[ WP ] A coin runs for president

The year 2020 was a very `` interesting'' election year in American history. Ever since the election of 2016, the politics of the United States went haywire. No one expected Bernie Sanders to run as an independent, and absolutely no one expected him to come out winning for the majority of the race as an ***independent***. But hey, as the votes started tallying up, it was clear that America wanted the 74 year-old socialist in office, and it seemed like democracy was not going to fail us this time. 
 
 But what NO ONE expected was the assassination of Sen. Sanders in the middle of Election Day. 
 
 A rush of fear and tears swept the country. Quickly this turned to anger, and from anger to confusion. People demanded that retribution was in line. It was not long after that single fatal gunshot was fired that the assassin was located and detained. He was a Congressman, a faithful Democrat. And he, as well as many other politicians, was publicly named and shamed by the soon-to-be president for obvious acts of corruption. It is no surprise he had it out for Bernie, but murder was not the way. 
 
 Confusion swept the nation as this was the first time a candidate was `` unable'' to be running for president anymore. There were three options in mind: continue the election as is and allow Sanders' VP, Elizabeth Warren, to take the office as President; allow the votes to stagnate and wait for Congressional approval to decide what goes forward; or simply just eliminate his name from the ballot and continue the election without counting Bernie's votes. Due to running as an independent, it is no wonder that when the Dem. and Rep. Party Chairs called for a national committee, they agreed that the third option would be best to move forward. 
 
 The rest is pretty much history. Donald Trump was nominated as the 45th president of the United States of America and Hillary Clinton seemed to have completely disappeared from the political realm. 
 
 However, in 2018, after numerous accounts of constitutional violations, Supreme Leader Trump was impeached from office, resigning from office before being convicted by the senate. While some rejoiced at this event, the entire country grew silent at the understanding of their new reality. A reality in which the United States of America was represented by Trump's Vice President, Chris Christie. 
 
 What followed in the next couple years can be simply called a train-wreck. The economy plummeted, foreign affairs could not have been handled worse, and eventually the decline of America seemed to be on the horizon. Most Americans blamed Christie for this poor management of the country while the Republican party tried to avoid the issue. However, as the year 2020 approached, it seemed as if nothing was going to get changed and that the once great country of the United States was simply going to fade away. 
 
 The Election of 2020 started out disappointing. The Republicans seemed to have no choice but to back up Chris Christie for `` re-'' election. The Democrats' most promising candidate was a younger political figure by the name of Scott Hurley, who seemed no better than Clinton back in 2016. He was monotonous and had absolutely no chance against the Republican party. It seemed rather certain that Christie was getting another four years in office... another four years of an economic down-spiral. 
 
 However, there was one movement that arose in the year 2020 that was a turning point in American history. As Bernie Sanders' campaign came to an abrupt and unpredictable end in 2016, his supporters came together and carried out his goal of reforming Congress. Voter turnout during the midterm election in 2018 reached a record high, as many non-party affiliated representatives and senators were elected. Congress was completely refurbished and corruption seemed to have come to a halt. The only problem in the country was the residing president, who refused to sign any bill into action that went against his own personal beliefs. However, that's just politics. 
 
 It became clear since 2018 that Congress was fully capable of running the country. With the Supreme Court present to limit Congress's legislative powers, the President was clearly only there as a deterrent, and not there for the interests of the American people. In 2020, a new party had arisen to make this fact known. They called themselves the `` Unity Party.'' 
 
 The Unity Party's platforms were completely new and seemingly ridiculous. Their goal was to eliminate the existence of a president in the country, as they viewed that a `` president'' in today's age is nothing but an annoyance and a `` barrier to growth.'' All powers of the president would be distributed accordingly to Congress, and the Supreme Court would exist to further act as a `` check'' on this powerful Congress. 
 
 The party at first was ridiculed and seemed as a joke, but once major politicians from both the House and Senate began showing interest in it, the movement took off. It achieved a popularity similar to the Sanders campaign 2016. The only problem, however, was that in order to exercise its goals and eliminate the position of `` president'' in the country, the Unity Party must first actually obtain the presidency on Election Day. 
 
 This realization had many conflicted within the party. They had to nominate a candidate to run for the office they were trying to eliminate. Then, there was an idea. Congressman Rick Hirsch, a `` newbie'' in the House who had previously won his district in Iowa in the 2018 election, proposed that there should be a candidate running for the Unity Party that stands out. He proposed that the party should not endorse a person, but potentially a symbol. The originally controversial idea quickly gained popularity across the country. It was official, the Unity Party was going to run a `` symbol'' as president. Now, what was this `` symbol'' going to be? 
 
 It is very important to note that at this time in the election, a huge majority of Congress joined the Unity Party and were eager to revitalize the standing government of the United States of America. In fact, the Unity Party actually provided an even great sense of, well, *unity* within the Capital. With an overwhelming majority, Congress was able to repeatedly amend and repeal the Constitution to allow for a `` symbol'' to run as President of the United States of America. With this unity, they were able to override any veto issued by President Christie, and the Unity Party could not be stopped. 
 
 As Election Day was only six months away, the party desperately needed to nominate a candidate. Many of the ideas posed during the National Committee were subpar. The party needed to have a candidate that just screamed `` UNITY'' to the people. 
 
 That's when it hit. 
 
 Nothing represents `` unity'' like Good Ol' Abe Lincoln. However, Lincoln was obviously not the candidate, but a mere penny was. The Unity Party was going to nominate a simple penny as President of the United States. 
 
 And it worked. 
 
 The Unity Party was nonexistent at debates, had absolutely no campaigns, and certainly did not need to raise any funds. Yet, despite this, it was the *idea* that was spread in the minds of millions of Americans. *Everyone* seemed to have wanted to be part of the `` Revolution of 2020.'' There was no chance for Christie or Hurley in this election. There was no chance a president in the flesh was going to return to office for another four years, and that was certain. 
 
 And it worked. 
 
 The Penny had won the election. The new President of the United States was a small coin, worth exactly one cent. There was a small piece of copper sitting in the chair of the Oval Office, living in the White House, who served as `` the leader of the free world.'' 
 
 And it fucking worked. 
 
 The term of the Penny was cut very short. It only `` served'' for three days in office, before Congress immediately eliminated the existence of a `` president.'' There was an extremely awkward and quiet inaugural address and the same for a resignation speech. The Unity Party had ended corruption in America on a large-scale. There was no more bipartisan Congress, as there was officially only one party. Everyone shared different ideals, yet there was still a sense of *unity*. 
 
 The year 2020 was a very `` interesting'' election year in American history. Events unfolded like never before and reform was finally achieved within the government. Who knew that if only people put personal issues aside, like campaigning for presidency only to gain control in office and to ignore your constituents, that there could finally be unity in the United States of America. 
 
 There could finally be peace.
