Chương 894: Chapter 894: After the victory, it's time to divide the cake
After returning to San Francisco, Xia Yu went to Polaris Capital to check on the progress of the work he had arranged before leaving.
Peter Lynch was working full-time on the acquisition of Wells Fargo Bank, and after a month, there had been good progress. Peter Lynch said he was very confident that he would be able to complete the acquisition by the end of the year.
On the contrary, the intelligence gathering work on the American film and theater market has already been completed.
The center of film and television entertainment in the United States is in the city of Los Angeles in the state of California, and most companies in the entertainment industry chain have their headquarters here, or at least have a branch office here even if their headquarters are not here.
That is why the work was completed so quickly.
There is simply not enough information on the entire industry, and even if it is condensed, it cannot be read in a day or two.
While Xia Yu stayed at home to adjust to the time difference, he took the opportunity to read through this information, so that his memories would gradually catch up with the times through this information.
However, during this critical period, Xia Yu was unable to calm down.
November 4th, the day of the presidential election!
The election officially began in all states of the United States and the Washington, D.C., area. Voters in each state would cast their popular votes for the electors of the party they supported at various polling stations on this day.
Xia Yu stayed at home, sat on the sofa, and intently watched the news being broadcast by the anchor on the CNN channel on the TV.
I believe that on this day, many people who were not eligible to vote, or who had already voted, were in front of the TV, following the news to find out the voting results in their own state and in other states.
This brings us to the nature of the US presidential election.
The US president is elected indirectly. On election day, voters cast their votes for presidential electors, not the president. In the end, the electors vote for the president on behalf of their will.
For example, if a voter wants to elect the Democratic Party's nominee for president, he will actually vote for the Democratic Party's electors in his state. If he wants to elect the Republican Party's nominee for president, he will vote for the Republican Party's electors.
Then, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, the real presidential election will be held, and the electors in each state will cast their votes in the state capital.
There are a fixed total of 538 electoral votes in the United States.
These 538 electoral votes are made up of two parts. The first part is a fixed number of votes, totalling 103: 2 votes for each of the 50 states, and a further 3 votes for the District of Columbia, where the capital Washington is located.
The remaining 435 electoral votes are allocated according to the population of each state, with the more populous states having more electoral votes and the number of federal representatives each state has also being allocated according to population.
As for the electors, they are merely voting machines that must vote according to the results of the voters in that state, so it is just a formality.
Therefore, the key still lies in the results of the popular votes in each state on November 4.
With the exception of Maine and Nebraska, which allocate electoral votes according to the proportion of popular votes, the remaining 48 states and the District of Columbia all implement the 'winner-takes-all' rule, which is to give all the state's or district's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who has obtained a relative majority of the state's or district's popular votes.
Because of these rules, the outcome of the election still depends on the large states with a large number of electoral votes.
For example, California, which has the most votes, has 55 electoral votes in this election, while Alaska, which has the fewest, only has 3. As long as California is won, even if it is only by a single popular vote, it will get all 55 electoral votes. For a state like Alaska, winning 18 states will only get 54 votes!
For this reason, even if a presidential candidate receives more than 51% of the popular vote nationwide, they may not necessarily be able to obtain 270 electoral votes and become president. This situation has occurred many times in American history.
This special rule leaves a huge amount of room for manoeuvre for capitalists. The various states with large voting populations fight fiercely for power. For example, federal legislators step in to establish connections, major media outlets report on the situation, advertising is placed, and major groups engage in public relations. Every place is a battleground, and money is burned at a rapid rate!
But what if, after the general election, the presidential candidate of the party does not receive 270 electoral votes?
Then, according to Articles 12 and 20 of the US Constitution, the next step is for the Federal Congress to vote on the candidates for President and Vice President.
It is also worth noting that the House of Representatives votes on the President, with each state having only one vote, and the candidate with more than 26 votes wins.
The Senate votes on the Vice President, with each senator having one vote, and the candidate with a majority of votes wins.
If it really comes to this, the stakes are high.
So both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party will do their utmost to influence the real voters before the election.
Before, the media reported that Ronald Reagan was in a good position, not because the states had already voted, but because the major media outlets had used questionnaires to speculate on the situation in each state, and then counted the electoral votes in each state to conclude that Ronald Reagan was gaining an increasing advantage.
But as the saying goes, not all politicians' words can be taken seriously, even if they are the president.
As long as there is enough interest, they can always slap themselves in the face.
Democratic Party members and Republican Party members do not only communicate with people from their own party. The forces behind them can also change their positions, so it is hard to say anything for sure. Even the leaders of the two parties cannot necessarily make all members share the same views and positions.
Many people also switch parties. Wasn't Ronald Reagan a Democrat before?
So until the voters have cast their ballots, you can't take the word of the representatives of the two parties in each state with a lot of influence. It's hard to say whether they won't suddenly turn against you, leaving the voters they influence hesitant or even changing their support.
Fortunately, Ronald Reagan's team never let up, and they are still burning through money today.
'The results from Texas have been announced. A total of 7,124,058 votes were cast in Texas. Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan received 3,647,518 votes, a 51.2% share of the vote, while Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter 29,778,560 votes, 41.8% of the vote, and Republican independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson 4,986,840 votes, 7% of the vote, Ronald Reagan has once again won a state! He has won 34 electoral votes!'
Xia Yu was not surprised by the result. Texas is a traditional Republican stronghold, not to mention that the Bush family has been running the state for many years, so it is simply impossible for Texas to be taken away from Jimmy Carter.
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'So far, the voting results have been announced in 48 states and the Washington, D.C., area. According to the results calculated from 95% of the precincts, Ronald Reagan has won in 43 states, while Jimmy Carter has only won in 5 states and the District of Columbia.
'According to the statistics, Ronald Reagan received 42.39 million popular votes, accounting for 53.2% of the voters, and will receive 473 electoral votes. Jimmy Carter received 32.11 million popular votes, accounting for 40.3% of the voters, and will receive 41 electoral votes. Independent candidate John B. Anderson received 5.19 million popular votes, accounting for 6.5% of the voters, and will not receive any electoral votes.'
Xia Yu smiled when this series of figures were read out by the female host, and he felt a great sense of emotion in his heart, even a trace of pride.
Because history had changed again!
With his intervention, the US election had undergone considerable changes. In his previous life, Ronald Reagan had only won in forty-two states, but now there was one more state.
In addition, Ronald Reagan's popular vote share was also higher by a few percent, which was definitely the result of money being burnt.
Didn't you see that in the next life, when the black president ran for office, he doubled the number of attack ads against his opponent and reversed the situation in a certain state in just one month.
Ronald Reagan's election results today were quite impressive, and he didn't give Jimmy Carter any chance at all.
Even if a recount later found errors, it was impossible to make up for the nearly 13% gap, at most a fraction of a percent.
As for the results of the Electoral College vote next month, there is even less to worry about. The gap between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter is eleven times as large, so small actions are completely ineffective. As for major actions, the Democratic Party definitely wouldn't dare to carry them out, and they won't be able to do it either!
"Next month, we can just go through the motions and cast our votes. I'm sure Ronald Reagan is already celebrating right now, and the next step is to divide the cake...'
Xia Yu let out a light laugh, then got up and turned off the TV, getting ready to wash up and rest.
As for the congratulations to Ronald Reagan, they could wait until tomorrow. After all, CNN had already broadcast the news, and there were too many people across the United States who knew the result. It was completely foreseeable that his phone would be flooded with calls.
The next morning, Xia Yu took the USA Today and other newspapers from the mailbox. The cover featured Ronald Reagan's face. Xia Yu quickly skimmed through the paper, only pausing for a moment on the words 'Jimmy Carter conceded defeat yesterday and congratulated Ronald Reagan on his outstanding victory, pledging his fullest support and cooperation in the coming weeks to achieve an orderly transition of power.'
Afterwards, Xia Yu called Ronald Reagan to congratulate him, and after a brief chat of three minutes, he hung up.
When it was just after eleven in the morning, Xia Yu received a phone call that he had expected.
The caller was Roderick Saxe, the financial advisor on Ronald Reagan's campaign team and the person responsible for secretly connecting Xia Yu with Ronald Reagan.
Xia Yu knew his purpose, so he didn't say much on the phone and simply asked him to come to San Francisco.
At around 3:30 pm, Rhodes Saxon arrived at Xia Yu's mansion with some gifts.
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