The Chinese classroom seen in Please Vote for Me perfectly encapsulates the many problems that the democratic process has. One would assume that a class election would be free of the many complexities found in an election for office in a large democracy, but instead, external influences and underhanded tactics immediately seize control and direct the vote. Cheng Cheng cunningly plants allies to slander Xiaofei before the race has even begun, and effectively gets the entire class to rebuke her without hearing a word she has to say. He also makes patronage an important part of his allure, promising positions in his future “administration” to those who would support him. But fittingly, Cheng Cheng’s Jacksonian politics eventually backfired, as even in his small classroom, he destroyed his own integrity. His lack of consistency, mostly due to contradictory promises that backfired and destroyed their value and his supporters, driving them away.  Fittingly, the deciding factor in the end was money. Luo Fei can woo his class with an expensive trip on the monorail, completely irrelevant to running a classroom but appealing nonetheless to an elementary school classroom. His parents, as well as the parents of Cheng Cheng and Xiaofei, all played an important roll as campaign advisors and sponsors. Luo Fei’s parents used him as a puppet, acting through him to further their own desire to see their son win the office. In the end, the fact that even a small, innocent democracy like the one found within this classroom is subject to manipulation shows the imperfections of this solution to governance.