[ WP ] In a dystopian United States , a person becomes President by killing the previous President

In living memory, this was how it was always done. Many people claimed the throne to the Great Republic every 4 years. Such was the custom, written by the Wise Fathers: every 4 years, a new President had to be chosen. 
 
 It is not remembered today where the word `` election'' came from or what it originally meant, but in modern, civilized societies, it was a triumph of the will. The pretenders to the title would organize armies called `` parties'' and meet in pitched battle. Whoever won the title would be proclaimed `` elected by the people''. While most of the losing armies were vanquished in retreat, their leaders were executed in a public spectacle called a `` concession''.
