On 8 July, Li Junhao received a telegram from Rist from the United States, saying that the new presidential campaign was about to begin, and he also devoted a lot of space to introducing several popular candidates of the two parties, asking him who he was more optimistic about. Since Li Junhao had successfully predicted the future situation many times in the previous year, Rist trusted his judgment.

Presidential race? Li Junhao looked at the several candidates listed on the telegram, and found that there was no current President Roosevelt among them, so he shook his head slightly, this list is useless!

In his previous life, Li Junhao had watched a lot of World War II documentaries, including the 1940 record of the presidential campaign before the United States entered the war.

In the information provided by Lister, the two most popular candidates on the Republican side are Robert Taft and Thomas Dewey.

51-year-old Robert Taft, born into a political family, grandfather Alfso Taft was Secretary of War and Attorney General, and his father William Taft was the 27th president of the United States. He became a senator and leader of the Republican Party in 1939, and was nicknamed "Mr. Republican" for his support of traditional conservatism.

At the age of 38, Thomas Dewey was the first presidential candidate born in the 20th century, the youngest ever presidential candidate, and only three years older than the legal age to run for election.

His personal resume is very legendary, he became an independent prosecutor in New York City at the age of 33, is the youngest district attorney in the country, and is known as the anti-black hero of "Sin City" New York; At the age of 36, he ran for governor of New York for the first time, but only narrowly lost the election, and was considered by public opinion to be glorious despite defeat.

After this election, Dewey's voice was extremely high, and even in the initial polls, the approval rate reached 67%, much higher than that of other candidates.

These circumstances were clearly written in the telegram, and Rist's intention was to ask Lee to choose between Taft and Dewey, so that the family could refer to them when choosing who to support.

But Li Junhao clearly remembers that these two actually lost in the final party election, and the Republican Party's final presidential candidate is a dark horse - Wendell Wilkie!

Wilkie was a Democrat, a well-known entrepreneur and lawyer, and during the Democratic primary, many people in the party called on Wilkie to run for re-election because Roosevelt had not expressed his position on whether to run for re-election.

But Wilkie knew that Roosevelt would definitely seek a third term, and that he could not run for president through the channels of the Democratic Party; Moreover, he and Roosevelt had very different political views, believing that the Democratic Party under Roosevelt had deviated from the traditional political line and became more and more anti-commercial.

Therefore, Wilkie finally broke away from the Democratic Party, joined the Republican Party as a dark horse, and successfully won the Republican presidential nomination from Taft and Dewey.

As of the end of June, Roosevelt did not express any intention of running again, making all walks of life widely believe that the new president would be won by the Republicans.

In the telegram, Rist also introduced the movements of the current President Roosevelt, because of the rapid defeat of France, the fall of the whole of Western Europe, Roosevelt's main work energy was focused on the expansion of armaments, under his influence, Congress finally approved the expansion of the army and navy, and the Burke-Wadsworth conscription law was passed.

Li Junhao thought about it and decided that it was better to tell the truth, Rist was of great help to himself, and he could not let him take a detour in investment, so he personally drafted a reply, clearly pointing out: Roosevelt will definitely run for election, and he will definitely be re-elected, breaking the century-old tradition started by George Washington, and serving as president for the third consecutive time, because domestic voters psychologically do not want to change the current domestic policy!

After calling back to Rist personally, Li Junhao forwarded this telegram to Ayrs, also not wanting this old man who took care of himself to be on the wrong side at a critical moment.

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After receiving Li Junhao's telegram, Lister Rockefeller and Nelson Ayres in the United States were caught in contradictions, and from the reality of the situation, they both felt that Pan Sen was too irrational!

You know, the Democrats are currently in Chicago for a presidential nomination meeting, and the news is that Roosevelt has no intention of seeking re-election so far, and the delegates are still fiercely arguing about the candidates.

If Roosevelt wasn't even a party candidate, how could he be re-elected president? Besides, the voice of the Republican Party is too high now, and even if Roosevelt runs, the hope of success is extremely slim!

The two of them think so intellectually, but emotionally, they can't ignore Pan Sen's opinion, after all, the previous events have proven the accuracy of their predictions of current events many times, which is a bit difficult to do!

For Lister, the investment in each presidential campaign is the family's political troops, and success is a smooth sail for the next four years, and if it fails, it will be a low-key person and work for four years, which is a big choice for an economic family!

Even if Rist is emotionally willing to believe Panson, he can't rashly advocate adopting Panson's opinion, so the only way he can think of is to "delay" - delay until the presidential candidate put forward by the Democratic Party before the deadline is clear! If it was Roosevelt, take Panson's advice; If not, fully support the Republican Party.

On the other hand, Ayers is more straightforward, his previous experience in Huhai made him sure - although he is very reluctant to admit that little Auge is significantly better than himself in the accuracy of judging future events, so it doesn't matter what he thinks now, in order not to be on the wrong side, he decided to support Roosevelt now!

As the deputy secretary of state, although Ayres has only been in office for four months, his qualifications and previous accumulated contacts should not be underestimated, and his voice in the government is not small; Moreover, he is now the number one expert on Far Eastern issues, and the White House will first consult him when considering foreign policy, armaments, and other policies.

In this context, Ayers' political influence was enormous, influencing many in the White House and the State Department when he expressed his unequivocal support for Roosevelt in a conversation with him.

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