Chapter 1142 Beat Yang Cheng?

In the United States, not only the election of the president, but also most important elections, including the president, senators, members of the two houses of representatives, governors, mayors, etc., all have to spend money.

Among them, more than half of the funds were used for campaign promotion, and less than half of the funds were used to arrange manpower, organize trips and consult activities.

In fact, although leasing campaign offices, paying staff salaries, making and placing TV advertisements, printing and distributing leaflets, and visiting voters to give speeches, etc. are also an important part of burning money, more of them are used to pay "tolls" ".

The United States is in a relatively special political environment. After the Civil War, in order to maintain the hard-won peace, such a clause was stipulated in the Constitution, which allowed the states to have a part of their own internal autonomy, and was protected by the Constitution.

The president of the United States is not directly elected by the voters, but the electoral college is first selected by the voters, and then the president is born from the electoral college.

The electoral college system is unique to the United States. When voting on the general election day, voters must not only choose among candidates for president, but also elect 100 senators and 435 representatives representing 50 states and the DC District, a total of 538 The selected ju people will form the ju group together.

The vast majority of states and the DC District implement the "winner takes all" rule, that is, all the electoral votes of the state or the District are given to the presidential candidate who has obtained a relatively majority of the votes in the state or the District.

In other words, if a presidential candidate wants to get the support of a certain state, he must first form a electoral college with other people, and according to the US Constitution and the electoral system, in order to respect the rights of each state, he must go through the electorate of each state. Organizations, they set a threshold, just like the king of the mountain sets a threshold fee. In order to get the qualification to contact the candidates, the presidential candidates have to pay tribute to the states.

How much is this money? Roughly speaking, the primary election expenses of the presidential candidates together have exceeded 5 billion US dollars.

Among them, the two most powerful groups spent a total of more than 3 billion U.S. dollars. Of course, this money must include the "goodwill gifts that have nothing to do with political inclinations" presented by the candidates to eligible voters. Every eligible voter, Before the general election comes, they will get gifts ranging from 100 to 350 US dollars.

U.S. law stipulates that the money given to a national political party shall not exceed 15,000 U.S. dollars per year, but later the "Federal Election Activities Act" abolished the upper limit on the total amount of funds injected into the U.S. political party.

Therefore, "reasonable charges" to presidential candidates during the general election have become one of the most important sources of income for political parties.

This is like "a certain letter". There is a limit to sending red envelopes in normal times, but not during the general election.

In short, most people can't afford such expenses at all, so the seemingly free phrase in the United States that "everyone can run for president" is pure fart!

Not to mention ordinary people, didn't even Mrs. Zipperton come to ask for help?

Richard Durbin pondered for a while, "I will help you organize a donation event and invite friendly partners from the party to come to help."

Mrs. Zipperton said with a sad face, "This is not enough. Next, we plan to hold a large-scale tour event in the main ticket warehouse to consolidate the ticket warehouse. The budget for this cost is hundreds of millions of dollars, and ordinary fundraising can reach 10 million." Not bad."

Richard Durbin lowered his face, "So much? Is it necessary? If it's for opening up new positions, it's fine. It will take so much to consolidate the traditional ticket base?"

Mrs. Zipperton explained with a bitter face, "I was also forced to do nothing. The offensive on the other side is too fierce. Their financial strength is very strong. Now they have invaded our traditional ticket warehouse. If we don't do something, the position will be lost. Give in."

If Mrs. Zipperton hadn't mentioned it, Richard Durbin would not have realized how serious the problem was, and cursed in a low voice,

"Damn~"

After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "I can help you contact several consortiums in the name of the Dang faction."

After a pause, he said harshly, "It's time for Hollywood to work harder. We have given us great support over the years, and now it's time for them to pay back."

Mrs. Zipperton finally showed a gratified smile. This is the result she hoped for. She and her husband's reputation alone cannot attract large sponsorships.

"By the way, Jason has been going the wrong way recently, do you need to tap it?" Mrs. Rajton tentatively asked.

She knew that Yang Cheng was a member of Richard Debin, or that they were hard-core allies. If nothing else happened, Richard Debin would have one or two more party whips. If it wasn't necessary, she didn't want to offend this An absolute leader in the party, if she is elected as she wishes, she will have to rely on Richard Durbin to maintain the power of Congress.

However, she was still quite displeased with Yang Cheng's 'two-faced and three-sword'. Although most of the rich did it, how could it be reasonable for women to be more serious?

If it weren't for Yang Cheng's doing a few things to please her before, now it's not just a temptation, but a forceful coercion.

Richard Durbin frowned and said coldly, "He won't be your trouble."

Mrs. Zipperton smiled, and said meaningfully, "Of course, I just want to remind you that that kid is very cunning, and he is very close to the British royal family. I think he may be planning a way out for himself."

Richard Durbin nodded, "I will pay attention, you should focus on the election, this is your second time to challenge for president, if you fail again, you know what the consequences will be, The dang faction will not devote more resources to a loser."

This sentence is a bit embarrassing, especially when it comes from the mouth of the big boss in the party. This makes Mrs. Zipperton deeply aware of the sense of crisis. She knows that she may be standing on the edge of the cliff, or jump to the other side desperately. The sea and the sky are bright. ; or just jump off the cliff, fall to pieces, and it's over.

His face changed several times between blue and red, and he nodded stiffly, "I know."

Richard Durbin stood up, "Then I'll go first, and I'll let you know the time of the party later."

Mrs. Zipperton reminded, "Remember to call Jason~"

Richard Durbin didn't understand why Mrs. Zipperton kept staring at Yang Cheng, but he didn't talk nonsense, just nodded silently, expressing that he heard it.

After he left, only Mrs. Zipperton and Jennings, a rookie who thought he had heard a lot of great secrets, were left in the compartment.

This girl has won unanimous praise from her colleagues and superiors for her calm and witty style on weekdays, but today, these two words have nothing to do with her. Back view, as if he would be killed and silenced.