The Federation favored "majorities." Whether it was the Shareholders Meeting or the Federal Congress, they always pursued a "majority."
The concept of a majority had evolved from "at least two out of every three people agreeing" to "more than two out of every three people agreeing," and finally to the precise figure of "sixty-six point seven percent."
This process had gone through multiple reforms before people finally settled on the number sixty-six point seven.
It was zero point one greater than sixty-six point six repeating, exactly equal to "more than two out of every three people agreeing." It was practically a perfect number!
That was why, in such an important vote, everyone sought to have the people on their side account for "sixty-six point seven percent" or more of the total!
The results of the first round came out quickly. Gladstone's expression was not good; his approval rating was below sixty percent.
Although everything appeared stable, who knew whether the people sitting in this conference room had struck deals with others last night—or even just now in the restroom? No one could say for certain. No one knew who was stabbing them in the back! Was he angry? No. At least he was already very close to a majority.
When many people realized that changing their position still would not alter the result, they began wavering again, then switched back.
Yes, the other two candidates had only received forty percent between them. There was no point in continuing to support them.
Unless they intended to drag the vote out for months or even years—and that was precisely what was unlikely to happen.
The war had already reached its middle stage. That was the view of some people in the Department of Defense, although they had no particularly strong evidence to