When
I was in Fourth Grade, I was actually persuaded (despite my shyness) to run for class president, in
a school project to see how elections worked. My opponent, from a rather rich
family, was able to offer everyone who voted for him a box of jawbreakers. I,
of course, was not. I don’t know why they felt the necessity to offer a bribe;
he was already much more popular than I was. When I inevitably lost, they felt
compelled to force me to take a box of candy, I suppose to assuage their
consciences and make me complicit with their schemes. I did learn a lot about
elections.
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