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TV channels don’t control the election, but they do create the impression the public has of one. The moral of this story to this day is the way journalists and news sources can muck up the reality of a situation, especially in politics. After more votes were counted, Fox was the first to flip the state to Bush before the several weeks-long recount and Supreme Court decision finally officially made Bush the president, creating a chaotic, confusing situation for the average TV news viewer. Initially, several outlets reported that Gore won Florida. When they went back to recount the votes, many Americans were already under the impression that Bush should be the winner. Beyond the obvious fishy implications of a family member making such a strong journalistic decision on his own in favor of his kin, this premature news break created confusion around the United States about who actually won. The anchor who announced the result was John Ellis, a first cousin of Bush. Bush ended up winning the Sunshine State by a mere 537 votes after a recount, but Fox News claimed Bush was victorious in the state before anyone else and before all of the votes had been counted. The state that went on to determine who won the 2000 presidential election was Florida. Here are a couple of examples and how Jeryd Mencken fits into Succession’s view of the political landscape. Shiv has a background in Democratic politics, and her quest to backstab her siblings with Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) in her corner makes it even more vital for her rooting interests to lie in the opposite camp of Mencken. Shiv (Sarah Snook) vehemently disagrees with her brothers, preferring left-leaning candidate Daniel Jiménez (Elliot Villar). This is beneficial to Roman and Kendall (Jeremy Strong) because they believe Mencken will aid them in their quest to remain in control of Waystar Royco in the aftermath of their father’s death. Much of the plot revolves around the desire of Roman (Keiran Culkin) to get Logan’s (Brian Cox) right-leaning candidate Jeryd Mencken (Justin Kirk) into the White House.
Politics have been a common theme throughout the entirety of the show, but never before has an entire hour been dedicated to the ongoing landscape of who is going to become president like this episode does.
The show’s third-to-last episode “America Decides” takes these mirrored resemblances to a whole different level when the Roy children and associates oversee a hectic election night at the ATN headquarters. Most of the characters we see on screen draw from something tangible, a landmark moment that can be downright hilarious, or even somewhat traumatic. One of the things that makes Succession so special is the keen way creator Jesse Armstrong satirizes real world events and people. This article contains spoilers through Succession season 4 episode 8.
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