>>42475291Well, we can break it down.
"Elect" means that it's some kind of political candidate. And "rode" means that its campaign is centered around building roads.
A politician known for building roads was Hitler, who expanded the Autobahn. The Autobahn is famous for its efficiency due to its high speed limits. Speed limits up to 140 km/h, reflecting Electrode's speed stat of 140 in Gen 1.
The red and white color scheme is likely a reference to the color scheme of the Nazi party. If you go into Electrode's Japanese name, Marumine, you get "mine" as in "mein" as in "Mein Kampf". "Maru" means "circle", and the Yiddish word for circle is "kikel", which is where the term "kike" comes from, because illiterate immigrants coming to the US usually just drew an X instead of a signature, but Jews refused to draw something that looked so much like a cross and drew a circle instead.
Electrode has some very deep origins. I wish Gamefreak still had that level of soul.
