Public support was an extremely influential indicator in the Federation.
Actually, it wasn't just politicians who had public support. Capitalists had it, social celebrities had it, and public figures had it too!
Lynch had a group of die-hard supporters as well.
It was just that capitalists and other people found it difficult to turn public support into cash as quickly and at such a high rate as politicians could.
Public support allowed politicians to participate in various elections, win successfully, and obtain the power they wanted.
In fact, capitalists and the like could do something similar, such as calling on everyone to buy their new products.
It was just that the leverage and multiplier effect brought by converting public support into political power far exceeded the monetization ability of other roles.
When the degree to which a person was supported by the public surpassed the public's insistence on political positions, it meant that this person might become an important part of the Federation's history.
If Mr. Truman's approval rating exceeded ninety percent, he would be the first president in the Federation's history whose approval rating exceeded nineteen percent. There would be no one else.
Even the Federation's first and second presidents during its founding had approval ratings that were not only nowhere near this high, but did not even reach sixty percent.
There were few traces of them in Federation history. Perhaps the Federation's people were unwilling to expose the Federation's most savage and darkest side because of their extensive slaughter of the Aborigines, so they simply ignored those men.
Mr. Truman also knew the importance of approval ratings. Even if he left this position, as long as he had once enjoyed such a high approval rating, all he needed to do was express his attitude or opinion in public,