Chapter 394 I didn’t lose!

When she opened the bedroom door again, Alice Roosevelt's panicked look came into her eyes. Evelyn remained calm. She had experienced this kind of look before she came in. She was ready to be questioned, but Alice Roosevelt said nothing and just answered absentmindedly.

Even if Evelyn herself did not have this talent, she had already gained insight into the psychological weaknesses of some people after trying to follow and learn from those around her over the years. Elysee Roosevelt did not speak directly, and it was basically certain that the president's daughter suffered this loss in silence.

"Evelyn, were you the one who sent the two of us to this room?" Although she had heard it once, Alice Roosevelt still spoke again, wanting to confirm the question.

"Yeah, what's the problem?" Evelyn was surprised, but she felt that Alice Roosevelt's question was a bit strange, as if it was a very normal thing.

"It's no problem, it's great!" Alice Roosevelt almost shed tears when she heard this, but she still pretended nothing had happened. It seemed that the hostess of the manor felt that she had done a good thing, and maybe even thought that the owner was very considerate.

In the mistake of alcohol, the national election has been completed, and from a personal perspective, the slave owner has not lost. But he still hopes for a miracle to happen, but judging from the results reported by Jesla, the miracle did not happen.

The Democratic Party initially swept the southern states, including Texas, and won a total of 144 electoral votes. But then the Republican Party around the New York metropolitan area began to exert its strength, and although the election results were announced slowly, they easily narrowed the gap.

The unexpected place was Illinois, where Chicago is located. The 27 electoral votes of this state were won by the Democratic Party. After conquering Illinois, the election between the two parties became completely tense. In terms of electoral votes, Illinois is the third largest state in the country. The failure here was something that the Republicans did not expect.

The result in California was also a victory for the Democratic Party, with 10 votes here also going to the Democratic Party. The focus of the competition between the two sides is still on the Midwest. The Democratic Party, together with Montana, Edwards, Nevada, Kansas, Colorado, and California, won a total of 36 electoral votes.

With the addition of Missouri, which had 18 electoral votes, and the Southern base, the party gained 225 electoral votes, leaving the Republicans with 272 electoral votes, which gave them victory.

"We need to find out the popular vote!" Sheffield looked at the results in front of him, especially the Midwestern states west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, and felt a sense of déjà vu.

Because the aftereffects of being drunk were still obvious, he had to spend more time than usual calculating. The results of this election actually surpassed those of William Bryan, and it can be regarded as a very impressive election for the Democratic Party in recent years.

Of course, the most critical point is the third largest state in terms of votes, Illinois. This makes the election look very fierce. If it weren't for the victory in Illinois, the Democratic Party would have suffered a major defeat with less than 200 votes.

Jesla said that it would take some time to count the popular votes, and Sheffield nodded, "Except for the South, the proportions of each state must be calculated, and then the total number of votes lost by the Democratic Party must be calculated."

"By the way, the Democratic Party lost, and Mr. William might be angry now. He might need comfort right now." In another room, Evelyn was still showing her movie queen-level acting skills to amplify the impact of the defeat on Sheffield.

"Well, let's take a look." Alice Roosevelt tugged at the corner of her coat and nodded in confusion.

Alice Roosevelt didn't know what she was thinking. What happened yesterday had such a huge impact on her that even when she came to Sheffield's side, she just sat there in a daze, her mind wandering.

"The Republican Party has too big a population advantage. This kind of election is inherently unfair." Although he had said that he was noble and upright, after he lost the election, Sheffield was far from being so open-minded. This was just a pre-war act of modesty.

Each state has a different number of electoral votes depending on how many senators and House of Representatives seats it has in Congress. The most populous part of the United States is the northeastern states, which have become supporters of the Republican Party since the defeat in the Civil War.

"Looking at the map, the Democrats won six states in the Midwest, including the blue South, and Illinois in the Great Lakes region, winning half of the states. But reflected in the electoral votes, the gap is so big." Evelyn also felt helpless. If it was one state, one vote, the Democrats would have won.

The current United States does not have 50 states. Just around Texas, there is a circle of things called regions. They are all places separated from the former Great Texas. In the future, new states will definitely be established.

Evelyn's words also reminded Sheffield that if he could do something about this, the pressure he would bear next time might be much less. He should really take care of the land that originally belonged to Texas.

"We have to think of ways to increase the population." Sheffield sighed. He had been expecting double happiness, but now it seemed difficult. He could only comfort himself that if he had not intervened, Roosevelt's victory would have been easier.

Now the Democrats lost, but Sheffield did not lose; Roosevelt won, but Sheffield also won. This is reflected in different places.

Alice Roosevelt was in a low mood and Sheffield felt helpless. Evelyn had to take on the responsibility of getting everything back on track again. She would first help the slave owner to sound out the situation and then think of a solution after she was sure of the situation.

After all, she is the president's daughter. If things go wrong, the first victim of Roosevelt's antitrust law after his successful re-election may be United.

"Alice, you know that your father is very disgusted with big companies. After his re-election, he might not hesitate to take action against the trust companies." Evelyn and Alice Roosevelt were swinging on the swing, and Evelyn seemed to accidentally reveal, "Maybe the White House and United Corporation will be enemies in the future."

"Enemy?" Alice Roosevelt said, not knowing what she was thinking, and then asked, "What will it be like? Will the fight be intense?"

"There may be a series of battles around the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court." Evelyn said, "These big companies will not give up. Any big company has countless spokespersons. This is why many companies raise election funds for the Democratic Party. President Roosevelt was successfully re-elected, and it seems that the confrontation between the federal government and big companies is inevitable."

Alice Roosevelt was surprised. They were actually fighting in Congress and the Supreme Court. Could these big companies have such great power to confront the president of a country face to face? If she hadn't seen Sheffield remotely directing the Democratic Party, she would never have believed it.

She saw with her own eyes that Sheffield had big companies that provided financial support without directly appearing. Did they also exist? There should be quite a few of them, right? Are these big companies really that powerful?

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"Are these big companies so powerful?" Alice Roosevelt asked in disbelief, "What about William's company?"

"William's company actually doesn't have a monopoly in many fields except the automobile industry." Evelyn said calmly, "The Northern Securities Company, which controls the railroad system of the United States, was jointly established by the Morgan, Harriman and Rockefeller families, with Morgan as the leader. It controls almost the entire railroad system. In the oil field, the four families headed by Rockefeller control Standard Oil, and Standard Oil also controls more than 90% of the oil. The automobile field should be the most powerful control field of the United Company. 80% of the cars are produced by the United Company."

"But the automobile manufacturing industry is not an industry without competitors. Other automobile factories also exist, and everyone is on the same starting line. It cannot be said that United Corporation is monopolizing. This is all determined by the market!" Evelyn racked her brains to find a breakthrough point from Alice Roosevelt. If she really wanted to take action, there must be a first come first served.

Based on Evelyn's understanding of Sheffield, if Morgan was unlucky, Sheffield would be so happy that he couldn't sleep. This slave owner was like this. When things didn't happen to him, he would only gloat over the misfortune and would not have any other reaction.

The slave master, who didn't know Evelyn was helping her again, took the data from Jesla, glanced at it and said to himself, "The Democrats won 47.8% of the total popular vote? Is the data accurate?"

"The error should not be too big!" Jesla nodded. "As for the proportion of each state, it will take some time."

"President Cleveland had already won with this number back then." Sheffield smiled bitterly. Of course, the opponents were different. Roosevelt was certainly much stronger than President Cleveland's opponent.

It is now known that the black community accounts for nearly 9% of the United States population. Regardless of their ethnicity, women do not have the right to vote, so the black vote is also probably 9%. Half of the blacks are in the South, so the black vote in the North should be about 5% of the total vote. Based on the Democratic Party's election platform this time, although it is not ruled out that some black people with poor brains may vote, I believe this number is negligible.

If all these black votes were given to the Republican Party, and if ethnicity was used as a breakthrough point, the Democratic Party could not be said to have lost.

"Who said I lost!" Sheffield stood up suddenly, thinking of Alice Roosevelt still at Evelyn Manor, and said with both hands on his waist, "I won." Could it be that the boss was hallucinating? Jesla thought with a twitch in his mouth.

(End of this chapter)