In the third round of voting, Gladstone's vote count had dropped again, and the gap between him and the second-place candidate was growing smaller and smaller.
The entire process had already taken an hour and a half. After a brief discussion, the committee members overseeing the vote suspended it and postponed it for two days.
This sort of thing was very common.
From the Party Committee to Congress, matters that could not be resolved in one go were settled over multiple rounds. This had become one of the "methods" used by federal politicians.
When they could not obtain the result they wanted, they would drag things out and use the process to find a way to get everything they needed.
That included the things they wanted! After all, anything could happen during those three days! It was already late by the time the Progressive Party Committee meeting ended. Everyone began leaving the Progressive Party Building, and the reporters who had packed the area outside the entrance swarmed over all at once.
They interviewed everyone who came out of the building, hoping to obtain firsthand information.
But most of them could not get what they wanted. There was only one answer: postponed.
No one knew what had happened during the Progressive Party Committee vote, but a storm was quietly taking shape! That evening, Senator Landon took the initiative to visit Lin Qi's Mid-Levels Villa. He brought up what had happened at the Progressive Party Committee during the day.
"...Gladstone's situation is somewhat delicate now. Around thirty percent of the people chose to support him, which means Gladstone can't form a majority."
"Even if... he withdraws voluntarily, it won't help!"
The candidate Senator Landon was referring to... was the third candidate. He could choose to withdraw voluntarily, but the problem was that