Pal Harvey Bacon

(Dr.) Pal Harvey Bacon is an American politician, stock trader, and chronic gambler with a PhD in business from the University of Florida. Pal Bacon is a member of the Business Interests United Party, one of three major parties in the United States. He was raised in Florida, Dixie and born in Tennessee, Dixie.

Pal Bacon is involved politically with the Business Interests United Party in Dixie as a candidate for Dixie's 5th district in Congress during the 1948 general election. His platform included many ideals that appealed to southerners, including being "pro-plantation" and supporting the "separate but equal" doctrine.

Pal Bacon currently represents Dixie's 5th district.

Gambling and finances
Pal Bacon has been described as a "chronic gambler" by many. Records of his finances reflect fluctuations between hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit and tens of thousands of dollars in debt within a matter of days or even hours. Despite this, Pal Bacon is most well known for his history in finances.

In 1948, Pal Bacon was the number one visitor of casinos in the United States by a massive margin. It is suspected that he spends most of his days at slot machines, playing black jack, and at the roulette wheel.

1948 Presidential Election bet
Pal Bacon bet his entire net worth of around $22k to $23k that the winner of the Presidential election would receive just one more electoral vote than their opponent.

Pal Harvey Bacon lost the bet, with the presidential-elect winning by a long-shot.

Career in politics
Pal Harvey Bacon is politically involved with the Business Interests United Party, where he was nominated to be the candidate in Dixie's 5th district for the 1948 Congressional election. This district contains Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

1948 Congressional campaign
Pal Harvey Bacon campaigned on many promises that appealed to white southerners including free markets, limited government spending, plantations, southern heritage, the separate but equal doctrine, and segregation of white people and blacks.

Gambler's rights campaign
Pal Bacon has repeatedly floated the idea of creating a party dedicated to gambler's rights. He has also entertained the possibility of creating a caucus in the BIUP or the ALP.

Electoral history
Pal Harvey Bacon was the BIU nominee in Dixie's 5th district in the 1948 general election against Southern Democrat Henry Peters. Both campaign relatively close on social issues.