Chapter 392: Elections are like drinking

"Who talks like that?" Alice Roosevelt actually wanted to say, who dared to talk to you like that, and then changed his mouth temporarily, the voice in the microphone was very stable, and it should be a very outstanding person.
"Standard Petroleum's boss!" Sheffield put the microphone down and rubbed his forehead. "He asked me if he was confident of this election and wanted to talk about the tone. That's it."
"It seems that my father is still not very popular." Alice Roosevelt asked with a sneer. "You big companies seem to be very dissatisfied with my father. Isn't that true."
Sheffield nodded and said honestly, "Will you choose to be a businessman if you are not greedy? There are now leaders in many industries. They certainly don't like a person who is dissatisfied with a big company to be president. Forget it. It's useless to tell you. You It ’s impossible to make a decision for your father. The final result will come out soon, wait. "
There was no such thing as two candidates doing face-to-face debates in this era. Otherwise, with Alton Parker ’s eloquence, it was just adding a reason for the Democratic Party ’s defeat.
Most of the candidates of the two parties are talking through a shouting, so that there is room for the media newspaper to play. In fact, compared with the pressure on the Democratic candidate Alton Parker, Roosevelt's pressure is not small, but it is not reflected in ethnic issues.
It is a criticism of economic issues, whether it is the Rockefeller family or the Morgan family, they are buying newspapers to attack Roosevelt's economic propositions. The last to receive this treatment was William Bryan, whether it was energy, steel or railway, and the black drafts against Roosevelt were one after another.
Accusing Roosevelt's hostile attitude towards large enterprises will definitely slow down the economic development of the United States and may even trigger an economic depression.
These accusations, through Sheffield ’s mouth, are naturally also understood by Alice Roosevelt, who understands that his father is far from being in a good situation as many people think. Many large companies hope to exert their strength in the elections. His father drove out of the White House.
For Sheffield's honesty, even Alice Roosevelt didn't know what to say. The boss of a large company seems to speak more than his brain, and he is too honest.
Finally, on election day, voters in the United States endured a two-month information explosion. The two parties accused each other of entering the day that determined the fate of the presidential candidate. Voting in the states was opened on time.
The Evelyn Manor also suddenly became busy. There was a room in the manor that was filled with telephones to connect with the agricultural and pastoral associations everywhere. Alice Roosevelt followed Sheffield and owned the man. The energy has a more accurate understanding.
Sheffield was sitting in this room, and people brought a few bottles of red wine, drinking one after another. Slave owners relieve stress by drinking alcohol and waiting for results is not an easy task.
In the vast territory, voters who are eligible for election come to the designated voting place to decide the president for the next four years. Even local newspapers abandoned other news and sent people to wait at the polling place to get the first results.
Some were even more nervous than those who voted directly, and even Roosevelt felt a sense of tension in his heart. This was his first formal election. The last time he was elected as a deputy to William McKinley, the pressure Mainly on William McKinley, even if Roosevelt thought he should have a great advantage, he was still slowly occupied by tension in the waiting time.
The same is true for Alton Parker on the other side. Although he is ready to lose the election, but in case of a miracle.
Those who waited also included Sheffield, who was drinking while waiting for which state to call first. This made Alice Roosevelt look a little bit out of reach. He reached out and patted the hand that was about to pour the wine, and said, "You are in Los Angeles, why not go out and see the vote of the Los Angeles citizens, don't you have to drink like this?"
Holding the glass tenaciously, Sheffield stared at Alice Roosevelt ’s face drunkenly until the latter ’s gaze shifted,
Are you forgetting something, a country like ours, but There are many time zones, and the time is different in different places. The voting in Los Angeles has not started yet. If you are bored, you can go out and turn around. If you really want to stay here, drink two glasses? "
After two glasses of wine, the slave owner's eloquence has been further improved, while chatting and waiting for the result. In the end Alice Roosevelt also drank together.
"Actually, my father and I are very strange. Since my mother passed away because of dystocia, he put me in my aunt's house and had another marriage, maybe I thought, if it weren't for me, wouldn't my mother die?" Aili Roosevelt narrowed his eyes slightly, "I haven't seen him since I was a kid. He is also a very strong person, but the relationship is not bad. When I grow up, I understand the truth. A man is so young that he doesn't put his energy Put it on me. "
Alice Roosevelt tells a story that few people have heard, and then asks, "You are sure to live very happily, born beyond the imagination of others for life."
"It's a fact, but there are other things that bother me. If you don't want to indulge too much, there are really fewer happy people than me." The wine glass in his hand stayed for a moment. Sheffield did not deny the question of the president's daughter. It's still the appearance of possessed by Edith Rockefeller.
If you change the occasion and wait for the two to get drunk, it might be the scene of a trip to Wushan. Unfortunately, the phone rang at this time, and the slave owner put down his glass and walked over to answer the phone, "William Sheffield."
"Boss, Virginia, the Democrats won!" The voice of the news came from the microphone.
"Good!" Sheffield dropped the phone indifferently, not expecting the first call to be good news.
"The Democratic Party has won, are you happy?" Alice Roosevelt's eyes dissipated a little, with a stiff smile. "Actually, my father lost. It must be very interesting for someone like him to fail."
How can it be so simple? Sheffield shook his head secretly, although the southern states had the same billing time, but the black state's voting rights were abolished through different state laws, and the Democratic Party's election made a white article, making the southern Dixie people feel very right and do not need to count all. You can calculate the result by voting.
Immediately afterwards, waves of calls were made to Los Angeles, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama, and the Democratic Party declared early victory among the already counted votes.
Later, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee also heard news of the Democratic victory. It seems that from the very beginning, the Democratic Party has been swallowing up the mountains and rivers.
"Oh, the United States of America?" Alice Roosevelt pointed to Sheffield answering the phone and smiled indifferently.
Sheffield also smiled bitterly. It seemed to mean something. The South is the Democratic Party ’s iron ticket warehouse. After the abolition of the black voting rights, it is directly a space for voters to express their tendencies. But if only the basics are maintained, the Democratic Party will lose, and the entire South will have less than 150 electoral votes.
Because of the special electoral environment, all the calls that Sheffield took in the beginning were all Democrats winning the election. Then it fell into a blank period of time. After the news of the victory of the entire Southern Democratic Party, there was no news.
This shows that the elections in other states are still in anxiety. Sheffield hopes that this good beginning will affect the voter vote in other places. I do n’t know if God ’s old man is busy today.
"New York State Republican Party declared victory!" "Pennsylvania Republican Party declared victory!" The next two calls directly brought everything back to the original point. She faced this situation and felt helpless.
New York State has 34 electoral votes and Pennsylvania has 39 electoral votes. Although the news of the Republican elections in the two states was only heard, it almost broke up the advantages accumulated by the Democrats in the southern states. Nearly eighty electoral votes have fallen into the hands of Republicans.
Immediately after the Republicans of New Jersey declared victory, another 12 votes fell into the hands of the Republicans. In the three states that ended the Republican victory as early as possible, the Republicans gained 85 votes. Almost half of the electoral votes of the entire South have been reached, and the demographic advantage of the North is undoubtedly revealed.
"Hey!" If Sheffield had just waited in a very boring wait at the beginning, when she returned to the seat to pour wine, it really meant a little bit of sorrow. But it doesn't matter, there is a beautiful daughter of the president to accompany him.
"It's such a downcast look after losing three states?" After Alice Roosevelt was a little drunk, she let go a lot and said with a glass of wine. "Did you say that at the beginning, did you know that the election is difficult, or Do you think my father is a very easy opponent to defeat? "
Sheffield raised the glass and touched the wine glass in the hands of Alice Roosevelt, and smiled helplessly, "Know that it is not good to win, but who doesn't want to win? Do you know that your father has a great advantage and you don't choose? Always try Well."
"Good to say, you are more calm than other rich children." Alice Roosevelt drank the wine and said with some aftertaste, "Then I have been here with you to see the final result."
"One more bottle!" In front of Alice Roosevelt, Sheffield directly opened all the remaining red wine. "In fact, this election is like two people drinking. Until the end, no one knows the amount of each other's wine. how many."