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Election vocabulary 美国大选日已经迫在眉睫，处于下风的共和党候选人麦凯恩虽然拼命追赶，但坏消息仍 不断传来：按照《纽约时报》的“选举地图”，以最新民调支持率为基准，奥巴马已在全 国538 张选举人票中基本圈定286 张，其中196 张属于铁定。坚决支持奥巴马的州包 括加利福尼亚、纽约、伊利诺伊、密歇根等。东北部除新罕布什尔略有悬念外，其余皆 抹上了民主党的蓝色。 请看新华网的报道： US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are making their final push for the White House across an electoral map markedly different from four years ago. 美国总统候选人约翰?麦凯恩和巴拉克?奥巴马正为入主白宫做最后冲刺，选举地图与四 年之前已经明显不同。 根据美国的总统选举制度，候选人在一个州的选举中获得多数投票，他就拥有这个州的 全部总统“选举人”票，因此，地理区域就成了美国政治学家观察选举的直接指标。政治 学家用红色代表共和党、蓝色代表民主党，然后根据选举结果，在地图上以红蓝两色标 注候选人赢得的州和选区，这就是electoral map ，“选举地图” 。看地图上的红蓝势力 此消彼长，是观察美国政治的一个直接的指标。 Electoral 在这里做形容词，表示of or relating to elections （与选举有关的），如：They are pushing for electoral reform. （他们迫切要求改革选举制度）。 Have you got your name on the electoral register? （你在选民名册上登记了吗？） 此外，它还可以用于很多表示选举的词组，如： electoral college （选举团） electoral constituency （选区） electoral bribery （选举贿赂行为） presidential election 总统选举 lead pre-election opinion polls Democratic nominee a ballot box election day lifeblood of a democracy change the course of history The government represents their interests. represent them in government have a voice in government holds regular elections poll 选举之投票 cast their ballots for the American electoral system presidential candidates voters registered voters electors the general election the presidential election outlaw political campaign gain the right to vote that right was extended to women the voting age be registered to vote exercise their right to vote franchise power crazy win a second term of office successor as the campaign wore on secure an overall majority For the first time in its history, Labour has won three elections in a row—a remarkable achievement for Mr Blair. The slimmer majority Constituency Labours expected share of the national vote In the closing stages of the election campaign Mr Blair’s poll lead grew during the campaign. lost faith in ave