Chapter 391 Alice in Wonderland

Roosevelt only briefly talked about unity and hatred, and then elaborated on how the United States in the new century would usher in the American century. He once again emphasized that many large companies took advantage of their first-mover advantage and used unreasonable means to prevent competitors from joining, which had a negative impact on the domestic environment.

Roosevelt met the challenge of the Democratic Party with a high profile, making economic development the central idea of ​​his speech. His strong and confident statement won the applause of Republicans.

Evelyn Manor in Los Angeles was built by Sheffield next to the original Hollywood Manor and given to Evelyn as his residence when he came to Los Angeles. Of course, Alton Parker did not come to live here during his schedule in Los Angeles, and Evelyn just knew that her man had arrived.

The entire manor was built with the highest quality materials. Thanks to the not expensive land prices in Los Angeles, the cost was still within an acceptable range. The hostess who came out to greet the slave owner kept her eyes on Alice Roosevelt for a moment, without saying a word, and took Alice Roosevelt to visit the manor without changing her expression.

She also took the initiative to propose to visit the Hollywood Film Base with Alice Roosevelt, and received a warm response from Alice Roosevelt, as she had already heard of the name of Hollywood.

Alice Roosevelt had a different personality from her father and was not a traditional woman, otherwise she would not have driven to St. Louis alone to attend the Olympics. Alice Roosevelt was curious about many new things.

"Ms. Evelyn, what is your relationship with the owner of this joint venture?" While touring Hollywood, Alice Roosevelt saw that there was no one around and quietly asked the question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time. She always felt that this wealthy woman seemed to have some connection with Sheffield, who was a powerful figure in the southern states.

"We? Partners!" Evelin smiled as usual, and added in her heart, "The biggest cooperation project at the moment is the birth of a daughter."

Evelyn hadn't expected that this person was President Roosevelt's daughter. In fact, before this, few people knew that President Roosevelt had a daughter. Evelyn was also somewhat puzzled as to how Alice Roosevelt and Sheffield could be together. She didn't know that her man, a staunch Democratic donor, had been tied to her almost since the Civil War.

Although not all the big families in the South did not develop well after the Civil War, for example, the Duke family, the tobacco magnate James Duke was also very wealthy, not inferior to Morgan himself. But the tobacco magnate had washed away the party color on him.

"At the critical moment of the election, you actually brought the president's daughter with you. She is so beautiful." Evelyn returned to the manor and looked at Sheffield resentfully. "Aren't you afraid of losing the election because of this?"

"It has nothing to do with whether she is beautiful or not. With our base, it is twice as difficult to win an election as the Republicans after the Civil War. When competing for votes in swing states, we must win by a large margin to shake the Yankee base, which is really difficult." Sheffield said gloomily, "The candidate must have enough prestige to attract middle-class voters, and the timing must be on our side. William Bryan is such a person. He happened to be elected during the economic depression, but even so, we lost. The Democratic Party cannot win by normal means. It's already like this, are they still afraid of discussing ethnic issues?"

After the Civil War, the Democratic Party has only won the popular vote once in many elections until now. Even during President Cleveland's two terms, he lost the popular vote to the Republican Party. The only popular vote that the Democratic Party has won was lost to the Republican Party. That was a famous election fraud, because the southern states were still under martial law, and the Democratic Party finally admitted defeat.

"Then why are you putting so much energy into the election?" Evelyn could understand the difficulties from what Sheffield heard, and naturally wanted to know this man's purpose.

"My goal is simple. If the Democrats win a landslide victory in California, it means my efforts are effective and I can change public opinion in a place. At the same time, I want to know how many white people will stand on our side. As long as I can get this data after the election, it won't be a loss." Sheffield said with his head held high, "This is even more important than winning or not."

Elections can be held many times. If this time fails, there will be next time. But if you want to know what the white people think, you can't just send someone with a pen to ask. Unless it's really critical, the people being investigated will lie.

Sheffield believes that it is worthwhile to use a historically ugly election loss to conduct an opinion poll that will never be biased. This is actually buying data with money. As long as he knows the exact number of votes, he will be able to overturn the Republican Party's long-term advantage next time.

Of course, the same thing still applies. What if he wins? There aren't many donors who support the Democratic Party for a long time. If the Democratic Party wins, he will definitely get the biggest piece of the pie. Although he can get ahead of others by relying on his memory, who would be willing to run in the car?

As the days passed, the most divisive election in history became more and more heated, sparking discussions among the general public. During this period, civil rights leader Du Bois called on black voters with voting rights to boycott Democratic candidates and advised the black community to defend their rights with the ballot.

Compared to the liveliness of the Republican camp, the Sheffield side was obviously much duller, because the only propaganda point was an ethnic issue. Although this advantage was explosive enough, focusing on one thing for a long time could easily lead to fatigue.

Just like aspirin is known as a miracle drug, but it is not effective for all diseases, many important Republican leaders, both incumbent and former, have come out to criticize the extreme remarks of the Democratic Party. This criticism quickly led to more extreme remarks. This election is so chaotic that the scope has even expanded beyond the United States.

Many Latin American countries are mixed-race countries and have a large black population. The Democratic Party’s propositions are naturally unpopular in these countries. Many ambassadors of these countries living in Washington have expressed their concerns on different occasions.

In response, newspapers supporting the Democratic Party countered that the United States is different from ordinary Latin American countries. The United States is a country where the white population holds an absolute majority and is more similar to European countries than Latin American countries.

The culprit of all this was still learning to drive in Los Angeles, preparing to compete with Alice Roosevelt. After a few days of hard work, Sheffield gave up this boring move, thinking that there was no need to learn this skill for safety.

"It's great here!" Alice Roosevelt stood on the beach, looking out at the sea in the distance and said, "The climate here is very comfortable!"

Seeing the sweat on Alice Roosevelt's forearm, the slave owner retracted his gaze in time when she looked at him. The scholar president's daughter looked into the distance, but naturally saw nothing. She said with approval, "This should be the most livable place in our country. Many people will definitely settle here in the future."

Although the slave owner said that the South is the coldest, the South is the hottest, and the South is the most livable, isn't that just arguing? Facing the Yankees, he can certainly say a conclusion that goes against common sense without blinking an eye. If it is true, Los Angeles can pose a threat to the New York metropolis in just a few decades, which must be extraordinary.

The livable climate should be considered a huge advantage. As for how fertile the land is, the truly fertile land is in the hands of the Dixies and Yankees.

"After hearing what you said, I want to buy a house here." Alice Roosevelt smiled and agreed with what Sheffield said about how livable this place was. She had already begun to like this place.

"That's not that difficult. I can give you a set." Sheffield chuckled and said lazily, "As long as you like, I can buy the whole beach for you."

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But this appearance of being rich and powerful did not move Alice Roosevelt's heart. Although this period of time was a rare time for her to be alone with a man since she was a child, she knew that the man in front of her was not easy to mess with, so she said, "Do you think you can buy everything in the world?"

"Don't say that, it's just most of it!" Sheffield looked up at the sky and said hesitantly, "Wait a minute, I'm thinking about things that I can't buy. I'll answer you when I think of them."

Just when Alice Roosevelt wanted to listen to the profound speech, Sheffield suddenly turned around and walked away, waving his hand and saying, "I haven't thought of it yet. I'll tell you when I think of it."

"This bad guy!" Alice Roosevelt looked at Sheffield's back, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. She quickly followed him, "You must have never expected it."

Alice's days in Wonderland continued, and Alice Roosevelt continued to follow Sheffield, keeping abreast of the first-hand information about the opposing camp in this election, but she did not pass it on. Sheffield used the reason of fair election to ask Alice Roosevelt not to leave his sight to prevent her from tipping off the Republican Party.

Alice Roosevelt had no choice but to accept this and followed Sheffield to listen to him deploy troops.

"The polls in the Midwest are unreliable! Du Bois called on blacks to boycott the Democratic Party? It doesn't matter, they are not counted at all!" Sheffield was multitasking, making a phone call, taking a cigar out of his pocket and placing it directly on the table. With a crisp cutting sound, the cut cigar returned to Sheffield's mouth.

"What else is there to say now? There are still two weeks left, so let's make our choice." Sheffield licked his lips, looked at Alice Roosevelt nonchalantly and said, "Who said I lost!? How much am I going to win!"

With hostages in hand, he speaks so toughly.

(End of this chapter)