1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

What's more, although there was no Internet in 1932, there were humanoid figures from 2082, so the American presidential candidates are facing a super-dimensional attack that combines gender advantages, the mass line and future technology.

First, after the Great Depression, the American people were tired of it.

Those elite politicians who sit high and mighty, issue orders, and tell lies, are also disgusted with the disorderly "laissez-faire";

Therefore, Hoover's evaluation is so low, relatively close to the people, and only briefly appealed to the people.

Roosevelt won the support of voters by turning his attention to the "forgotten people at the bottom of the economic pyramid";

However, Roosevelt was, after all, a "second-generation official" of noble birth. No matter how close he was to the people, could he be as gentle and amiable as Springfield?

On this point, no matter what, Springfield, who was willing to hug beggars and never had a trace of negativity in Cloud Atlas, is a hundred times better than Roosevelt, not to mention other hypocritical politicians.

Secondly, to put it bluntly, American-style democratic elections are about who can project the information they want voters to know to the largest number of people.

To put it more clearly, it depends on who can fool the voters the most and make them cast their votes in excitement.

On this point, even Trump, who has the Internet and knows how to follow the mass line, a powerful weapon, could not be a match for Springfield in 1932.

Can Trump make every American pay attention to his comprehensive information? No.

The Democrats can join forces with the Republicans to ban his account, and various platforms can block his information, making him completely voiceless on the Internet.

But can anyone stop Springfield in this era? No.

As a T-doll from 2082, even if she's not a professional electronic warfare T-doll, Haruta can manipulate all American radio stations at will, allowing everyone who can hear a radio to hear her voice.

You know, the 1930s was called the "golden age of broadcasting and radio" by later scholars. If you control broadcasting and radio, you control public opinion.

Want to hear the news?

Excuse me, please listen to Miss Haruta's speech first. Want to listen to a soap opera?

Excuse me, please listen to Ms. Haruta's speech first. Want to hear a dirty joke?

Excuse me, please listen to Miss Haruta's speech first.

Under this intensive bombardment, almost everyone who turned on the radio or listened to a radio program had listened to Springfield's speech, either actively or passively. The efficiency of information transmission reached a terrifying level.

Ten million radios in use could easily reach at least 40 million people, while the U.S. had a total population of only 1.25 million at the time.

Meanwhile, Springfield is a tactical humanoid that uses controlled nuclear fusion for internal combustion power. He requires almost no rest and can output continuously without any errors.

If an average politician can make 10% of Americans know who he is, and Roosevelt can make 30% of Americans know his ideas, then Springfield can definitely reach 80%!

Who else?! Losing to Springfield? It’s really not unfair.

270 The Democratic Party is in constant internal strife

Late June 1932, Chicago.

The atmosphere at the Democratic National Convention was solemn.

Whether it was Franklin Roosevelt, the most popular candidate for president within the party, or Alfred Smith, the Democratic leader who had been against Roosevelt for a long time, both of them looked very unhappy.

The reasons are both external and internal.

Externally, of course, it was Miss Springfield who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and snatched away a lot of supporters at lightning speed, causing both of their support rates to plummet.

The internal and most important factor is naturally the various contradictions that have accumulated over a long period of time within the Democratic Party.

After the Democratic Party lost to the Republican Party in the 1924 presidential election, the Democratic Party, which was already on the verge of collapse due to its long-term failure (the Democratic Party had won four terms since the Civil War), almost completely stopped.

At the same time, the Republican Party was taking advantage of the situation to encroach on Democratic territory. Republican John Raskob, in partnership with Democratic leader Alfred Smith, secured funding from companies like General Motors and DuPont to help him win the 1926 New York gubernatorial race.

The most disturbing thing is that in exchange (of course, there was more than just this condition), Smith also appointed Republican Raskob as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee...

Even party leaders like Smith have begun to seek other ways out and to curry favor with the "Republican Party", not to mention others.

By the time he ran for president again in 1928 (and lost again), there was almost no difference between the Democratic and Republican candidates in terms of policies and ideology.

In short, if there is no strong figure to take the lead, it is not impossible for the Democratic Party to completely collapse or even disband.

At this time, Roosevelt stood up.

In 1925, he tried to organize a national convention of the Democratic Party to strengthen party unity, but failed because almost no one responded.

But he was not discouraged. While pretending to support the conservative Smith, he quietly set up his own faction, put forward various new concepts, and secretly wooed the gentry inside and outside the party with the intention of running for president himself.

Of course, Smith couldn't hide this.

As a result, the conflict between Roosevelt and Smith became increasingly intense, so intense that the latter publicly called the former an "agitator who associates with the poor", and the confrontation within the party became more serious.

However, Roosevelt gained more support due to factors such as his better family background, better political image, stronger political skills, and the fact that there was considerable dissatisfaction within the party with Smith's defection to the Republican Party.

According to preliminary survey data from half a month ago, Roosevelt had already obtained more than half of the party votes. As long as he could deal with the other two bigwigs in the party, he would successfully become the "party presidential candidate" and represent the Democratic Party in the presidential election.

One was William McAdoo, a prominent figure in the party and son-in-law of former U.S. President Wilson, who directly controlled the votes in Texas and influenced more people;

One is John Nance Garner, the former Democratic leader and current Speaker of the House of Representatives, who directly controls the votes in California and influences more.

The votes in the hands of both were enough to make Roosevelt the party's candidate, but the latter had always been conservative and extremely opposed to Roosevelt's views, so winning over the former became the only goal.

However, William McAdoo was no pushover.

This man's family background and status were not much lower than Roosevelt's, and he was always arrogant. He believed that Roosevelt and Smith, two New Yorkers, were untrustworthy and unworthy of being elected. He believed that he was the man of destiny and planned to run for president himself.

Of course, he knew that Smith and Roosevelt were both quite powerful, so he planned to take advantage of the fierce battle between the two to launch a surprise attack and become the "compromise candidate";

(Note: A compromise candidate is an alternative candidate put forward when the votes of candidates within a party are close and no candidate who can get more than two-thirds of the votes can be selected)

Coincidentally, Smith also realized that it might be difficult for him to defeat Roosevelt and be elected directly, so he planned to put forward President Wilson's Secretary of War, Newton Baker, as a "compromise candidate";

McAdoo, who called himself a "progressive," called Newton Baker "a selfish person whose worldview was very similar to that of President Hoover."

Smith and Roosevelt were sworn enemies, and both were trying to win over McAdoo at the same time;

McAdoo despised both men equally, being a progressive slightly leaning towards Roosevelt, being very hostile to Baker, and disliking Smith;

Baker followed Smith, but actually he had his own little thoughts...so the fighting within the party became more intense.

Springfield?

Who is Chuntian? I don’t know him!

Let's get rid of the bugs in the party first! Heretics are more hateful than pagans!

Anyway, everyone was in a very serious mood when they came to the meeting to vote today, because no one was sure of winning.

In any case, after some hypocritical greetings, the first round of voting within the party began and the results were quickly announced.

As expected, Roosevelt received the most votes, followed by Smith. But Roosevelt was not happy.

The first is that he did not get two-thirds, and the second is that the number of votes was less than he expected.

what happened?

Why did some of the people who had agreed to it change their attitude?

Could it be that...it shouldn't be?

Because no candidate was selected, a second round of voting was held after a day of rest (actually to give the candidates time to organize themselves).

However, in the second round of voting, Roosevelt's vote count was even worse than in the first round!

Roosevelt and his team were now anxious. What was going on?

What's going on?

Why did someone "rebel" again? Some even abdicated?

So, before the third round of voting, Roosevelt mobilized his people and began lobbying on a large scale, including those who had not paid much attention to him before.

After the third round of voting, the results were much better than the second and first rounds. Roosevelt won a full 600 votes, but still fell short of two-thirds.

……

Although this cannot be said to be unprecedented in the history of Democratic Party voting, and compared with the failure to vote for the Speaker of the House after ten rounds in later generations, it is nothing, but it is still a signal that made Roosevelt very vigilant.

Because this means that the division within the party is gradually intensifying, and there are more and more "swing people" who don't know who to support.

No, I must immediately establish my presidential candidacy and put an end to this chaos!

Thinking of this, Roosevelt quickly found McAdoo overnight and got straight to the point:

"...William, Garner has already stated that he won't support me, so I need you to step up and rally your people to help me."

McAdoo twisted his mouth. Support you?

My people? Why?

Yes, he controls 44 votes in California, and because of his status and prestige, he can actually influence at least 300 votes!

Once he chooses to support Roosevelt, Roosevelt will definitely be elected; but why?

What benefits can you, Roosevelt, give me that would make me bother to support you? I am the one who can be president!

When you guys still can't pick a player in the fourth round, it'll be my turn!

However, this time Roosevelt did not "promise an official title" but said sincerely:

"William, you and I are both progressives, people who support state intervention in disorderly liberalism. You know, what we support is in line with history..."

Although this statement resonated deeply with McAdoo, he remained noncommittal. Although we're both progressives, I'm clearly more "progressive" than you!

Wouldn't it be better for me to be president?

Roosevelt knew what McAdoo was thinking, but he said:

"...If I don't get your help, if I still can't be elected in the fourth round of voting, then those who originally supported me will most likely no longer support me, and my power will disintegrate..."

McAdoo almost laughed out loud.

Wouldn't it be better for me if you fell?

"But if I lose the support of the party, Smith will have a chance..."

After these words were spoken, McAdoo frowned slightly.

He was indeed very unhappy with Smith, the conservative who openly colluded with the Republicans.

However, Roosevelt's "fall" does not necessarily mean that Smith will be able to "come to power", right?

Since the vote counts of the two candidates are likely to be almost the same, McAdoo may still become the "compromise candidate."

"...They will definitely use this opportunity to promote Baker as a compromise candidate. But if neither of us can win, what are the chances of Baker getting elected?"

At this moment, McAdoo's face finally changed! Baker!

Newton Baker!

This guy who was my father-in-law's Minister of War and was considered his father-in-law's "legitimate successor"!

"Who has a higher chance of winning, Baker or you?"

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Baker was indeed more likely to win! "So, William, you don't want a conservative bastard to take office, right?"

The deal is done.

Just as the two leaders who had reached an agreement were discussing how to snipe Smith, how to defeat Baker, and how to put Roosevelt in power, a shocking news came:

Newton Baker, he's dead.

271 Roosevelt left the party!

Newton Baker is dead.

President Wilson's "legitimate successor", former Secretary of War, a man whose prestige among Wilson's "old and young" people far exceeded that of Wilson's son-in-law William McAdoo, he died↑↓.

The death was extremely inexplicable.

In full view of the crowd, this strong man who was just over 60 years old was walking down the stairs when he suddenly seemed to be tripped by someone's leg. He fell headfirst and hit his forehead on a sharp wooden thorn that had appeared there at some point, and died on the spot.

His death immediately caused greater chaos in the Democratic Party's presidential election efforts and further exacerbated the divisions within the party.

As mentioned earlier, Baker was a "compromise candidate" that Smith and other conservatives within the Democratic Party were preparing to put forward, and he was someone McAdoo, who intended to run directly for president, disliked;

If Roosevelt had lost, McAdoo would have had little chance of being elected president because Baker was more likely to gain support than McAdoo.

Roosevelt used this to persuade McAdoo to support him, and it seemed to have succeeded. But unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Baker died "at just the right moment"!

This time, McAdoo immediately chose to break his promise!

Why?