Federals always behaved in contradictory ways.
As long as you gave the people a suitable excuse, then mobilized some people to display a bit of so-called "truth," the public could easily accept the murder of a president! Take Mr. Truman, for example!
At first, people had indeed been furious, but as the case progressed, the killer's identity was dug up, as was his motive.
A wave of "anti-Truman sentiment" suddenly swept through society.
Undeniably, some opposing forces had fueled it from behind the scenes, but ultimately, if the ordinary people at the bottom had not supported this view, it would never have had a chance to emerge!
It was like how capitalists always wanted to increase working hours and lower wages, even trying to promote legislation to amend the Minimum Wage Law. But what was the result? Not a single person in society had stood up to support such a move!
Yet when it came to opposing Mr. Truman, many ordinary people had really stood up, and some of them were not among those whose "interests had been harmed."
War, an economic downturn, higher taxes, and increasingly harsh living conditions—any of these could drive an ordinary person to a mental breakdown!
So as long as the reason was suitable, if a president died, then he died.
Even if someone shouted "conspiracy," not many people would try to clear Mr. Truman's name.
But assassinating a presidential candidate was not so simple, and the "dark secrets" would inevitably continue for at least four years!
Whoever won the election and became the new Federal President would spend their term amid public suspicion and noncooperation.
Before the election ended, neither the Conservative Party Candidate nor some of the party's core members would meet with trouble. But after the election ended, that would be hard