The Rise of the Third Reich
Chapter 1132 The Death of Roosevelt Seventeen
Presidential candidate Truman put down the phone receiver and looked at each other, an old man with a square face and snow-white hair sitting opposite him.
This old man is Truman’s think tank, and he is also Alben William Buckley, a Kentucky senator and Democratic Senate leader.
Buckley nodded and said, "Harry, after dawn, you first go to the White House to meet the President."
"Meet the president?" Truman was stunned. "Dewey will definitely go to New York. If we don't follow up, I'm afraid I will fall even further behind in the New York State polls..."
Polls have appeared in this era, but there are not a large number of polling organizations. There is currently only one authoritative public opinion polling and business survey/consulting company in the United States, which is the Gallup Company founded by Dr. George Gallup.
According to Gallup's survey, the leading candidate among the four candidates currently participating in the presidential election is Republican candidate Dewey, with an approval rate of 33%; Truman is temporarily in second place, with an approval rate of 26%; Lindbergh is in Third, with a support rate of 13%; in fourth place is the Bolshevik Party candidate Foster, with a support rate of 11%; in addition, 17% of the respondents have not decided who to vote for.
In other words, Dewey is now 7 percentage points ahead of Truman! Although Dewey's approval rating is only 33%, not even half, even 40% is still far away, but this is already a big advantage, enough for Dewey to win the White House.
Because the rules of the game in the U.S. election are different from those in most countries in the world. In the United States, voters do not directly elect the president, but "states" elect the president. Therefore, voters decide who to vote for in the state's electoral votes, and the winner does not need to obtain a simple majority (more than 50%) of the voters' votes, but only needs to obtain a slim majority (the first in the vote share) to pass. Eat a state's electoral votes.
This means that there is no second round of voting in the US presidential election. Only one round of voting can decide the overall situation. Therefore, Dewey's 33% approval rating was enough to send him to the White House. Truman also had no chance of getting votes from supporters of the National Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party in the second round of elections - most of the supporters of these two parties were concentrated in the seven southern states of the United States, which were historically the territory of the Confederate States of America, so he was "Lincoln's Republicans" have always been dissatisfied. Since the end of "Southern Reconstruction," they have always been a strong vote area for the Democratic Party.
However, because Roosevelt's New Deal coalition adopted policies to win over blacks, the southern iron-voted areas were shaken. The strong rise of the American National Fascist Party, which advocates white supremacy, and the Bolshevik Party, which is more popular among black people, hits the fate of the Democratic Party. It is very likely that the Democratic Party will lose one or two of the seven southern states!
In addition, outside the seven southern states, only supporters of the Democratic Party split between the American National Fascist Party and the American Bolshevik Party.
This is because the National Fascist Party, the Bolshevik Party, and the Democratic New Deal coalition led by Roosevelt actually all had socialist elements. They both advocate social welfare, both court unions and workers, and both advocate big government intervention in the economy. Just to varying degrees, and there are big differences on racial issues.
Therefore, the votes of the Democratic Party, the National Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party can "flow" between each other. The supporters of the Republican Party, which represents the interests of the conservative property-owning class, are relatively stable - supporters of the wealthy Republican Party are unlikely to become supporters of fascist or communist parties.
"You can't compete with Dewey in New York anyway." Buckley shook his head and said, "Dewey has the support of Wall Street and the support of the big bosses of the automobile plants, steel plants, and arsenals in the north, and New Yorkers already like him, so in He was elected governor in 1943."
Dewey's political career began with the "New York anti-crime campaign". Because of his remarkable effectiveness in combating organized crime in New York, he was quite popular among the people of New York. Now that Dewey had the support of New York's big plutocrats, it was indeed impossible for Truman to defeat him in New York.
"The key now lies with the White House, with the President!" Buckley looked very ugly. "First, the White House and the President's stance on the New York missile attack will be directly related to the fate of you and the Democratic Party!
If he continues to be weak after the New York missile attacks, we will be in big trouble. Not only will your president fail to be elected, but the entire Democratic Party will suffer along with it, or even be ruined.
Second, the Democratic Party must abandon its policy of currying favor with black people, which is of no benefit at this time. The Negroes would not vote for us at all, they would only support the Bolshevik Party. And the seven southern states that always supported us regardless of right and wrong will fall to the National Fascist Party because of his policy of caring for black people... This will cause the demise of the Democratic Party!
Harry, if you still want to be president, you must convince the president to give a tough speech against Germany. At the same time, we should move closer to the National Fascist Party on racial issues, and it would be best to bring the National Fascist Party into our camp. "
If future generations of white leftists heard the words about the merger of the Democratic Party and the National Fascist Party, they would definitely vomit blood. However, in the United States in the 1940s, this was entirely possible. Because the current Democratic Party has not yet completed its "white-left" transformation, there are still many "conservative Democrats" - that is, Democrats based on the white right in the seven southern states. Since the seven southern states have always made things difficult for black people on the issue of citizen voting eligibility, most black people living in the south still do not have the right to vote. Therefore, as long as conservative Democrats insist on white supremacy, they can win the votes of southern whites even if they lie down.
With the seven-state iron-vote district in the South in hand, even if the Democratic Party of the United States suffered a disastrous defeat in the 1944 election, it could still maintain its status as the second largest party in the United States, and there may not be no chance of a comeback in the future.
This is why Alban William Buckley, who was once the backbone of the New Deal coalition, now advocates abandoning some of the New Deal achievements. The Democratic Party, which agrees with the National Fascist Party on the issue of racism, actually has a certain degree of homogeneity in its political views with the Fascist Party, and mergers or alliances are natural.
Buckley finally told Truman: "If we can form an alliance or merge with the National Fascist Party, then victory in the election is within reach."
Now Truman has an approval rate of 26%, and the Fascist Party has an approval rate of 13%. The two together have an approval rate of 39%, surpassing Dewey's 33% approval rate. Dewey's Republican Party was unlikely to merge with the Bolshevik Party under any circumstances - the two parties could cooperate with each other secretly, but it was impossible to form an alliance overtly.
"But...Mr. Buckley," Truman fully understood the plan of Buckley, the leader of the Democratic Party, but he also understood some of Roosevelt's thoughts, "What if the president refuses? Now the president's stance on seeking peace is very firm. If he refuses to make tough remarks, statement and still adhere to the line of peace talks and even accept the harsh conditions of the Germans. "What should we do?"
Buckley's face suddenly became ugly. Of course, his eyes and ears were very psychic, and he would not understand Roosevelt's thoughts at all.
He said in a calm voice: "If this kind of thing really happens, the Democratic Party must not die with Roosevelt! The Democratic Party... must break with Roosevelt!"
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"The Krauts are scoundrels, Mr. Kennedy!"
"Look what they did!"
"We can't let them go!"
"eye for eye!"
"Kill all the Germans!"
"..."
Joseph Kennedy had just been hit by 1,560 missiles throughout the morning of October 10th, Eastern Time (a total of 400 missiles were fired at New York, but less than 160 of them landed in New York) Downtown) visited various parts of the New York City area.
Condolence to the victims in front of every building that was blown beyond recognition by V1B missiles, shake hands with them, listen to their opinions or anger, and provide them with the help possible.
Of course, in the end there are promises that are difficult to fulfill.
"As long as Mr. Truman is elected, the Germans will definitely pay for their crimes!"
"Mr. Truman will definitely lead the United States out of this predicament. It is impossible for any enemy to defeat the United States led by Mr. Truman."
As Kennedy consoled the victims, air raid sirens went off twice - once a false alarm, and once a dozen damn missiles dropped.
Because the first time was a false alarm, when the second air raid siren sounded, Joseph Kennedy and many Americans who wanted to show their courage did not hide in the air raid shelters. Flying overhead.
Then Joseph Kennedy saw many Americans on the street taking out pistols from nowhere, shooting at the missiles in the air and shouting curses! On the balconies and rooftops of nearby high-rise buildings, there were some elderly American men holding long rifles and firing at the missiles in the sky! Gunfire suddenly rang out in the center of New York City!
Seeing this scene, Joseph Kennedy thought to himself: The American voters, who all have guns, are obviously angered by the German missiles. If I dare to propose paying reparations to Germany in exchange for peace, I will definitely be shot randomly by the angry New Yorkers. dead. No, I have to be brave...
Thinking of this, the former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had an idea. He took a Colt 45 pistol from the hand of a tall and thick bodyguard beside him, then rushed to the street and fired randomly into the sky. Although he didn't hit anything, his heroic performance was photographed by the accompanying reporters and made the headlines of major American newspapers the next day.
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