised debate in this era, but it is not much more effective to publish a signed article in a newspaper.

And if Samuel Tilden and the Echo respond, perhaps a newspaper debate would be a good idea.

"Well... So do we still want to publish the results of this survey? Sammy Larkin has no objection to Li Mu's decision.

"Of course, it must be announced..."The results must be announced, otherwise this survey will be meaningless, and as for the data is not good enough, this is not a problem at all for Li Mu: "However, the specific data must be changed, and the Republican Party's support rate should be changed to 55 percent, and the Democratic Party's support rate should be changed to 40 percent." ”

The announcement of this result is still very meaningful, on the one hand, it boosts the morale of the Republican Party, on the other hand, it hits the morale of the Democratic Party, and objectively it can also affect the tendency of voters, so Li Mu will definitely not put this result on the shelf.

The next day, at Li Mu's request, Time Magazine published a signed article by Hayes on the front page, "Building a Great America."

At the same time, Time magazine also released the results of the survey, and the results showed that the newspaper of the day had the best sales since the launch of Time Magazine, with 1.5 million copies sold in a single day.

Doesn't sound like much, does it?

But considering the U.S. population at this time, and considering the actual literacy rate in the U.S., that number is high enough.

The newspaper of "The Echo" is given away for free every day, and it can't send out 1 million copies!

Approval surveys are definitely a novelty in this day and age, and no one has ever done anything like this in previous presidential elections.

The effect was indeed obvious, and for a whole day, all the Republicans were cheering, as if they had won the presidential election and fought a good battle.

On the contrary, the surprise of the Democratic Party, because of the previous successive victories, the Democratic Party thought that the victory in this election was in hand, and it would fight a beautiful turnaround, and this survey result was equivalent to giving all Democrats a slap in the face, reminding them not to rejoice too early, although it seems that the Democratic Party has a good momentum, but the Republican Party is still a skinny camel bigger than a horse.

For ordinary voters, this result is also of great reference value, after all, people have a herd mentality, and when the majority of people are on the opposite side of themselves, then the position of the individual will inevitably be shaken.

As for whether this data is true...

Honestly, who cares...

However, Li Mu still underestimated the shamelessness of people in this era, and only three days later, the "Echo" also published a signed article by Samuel Tilden, and also published a set of data in the newspaper.

In contrast to the data published by Time Magazine, the Echo newspaper has 60 percent public support, while the Republican Party has 35 percent.

"Fake, this is shameless fake!" When he saw this data, Li Mu couldn't help but be furious, completely forgetting the data published by Time Magazine, and it was also mixed with a lot of water.

Time Magazine's data is water-injected, but there is still water to be injected because Time did conduct market research.

As far as Li Mu knows, the Echo and the Democratic Party have not conducted similar social surveys, so only God knows how these data came about.

Of course, water injection and counterfeiting are immoral behaviors, and from a moral point of view, no one is more noble than the other.

Looking at Li Mu, who was furious, Sammy Larkin and Taylor Palmer, who was attending the meeting, glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of helplessness.

Taylor Palmer is the editor-in-chief of Urban Beauty magazine, and when Gloria poached Tyler Palmer from the New York Times, she appointed Taylor Palmer as the editor-in-chief of Urban Beauty magazine.

Taylor Palmer can also be regarded as the veteran of the "Urban Beauty" magazine, and is currently second only to Sammy Larkin in the media department of the Horse Group.

Sammy Larkin will run for the Senate this year, and Li Mu intends to appoint Taylor Palmer as the new editor-in-chief of Time magazine.

Taylor Palmer has now begun to get involved in the operations of Time magazine, after all, Sammy Larkin also has a position as the director of the news and publicity department of the Hayes campaign office, and cannot focus all his energy on the operation of Time magazine.

Taylor Palmer is also a member of the Hayes campaign office's press and communications division.

"We can't let them do whatever they want, we have to expose all this in the newspapers, the Democratic Party has been clinging to the pigtails of our Republican Party, and at every turn, our Republican Party has violated the law and discipline, and is beyond the law, now is the time to let voters know the true face of the Democratic Party, they have not won the election, they have begun to make up nonsense, if they really let them succeed in being elected, it will be just a hill." Li Mu wants to take the initiative to attack, and now it is time for hand-to-hand combat, and he must see the red with a knife, so that he can really cause lethality.

"Okay, I'll arrange it later, but we also have to be mentally prepared that the Democrats will definitely fight back wildly, and they will also accuse us of falsifying our data." As a media person, Sammy Larkin is well aware of the ethics of media people in these years.

Once the Republican Party publicly exposes the data fraud of the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party will definitely not give up, so the final result is more likely to be what you say you and I say mine.

"Whatever they say, we've already decided on this matter anyway." Li Mu is more confident, but still does not believe that the Democratic Party poses a real threat to the Republican Party.

In Li Mu's view, the biggest enemy of the Republican Party is themselves, as long as the Republicans themselves do not act as demons, and the Democratic Party wants to take power, it will take more than ten or twenty years.

Li Mu's confidence is not arrogant, although Li Mu tampered with the data, but the real final data itself is not known to many people, so the possibility of leaking secrets is very small, Li Mu has the confidence to face any doubts.

The Democratic Party is different, although the "Echo" newspaper has released a set of data, but no one knows how this data came from, although Li Mu has no evidence to prove that the "Echo" is fake, but the lack of evidence itself is abnormal.

Time Magazine's social survey originally published a total of 200,000 questionnaires, and these questionnaires were all paid, and as long as you made sure to fill them out completely, you could get a dollar payment, so although the data of Time Magazine was fake, it still had credibility.

The Echo is different, Li Mu has never heard of a similar investigation conducted by the Echo, and the Echo has not sent out any questionnaires, so it is clearer who the counterfeiters are.

"My reporters have received the news that the staff of Samuel Tilden's campaign office has reached a secret agreement with certain people in Texas that Samuel Tilden will not interfere in the internal affairs of Texas in exchange for all the votes in Texas... And as far as I know, Texas is preparing to pass a local law that defines slaves as hired laborers, and if this law is passed, then Texas will still retain slavery. Taylor Palmer provided Li Mu with a new information.

With regard to slaves, although the United States Constitution has provided for the complete and complete abolition of slavery in the United States, this law has not been thoroughly enforced in the vast South, and many farms still retain a large number of slaves, who work tirelessly and receive only a meager salary to feed themselves.

Slavery has existed in the United States for hundreds of years, so many slaves have been serving their masters for generations, they have become accustomed to this kind of life, and once they are out of their current living environment, they simply do not know how to live.

In the movie "Django Unchained", the old black housekeeper next to Xiao Li vividly portrays the image of a black slave who cannot survive alone from his master, if you have seen this movie, then you should know that this situation is unavoidable.

Li Mu has watched "Django Rescued", and once Li Mu also thought that the old black housekeeper was unreasonable, but now Li Mu understands that the choice of the old black housekeeper is fate.

Although understood, the fact that slaves exist is contrary to the US Constitution, and if Time Magazine exposes this secret deal, it will certainly deal a devastating blow to the reputation of the Democratic Party.

"No, don't put it in the newspaper now, it's not time yet..." Li Mu wants to put the most fierce material out at the most suitable time, so as to produce the greatest effect.

The next day, Time finally began firing at The Echo, and the Democratic Party behind it.

In order to silence the Echo and prove the authenticity of its data, Time even listed the real data of the states in the last poll in the newspaper, which were of course fine-tuned, and the final conclusions were consistent with those published by Time Magazine.

In this way, the pressure is completely on the side of the Echo, and everyone knows that the Echo has never conducted a social survey, so it is clear where the Echo's data came from.

Of course, the "Echo" is not willing to sit still, and in the newspaper the next day, the "Echo" also published a set of data, which is of course also falsified, but the "Echo" does not focus on the data, but on Hayes's show.

This time, Hays's campaign office became a pig teammate again, and I don't know what went wrong, and the Hayes campaign office's hiring of orphans and lonely elderly people in Los Angeles was learned by the Democratic Party, and the "Echo" even invited the old man who was hired by the Hayes campaign office to New York.

Li Mu was speechless about Hayes's work efficiency, and actually left such a big handle to the Democratic Party, if the Democratic Party didn't make good use of it, then the sages of the Democratic Party would probably jump out of the grave in anger.