Chapter 280 Laying out the future

"Barron, I am very happy that the Mars Fund can open the window for investment again."

"Actually, I am considering opening the Mars fund's investment window from twice a year to once a year."

In front of Barron at this time was Robert Kennedy Jr. of the Kennedy family.

The last time the Kennedy family invested some money in the Mars fund, so far, the returns have been very satisfying to them.

Therefore, after the Mars fund opened the investment window again in April, they decided to invest again.

And not only their family, but other members of the Boston consortium have also joined in investing in the Mars fund.

After Barron said the above words, Robert Kennedy Jr. asked with some confusion:

“Why should we reduce the window time for fund opening?”

“Because many of our investments need to be based on long-term investments, especially now that the trend of economic recovery has emerged, if we open the door to new investments too frequently or provide redemption funds, it will inevitably affect the income of other investors. .”

After thinking about Barron's explanation, Robert Kennedy Jr. also expressed his approval.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was born in 1954 and is exactly 50 years old this year. His father is Robert F. Kennedy, the elder brother of Commander-in-Chief Kennedy. He once served as the Attorney General of the United States and was later assassinated after his brother's death while participating in the U.S. election campaign.

Before Barron was reborn in his previous life, this member of the Kennedy family had just announced that he would participate in the American election. However, in Barron's view, there was not much hope. After all, many of his views... How should I put it, in fact It is he who hopes that people with such views can become the commander-in-chief of the United States.

Now, Barron is in Boston.

As mentioned before, Amanda Hearst went to school here. After the two became close, their relationship warmed up. Barron accompanied her back here from Los Angeles and met some members of the Kennedy family by the way.

This year is an election year in the United States. As important members of the Donkey Party, the Kennedy family is naturally very active.

Because as mentioned before, the election process of the United States’ chief executive is long and cumbersome. It takes about 10 months from the start of the formal process and is roughly divided into four stages.

The first stage is the pre-selection, in which supporters of the Donkey and Elephant parties elect their party's candidates for leadership on a state-by-state basis, which lasts from January to June.

The second stage is for the Donkey and Elephant parties to hold their respective national congresses, formally launch their respective candidates for the leadership and deputy leadership, and put forward a comprehensive campaign platform, approximately in July and August.

The third phase is the final sprint, from Labor Day in the United States (the first Monday in September) to the official vote on the first Tuesday in November.

The fourth stage is the Electoral College voting.

Pre-selections are essentially intra-party elections and are regulated by the electoral laws of each state.

Because states in the United States have different regulations on the timing of preliminary elections, the entire preliminary election was very long and took up nearly half of the campaign time.

It is up to the party itself to decide whether to participate in the state's general election.

Generally speaking, the preliminary election process does not officially end until June. However, as soon as the election results of more than half of the states, including the major states, are released, the basic outcome will be roughly known.

The "Super Tuesday" on the 2nd of last month had such an indicator significance. On this day, 10 states held preliminary elections at the same time. At the same time, due to the participation of these 10 states, 28 states completed the preliminary elections. Within each party, Every candidate has a clear idea of ​​whether they can represent their party in the leadership race.

With Kerry's overall victory on "Super Tuesday" and Edwards announcing his withdrawal from the race, the primary election has actually entered its final stage.

Barron knew that this was also the case in the original time and space. In the end, Kerry won and became the candidate of the Donkey Party.

Since the current leader is in an unchallenged position in the Elephant Party, the Elephant Party does not need to hold preselections in this year's election, making the preselections a one-man show for the Donkey Party.

This kind of situation was rare in the past primaries of the American general election.

In this year’s preliminaries, the Donkey Party can be said to be a crowded race. Eight contenders have stepped onto the stage to win the nomination for the party’s leader. Among them, the heavyweights include——

Massachusetts Senator Kerry, North Carolina Senator Edwards, former Vermont Governor Dean, retired four-star general Clark, Connecticut Senator Lieberman, Gore's running mate in 2000, and House Donkey Party leader Gopp Hart.

The appearance of several heavyweights shook the morale of Donkey Party supporters, igniting the ambition to regain the White House from the Elephant Party after Zipperton.

As a Donkey Party candidate said: "Bush and the Elephant Party are extreme, we are the mainstream force, and we will stand up to fight them!"

The pre-selection activities of the Donkey Party are also in full swing and lively.

In this year's primary election, the most dramatic scene was that Kerry, who had previously ranked low in the Donkey Party's support rating, defeated Dean, who had the highest bid for the election, at the beginning of the election, and led all the way in the subsequent election.

From January 19 to February 17, Kerry won 15 victories in 17 state primaries, forcing other Donkey Party candidates, including Dean, to withdraw from the race, leaving only Edward as a competitive opponent. Hereby.

In fact, Kerry had initially established a victory at this time, and the reason why Edwards continued to stay to compete with Kerry was mainly from the perspective of the Donkey Party’s campaign strategy...

Because, since the beginning of the primary election, the ups and downs among the candidates within the Donkey Party have occupied the main position in the domestic television and newspaper networks in the United States, becoming the news that Americans are most concerned about. Objectively, it has played a role in "freedom" for the Donkey Party "Advertising campaign".

The Donkey Party does not want to end this suspense prematurely, but hopes that this "free advertising" will maximize its campaign effectiveness for the Donkey Party, which has always been strapped for funds.

In fact, even though he knew the final election results, Barron still contributed some funds to the Donkey Party, but the amount was lower than what he paid to the Elephant Party.

Since this year's general election preliminaries have become a one-man show for the Donkey Party, voters who support the Donkey Party have been mobilized in advance, and the media has also focused the main focus of the election on the Donkey Party, thus creating a relatively favorable situation for the Donkey Party during the preselection stage. Social environment, this is very obvious in some recent public opinion polls.

For example, a joint opinion poll conducted by CNN, America Today and Gallup on February 16 and 17 showed that if a presidential election showdown were to take place now, between Kerry and Bush Between them, Kerry will win 55% to 47%, while between Edwards and Bush, Edwards will win 54% to 44%.

At the same time, it needs to be pointed out that it will be very difficult for the Donkey Party to continue to maintain this state after the primary election, because so far, Bush, whose financial strength far exceeds that of Kerry, is basically still sitting on the sidelines. In the state of tiger fighting, he is not really involved in the battle.

At the same time, the Elephant Party's electoral machine has not yet been activated, and in terms of electoral organizational capabilities, the Elephant Party has always been stronger than the Donkey Party.

Kerry, who is currently clearly in the leading position of the Donkey Party, is a congressman from Massachusetts, and this is the headquarters of the Boston Consortium.

Kerry has an extremely close relationship with the Kennedy family. In fact, at this time when there were no outstanding members of the Kennedy family among the descendants of the Kennedy family, Kerry was already equivalent to the representative of the Kennedy family and inherited most of their resources. .

Barron knew that although Kerry failed in this election, he later led the Donkey Party to two subsequent victories and served as Secretary of State. He is a force that cannot be ignored in American politics.

So for him, Barron will not hesitate to support him.