参议员候选人的实力差异与竞选方式选择——以民国时期重庆市第一届参议员选举为例

The Strength Gap of Senatorial Candidate and the Choose of Electrical Pattern: A Study on the First Senatorial Election of Chongqing City

抗战结束后,内外环境发生了有利于民主政治尝试的变化,以重庆工商界为首的地方精英政治参与热情高涨,应对这一要求的举措就是市参议员普选。国民政府初步建立起规范市参议员选举的制度;在竞选过程中,出现了负责策划的竞选组织;候选人根据各自的实力分别采用了以报刊、名片、标语、广告为载体的文字宣传,以公众聚集地为平台的公开演讲和以音乐、画像、物品赠送为中心的政见表达等宣传方式。这种竞选活动的展开在一定程度上起到了民主启蒙和政治动员的作用,但选民投票率并不高。

After the success of anti-Japanese war, the political environment has witnessed some positive change for the attempt of democratic reformation. The local elite showed tremendous enthusiastic on political participation. As the result, the senatorial election has been carried out. The government primarily set up some institutions to regulate this election. During the election, appeared some organizations, which was responsible for arrangement. Up to their respective strength, the candidates chose different electrical pattern, such as newspaper, name card, slogan and advertisement etc. The public speech, the portrait and gift presenting were also fairly prevalent. These patterns achieved political mobilization and democracy enlightenment to some extent. But generally speaking, the participation of common people was not as active as anticipated.