Chapter 1357

In early February, Iowa got its name from the Indian lowa tribe.

It, New Hampshire and South Carolina are the two most important states in the primary election. The first caucus meeting was held in Iowa. New Hampshire voted earlier in the primary election, followed by Iowa. Due to historical reasons, other states will lag behind these two states for about two to three weeks.

In the primary election, the earlier a candidate stands out, the better. Winning in the weathervane state is easier to attract the attention and exposure of voters in the whole rice, and easier to get the support of the party and the league. There is a lesson from the fact that the internal fighting in the primary election in 1980 was too fierce, which led to the defeat of the general election. The donkey party is more inclined to establish the primary election trend early, concentrate resources on the candidates who are most likely to win the general election, and reduce internal friction.

Iowa is relatively more important, because only this side and Nevada still retain a very old voting method. Each candidate in the polling place has a designated area. When voters go in, they will vote for the candidate and really "vote with their feet.". Voters can even argue with each other, woo people from other regions into their own camp, and it's up to them to change their doors before counting votes.

This way is more intuitive and "flattering". It's easy to see which candidate's supporters are more. After the screen is broadcast, it has a great psychological impact on the voters of the whole rice.

Eli, Peter's campaign manager, chose a small town for him. More than 90% of the residents here are white. They are real acquaintances. The voting place is in the indoor gymnasium of the local school. The per capita income of residents is high, and the overall quality of society is very good.

This is where Peter's campaign bus passed by. He interacted well with the local people. Previous polls also showed that he had an advantage in this town.

"Relax."

Peter ended his communication with the local party leader and came back to whisper to his wife Alicia, who was holding his hands in front of him and rubbing each other nervously.

"Well."

With the dream of the first lady hanging, Alicia has been doing her best for more than a month. She has accompanied Peter across the county by bus and taken care of a couple of children. She has almost never been absent from any public canvassing activities. She has abandoned the elite lawyer's clothes that are incompatible with the agricultural town and replaced them with a conservative dress.

Peter's scandals have been a burden. Since his first imprisonment, Peter has always needed Alicia more than others. On the contrary, this seemingly perfect family is really popular with the local people. Peter's campaign office has been constantly receiving small donations, plus the low-key investment of aplus enterprises and some Illinois enterprises and businessmen, He has fully supported his poor election model at this stage. If the results of today's primary election break out as expected, there should be new "investors" joining in. The same principle as stock speculation is that people buy up but not down.

"It's going to get better." Peter cheered up his wife.

"If you're not that mean, maybe you'll really get better!"

Alicia tried her best to keep her voice down, squeezing a vicious complaint from her teeth. After so many years as a lawyer, the wife of the state prosecutor and the wife of the governor, the election scene in the small town gymnasium won't make her as nervous as she is now, because yesterday, the local media in Iowa suddenly talked about Peter's previous scandal and the photos of the prostitutes.

Local donkey party politicians also suddenly began to remind their supporters that "please note that the governor of Illinois is currently involved in several corruption and election fraud lawsuits in this state, and the local state Congress is about to impeach him.".

The surprise attack was no surprise, no surprise, but the effect was immediate. Peter's campaign had no good way to resist.

After all, the enemy is too strong.

"Did you notice their eyes?" Alicia asked again.

Following her hint, Peter looked at the voters who had been sitting in the stands of gymnasiums one after another. Despite the importance of the primary election, the voting rate in Iowa has always been very low. A small number of voters who are enthusiastic about political affairs naturally care about relevant news, most of them are middle-aged and elderly people. When they passed by last time, they were still full of enthusiasm, Most of them have a different look.

A few familiar faces who had shown great enthusiasm for Peter before, but their eyes were evasive and hesitant.

"This is not the time for us to argue about this, Alicia... Smile."

Peter, of course, also observed it, but he had stronger willpower than his wife, and much thicker skin. Besides, it was too late for everything. He put his arms around Alicia, held each other by a child, and waved to the voters in the stands with a happy smile.

"It's your turn."

Eli comes over excitedly and hands Peter the microphone. Today, he organized some local "die hard" supporters, who have already stood in support of Peter's area with campaign slogans.

"I'm honored..."

Peter used these supporters and placards as the background to make a short speech and make a final effort. There are no other candidates in the town. His sincerity is enough for the local people. Now is the time to show his charm.

"What's up with Peter?"

Song ya, who has just finished listing Amelia music website in New York and returned to law school, is also very concerned about the election situation of Iowa. Amelia music website fell below the issue price on the first day of listing. He is in a bit of a bad mood and is busy discussing the gains and losses with Sloan and O'Grady, the stockbroker.

"Oh." Sloan turns on the TV, and only ACN in Chicago regularly tracks the voting in Peter's town.

"It looks ok?" O'Grady took a look and said.

Although there are not many diehard supporters, the scene is full of people behind Peter, the placards occupy the small screen, and the four members of the family in the foreground are still on camera, hugging each other tightly and laughing brightly.

"Ha ha..." Song ya, an old dramatist, was cheated by the scene and laughed with satisfaction.

ACN will not give Peter too much time to follow the news of Iowa primary election. After a brief broadcast, the screen will turn. Most of the time is allocated to gore, and then Bradley and other candidates.

"The stock market situation is not very good recently. Next month, that is, March, the tide of lifting the ban will reach its peak, including your opendial website, which was listed in September last year. In April, the Microsoft monopoly case will be held again. It's a very crucial one. The bad news is far from over." Alegre Di is very responsible to remind, "professional analysts have been warning the risk of bubble burst."

Song Ya's Yahoo and other network and technology stocks have also been slowing down.

"In the long run, Gore's victory will be good for the Internet industry, and he will win." Sloan said.

"Well." Song Ya also agreed with her, "it's time for the market to be full of positive emotions in the second half of the year, right?"

"Generally speaking, it should be." "Since we all agree with this view, should we operate a wave of short-term operations?" O'Grady suggested

"No, you know my usual investment style, O'Grady."

After selling part of the stock to cash out last time, and all kinds of income came to the account one after another last year, song Ya had enough cash on hand, so he shook his head and refused, "that's it, just keep holding it."

"OK, you're always right."

O'Grady was very superstitious about him, and the three of them firmly believed in each other in their study.

In Iowa, voters have come down from the stands one after another to "stand in line". Different from the previous polls, there are few people in this area who vote for Peter. Although their sons and daughters are young, they can feel the situation is not good and their faces are disappointed.

"Smile, smile." Peter kept whispering to them not to lose their manners.

The diehards went out in all directions and tried their best to get their acquaintances to come over. It was a little effective. Sporadically, some of them switched from other candidates' districts to this side.

"Thank you, thank you for your support."

Alicia didn't want to have too many things left. She helped her husband to express her gratitude to the crowd. Before the time came, maybe there would be a miracle? Just like the box office trend of Titanic, people spread word of mouth and finally caused a storm

Unfortunately, it was not until the teller in the polling station vest announced that it was time to start counting the number of people, that the number of people on this side was not only far behind that of Gore, but even inferior to that of Bradley and the other two candidates, only ranking fifth.

This is also the voting place where the Peter family showed up in person. It's not too much to call it a fiasco.

The little girl put her head to her father's coat and began to sob in a low voice.

"Not as expected." Eli is also forced to endure guilt and disappointment, to squeeze out a smile to comfort, "maybe the situation at other polling stations is different, in short, what we can do now is to wait for the result of the counting."

"May I leave now?" Until the count is over, Alicia asked.

"Yes." Eli replied.

"Then let's go..." Peter picked up his daughter, kept his demeanor and shook hands with the frustrated supporters, then waved to the other voters and left.

"Damn it! We've been fooled! Have you noticed the local party activists who travel through the electorate? They promised to support me before

As soon as he got out of the sight of the crowd, Peter let Alicia lead her children away. Then his anger went like a hurricane to his campaign manager. He yelled: "the grassroots organizations here have betrayed us long ago! This is the trap they laid for me! I can imagine what the news of the major media will say tomorrow! There are very few voters in Iowa who support Peter flock, and then a live picture of two or three kittens beside me! Damn it! Damn it

"I'll try my best to turn things around, Peter." Eli almost couldn't keep up with him and trotted behind him. "This is just the first state."

"It's also the state I've worked hard on! The election of Iowa is ugly, and I will become an unimportant joke in the eyes of Gore and the Party group! "

Peter roared: "even disdain to throw some candy."

"Gore is afraid of you, otherwise he would not be so well prepared today..." Eli persuades.

"Damn it

Peter turned abruptly in front of the bus door, pointed his index finger to one of his most trusted subordinates, and said: "anyway, we must persist until the party debate in June. Let Lao Tzu and gore stand in front of the national live broadcast. I will humiliate him and defeat him head on!"

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