New Gods of North America

The reason why Wayne couldn't figure out which party the people in charge of Blackstone Town were more inclined to was not entirely his fault.

All political parties in the United States are so-called "cadre parties". Only those "politicians" who are qualified and willing to join the group among the various "politicians" participating in the election can be considered members of the corresponding party.

Other people from all walks of life can at most be regarded as "supporters" of the corresponding parties, and are not part of the parties. For non-politicians, they can freely register as supporters of any party at every election, or even support no party at all. Anyway, they can change their party whenever they want at every election.

The election manifestos of various political parties, except for some core contents that will not be easily changed, the remaining topics and slogans will often change constantly with the attention of public opinion.

Therefore, although some politicians may completely lose their allies and important supporters due to changing parties, politicians generally will not easily change their parties, but in fact it is not set in stone.

For example, sometimes a party’s election manifesto is changed, but voters or main supporters in the constituency do not agree with it. In order to protect their votes and seats, many politicians will choose to cut ties and join other parties even if they face losses.

In theory it is relatively stable, but in reality it can come and go freely, and the main calculation is still about the gains and losses.

At the same time, Wayne's family situation is relatively special.

In Wayne's memory, before Mr. Constantine passed away, he and several other major town builders, including the mayor, were members of the Whig Party. The original meaning of the word "Whig" was "horse thief", and they advocated limiting federal and presidential power, which in a sense was a disguised expansion of state power. They were willing to open up the West, so they would naturally tend to the "local management" faction.

But as luck would have it, this party disbanded when Wayne had just learned how to fire bullets continuously. After his parents passed away, there were no adult formal politicians in Wayne's family - in fact, there was not even a reliable guardian - and Wayne himself did not care about these things, so it is unclear what happened afterwards.

In addition, Kansas City is still waiting for Congress to discuss and approve its plan to formally establish a state, and it still has no seats in either house of Congress. Therefore, the external investment from the parties is not too large, and it is basically still in the stage of infighting among local politicians.

Therefore, in local elections in Kansas City over the years, townspeople have mainly voted for "people" and do not care who belongs to which "party", and no one will bring up party identity - politicians actually hope that the votes will follow their own wishes rather than the party's instructions.

If Wayne had not paid some attention to the relevant news through newspapers and in his spare time after traveling through time, he might have been more "Muggle" in this regard than in the extraordinary field.

Due to the original design of the founding fathers of the United States, the federation has been mainly a two-party system since its inception, which means that it can only accommodate two "kings", and the rest are basically scattered cards.

However, although there have always been two "kings", one big and one small, the cards are not always specific two. In fact, they have been changed several times since the establishment of the Federation.

Take the past decade or so for example. Previously, the Whig Party and the Democratic Party were competing for the top two parties. Then the Whig Party split and disbanded over the issue of whether to support slavery. The remaining members in the North formed a new Republican Party and continued to compete with the Democratic Party for the top two parties. However, they lost again in the last election.

Although the Democratic Party is currently powerful, things are changing. Recently, we often see politicians from their party quarreling with each other in the newspapers. They are arguing endlessly about the issue of "whether to support slavery". It is said that some professors in the college have even opened betting to see whether they will split in the next few years.

After being asked this question by Tom Hagen out of the blue, Wayne really thought about it for a while on the way to the Beeton family estate.

But now the arrow has been drawn on the string. Since the local spy organization is indeed problematic and is blocking the investigation, no matter which party Mr. Walter belongs to, this "iron-faced and selfless little black-faced man" of the detective agency has to continue singing for the time being.

As for political parties, they need people who can "win". Sometimes it may just be a matter of cutting more or less of the cake. At worst, they can kneel louder when the time comes.

But matters concerning the church and the law are not so flexible. If you want to please both sides, you will end up getting hammered by both sides.

…

"Tyrell has spoken to you, right? What evidence can you give now?"

In the study of the owner of the Beeton family manor, Wayne met old Mr. Basque again.

The old man seemed to have a young heart again at this moment. After asking Wayne the purpose of his visit in a few words, he got straight to the point.

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "We have captured several guards and an accomplice of the assassin who was on the run in a safe house organized by a local secret service. They are now detained in the police station. Although the guards have not yet admitted their identities, as powerful local authorities, it should not be difficult for you and Reverend Tyrell to verify this matter.

"At the same time, our detective agency has been investigating a related case and has preliminarily confirmed that there is a large secret force in the local area. They are deeply involved in both cases, and the local spy organization is obviously shielding or colluding with them.

"The most powerful evidence our detective agency has now is the discovery of unfamiliar fingerprints on the poison bottle in the assassin's home. This clue may directly point to the real culprit behind the case, or the real culprit's subordinates. However, we still need to continue collecting and comparing fingerprints, and we haven't been able to lock on to the target yet."

Because the Beaton family and Reverend Tyrell were obviously able to communicate "face to face", Wayne did not bring out the clues that Reverend Tyrell had sold, but only talked about the parts that the detective agency had investigated.

After hearing this, Mr. Basque's frown deepened. "This doesn't seem to be the same as the 'clue' I imagined."

Wayne currently has no deep connection with the political world, and he respects Mr. Basque more than he fears him. His respect is only due to the fact that the old man showed up to support Wayne in his previous public duel.

So his answer was quite straightforward. "Our detective agency will not officially provide any false information during the investigation. However, if you let people release the speculation in the public opinion field, although it is not enough to target certain specific people, it will be enough for the public to outline the whole story on their own. At least the local agent organization can no longer escape responsibility."

Mr. Basque pondered for a while, and after thinking it over, he asked about the "fingerprint" mentioned by Wayne in confusion.

After listening to Wayne's explanation, Mr. Basque looked at his palm and asked, "Is this method of investigation reliable?"

Wayne was confident in this comparison: "There may be a very small probability of duplication, but the possibility of two people having the same fingerprint is even lower than the probability of an ordinary person being hit and killed by a carriage at sea. Professionals can identify specific individuals based on fingerprints. If you have any doubts about this, you can ask someone to verify it. I guarantee with my personal reputation and the reputation of the detective agency that this is absolutely true and objective."

Mr. Basque's eyes wandered a little. "If you can find the owner of the fingerprint on the poison bottle, and the other party is someone Walter clearly wants to protect, what will you do?"

Wayne did not hesitate: "Then you and Reverend Tyrell will definitely receive the news as soon as possible, and the investigation report I will eventually submit to the cathedral will definitely follow the facts."

"good."