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So I was reading up about a book I read for school a few weeks ago, The Jungle. I looked up Upton Sinclair on Wikipedia, and I notice that he ran for political office several times on the Socialist ticket, most successfully in the 1934 California gubernational race. He got a respectable 879,000 votes, but didn't even come close to winning.
So what if he did win? What would have to change for him to win? What would he likely do as governor? How would he implement his EPIC (End Poverty In California) plan? Finally, what if he didn't win, but won more votes than before; would this energize the Socialist Party enough for it to win victories elsewhere?