Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191102162031/@comment-4010415-20191113011348

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: Given the attitude of the people that we saw, I do wonder what the main issue in this kind of election would be anyway. Hard to imagine they would vote for a "pro-embargo" candidate, even if the candidate is a local. If both are campaigning against the embargo, presuming Jacques is one of the candidates, then there must be some other issue involved. That said, I do wonder why Jacques would run if the other candidate was also against the embargo, unless Jacques is the one who first chose to run. I imagine the conflict here will be that everyone in Mantle, including Robyn, knows that Jacques would have the interests of himself and the Atlas elite in mind more than Mantle, which would lead to conditions in Mantle staying bad or getting worse. Robyn's campaign posters say "Protect Mantle", so that seems to be the main platform that she's using to gain support from the Mantle voters - the fact that she will look out for Mantle, unlike Jacques.