Presidential candidate Truman, who had put down the receiver, and an old man with snow-white hair sitting across from him glanced at each other. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The old man was Truman's brain, Kentucky Senator and Democratic Senate Leader Albon Brown. William. Buckley.

Barkley nodded and said, "Harry, you go to the White House to meet the president first after dawn." ”

"See the president?" Truman was stunned, "Dewey will definitely go to New York, if we don't keep up, I'm afraid I'll be more behind in the polls in New York State......"

Polls have emerged in this era, but there are not a large number of pollsters. There is now only one authoritative polling and business survey/consulting company in the United States. The Gallup Company founded by Dr. Gallup.

According to a Gallup survey, the leader of the four candidates currently running for the presidency is Republican candidate John Dewey, with 33 percent support; Truman is in second place with 26 percent support; Lindbergh is in third place with 13 percent support; In fourth place is the candidate of the Bolshevik Party, Forster, with 11 percent support; Another 17 per cent of respondents have not decided who they will vote for.

In other words, Dewey is now a full 7 percentage points ahead of Truman! Although Dewey's approval rating is only 33%, not to mention half, even 40% is still far behind, but this is already a big advantage, enough for Dewey to enter the White House.

Because the rules of the game in the U.S. election are different from those of most countries in the world, the U.S. does not voters directly elect presidents, but "states" elect presidents. Therefore, voters vote for who the state's electoral vote is voted for, and the winner does not need to obtain a simple majority (more than 50% of the vote), but only a narrow majority (first in the vote) to eat a state's electoral vote.

In other words, there is no second round of voting in the presidential election in the United States, and only one round of voting can determine the overall situation. So Dewey's 33% approval rating is enough to send him to the White House. Truman also did not have a chance to win the votes of the supporters of the National Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party in the second round of the election, most of the supporters of these two parties were concentrated in the seven southern states of the United States, which were the territory of the historical Confederate States of America, so they were dissatisfied with the "Lincoln's Republican Party" and had been the Democratic Party's iron vote since the end of the "Southern Reconstruction."

But because Roosevelt's New Deal coalition adopted a policy of co-opting blacks, it caused the southern iron ticket district to be shaken. The strong rise of the American National Fascist Party, which advocates white supremacy, and the Bolshevik Party, which is more popular with blacks, hit the door of the Democratic Party. It is very likely that the Democrats will lose one or two of the seven southern states!

In addition, outside the seven southern states, the National Fascist Party and the American Bolshevik Party were divided between supporters of the Democratic Party.

This is because the National Fascist Party, the Bolshevik Party, and the New Deal coalition of the Democratic Party led by Roosevelt actually have elements of socialism. They all advocate social welfare, they all advocate to curry favor with trade unions and workers, and they all advocate big government intervention in the economy. It's just that the degree varies, and there are big differences on the issue of race.

Thus, the votes of the Democratic, National Fascist and Bolshevik parties could "flow" with each other. Republican supporters, who represent conservative propertied class interests, are relatively stable – wealthy Republican supporters are unlikely to become advocates of fascist or GC parties.

"You can't compete with Dewey in New York." Barkley shook his head and said, "Dewey had the support of Wall Street, the big bosses of the car factories, steel mills, and arsenals in the North, and the New Yorkers liked him so much that they elected him governor in 1943." ”

Dewey's political career began with the "New York Anti-Gangster" campaign, and he was loved by the people of New York because of his remarkable achievements in combating organized crime in New York. Now that Dewey had the support of the New York plutocrats, it was indeed impossible for Truman to defeat him in New York.

"The key now is in the White House, in the president!" Barkley's face was rather ugly, "First, the White House and the president's statement on the bomb attack in New York will be directly related to the fate of you and the Democratic Party!"

If he continues to be weak after the bomb attacks in New York, then we are in big trouble. Not only will you not be elected president, but the entire Democratic Party will have to be unlucky with it, and if you don't do it, you will be doomed.

Second, the Democrats must abandon policies that curry favor with blacks, which do not do any good at the moment. Blacks will not vote for us at all, they will only support the Bolshevik Party. And the seven southern states, which were supposed to support us forever regardless of right and wrong, will fall to the National Fascist Party because of his policy of caring for blacks...... This will lead to the demise of the Democratic Party!

Harry, if you still want to be president, then you have to convince the president to make a tough speech against Germany. At the same time, we should move closer to the National Fascist Party on the racial issue, and it would be better to draw the National Fascist Party into our camp. ”

If the words of the convergence of the Democratic Party and the Fascist Party were to be heard by the white leftists of later generations, they would definitely vomit blood, but in the United States in the 40s, this was completely possible. This is because the current Democratic Party has not yet completed the transformation of "white left," and there are still many "conservative Democratic Party members" -- that is, Democrats who are based on the white right in the seven southern states. Because the seven southern states have been making it difficult for blacks to vote in the plebiscite eligibility, most blacks living in the South still do not have the right to vote. So conservative Democrats can get the votes of white Southerners as long as they insist on white supremacy.

With the seven southern states in hand, the Democratic Party of the United States will be able to maintain its position as the second largest party in the United States even if it loses in the 1944 election, and it may not have a chance to make a comeback in the future.

That's why Albon, who was once the backbone of the New Deal coalition. William. Barkley will now argue for the reasons for abandoning some of the New Deal gains. On the other hand, the Democratic Party, which is in line with the national fascist party on the issue of racism, actually has a certain degree of homogeneity with the fascist party's political views, and it is logical to merge or form an alliance.

Barkley concluded by telling Truman: "If we can ally or merge with the National Fascist Party, then a general election victory is expected." ”

Now Truman has 26 percent support, and the Fascist Party has 13 percent, which adds up to 39 percent, surpassing Dewey's 33 percent. Dewey's Republican Party could not have merged with the Bolshevik Party under any circumstances -- the two parties could cooperate with each other in secret, but it was impossible to form an alliance on the surface.

"But...... Mr. Barkley," Truman fully understood the calculations of the Democratic mogul Barkley, but he also understood some of Roosevelt's thoughts, "what if the president refuses?" Now the president's position on peace is very firm, if he refuses to make tough statements and still adheres to the line of peace talks, even accepting the harsh conditions of the Germans. What are we going to do? ”

Barkley's face suddenly became ugly, and his ears and eyes were of course very psychic, and he would not be ignorant of Roosevelt's thoughts.

He said in a calm voice: "If this really happens, the Democratic Party must not be finished with Roosevelt!" Democratic party...... Roosevelt must be broken! ”

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"Germans are all villains, Mr. Kennedy!"

"Look what they did!"

"We can't let them go!"

"Blood debt and blood payment!"

"Kill the Germans!"

“……”

Joseph. Kennedy spent the entire morning of October 10 in the United States Eastern Time visiting all parts of New York City, which had just been hit by 1560 missile strikes (400 missiles were fired at New York, but less than 160 landed in New York City).

Comfort the victims in front of every building that has been blown up beyond recognition by the V1B missile, shake hands with them, listen to their opinions or anger, and offer them help in any way they can.

Finally, of course, there are promises that are difficult to keep.

"As long as Mr. Truman is elected, the Germans will surely pay for their crimes!"

"Mr. Truman will definitely lead the United States out of the predicament, and no enemy can defeat the United States led by Mr. Truman."

As Kennedy went to his beneries, the air raid sirens sounded twice — one with false alarms and the other with a dozen damn missiles.

Because the first time was a false alarm, when the second air raid siren sounded, Joseph . Instead of hiding in bomb shelters, Kennedy and many of the Yankees who wanted to show their courage watched as the screeching missiles flew over their heads.

And then Joseph. Kennedy saw that many Americans on the street had all pulled out their pistols from somewhere, and shouted at the missiles in the air while firing them! On the balconies and rooftops of nearby high-rise buildings, there are also elderly American men with long rifles that shoot missiles in the sky! Gunshots rang out in the heart of New York!

Seeing this scene, Joseph. Kennedy thought to himself: American voters who everyone has a gun are clearly enraged by the Germans' missiles, and if I dare to offer to pay reparations to Germany in exchange for peace now, I will surely be shot and killed by angry New Yorkers. No, I have to be brave......

Thinking of this, the former chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission had an idea, and took a Kohl Ting 45 pistol from a bodyguard next to him, and then rushed out into the street and fired into the sky. Although he didn't hit anything, his heroic performance was captured by the reporters who accompanied him and made the headlines of major American newspapers the next day.