选举团

Well,it's the Electoral College.

唔，是选举团。

However, Gore lost the electoral vote to George W. Bush after a legal challenge to the Florida result that was decided by the Supreme Court.

然而，在最高法院对佛罗里达州计票结果做出一个挑战性裁决之后，戈尔便在选举团的投票中输给了布什。

Indeed, it is to protect the interest of minority and the federal constitutionalism instead of pursuing the pure democracy.

但选举团制度的宪政精神在于自由民主，保障少数人权利的共和主义而非单纯民主，因此其更符合美国的联邦体制和立国精神。

Indeed, it is better to protect the interest of minority and the federal constitutionalism instead of pursuing the pure democracy.

但选举团制度的宪政精神在于********，保障少数人权利的共和主义而非单纯民主，因此其更符合美国的联邦体制和立国精神。

Because this system could not match with the pure democracy some times, it led a lot of controversy issues, such as the debate of 2000 election.

其后二百多年，尽管选举团制与"一人一票"的纯粹民主制有所悖逆，引得反对者议论纷纷。

The US electoral system this kind of Americanizing characteristic, is we said its special voting way, is USs election although is the general election system, but voters direct voting is not throws for presidents candidate, but is throws to us said, US from 1784, his constitutionalism conference already determined, we said called ElectoralCollege to be called the elector to roll the system, then this elector rolled the system, meant said USs presidential election, in essentially was one kind, was not the direct general election, but was one kind of indirect general election, then each voter voted gives Honshus thisWe said the elector, finally acts according to this state, two political party candidates, who attains this state in all voter ticket most, then this state all elector ticket, directly for this presidential candidate, therefore we said this kind of system in the voting way, calls WinningTakeOver, who is in which state achievement, then he is only possibly simple most, but he can attain this state all elector ticket.

美国选举制度这种美国化的特点，就是我们说它的特殊的投票方式，就是美国的大选尽管是普选制，但是选民的直接投票不是投给总统的候选人，而是投给我们说，美国从1784年，他的立宪会议就已经确定的，我们说叫ElectoralCollege叫选举人团制度，那么这个选举人团制度，就意味着说美国的总统大选，在本质上是一种，并不是直接的普选，而是一种间接的普选，那么每个选民投票给本州的这个，我们说选举人，最后根据这个州，两个政党候选人，谁拿到这个州的所有选民票中的多数，那么这个州的所有的选举人票，就直接给这个总统候选人，所以我们说这样一种制度在投票方式上，叫WinningTakeOver，就是谁在哪一个州获胜，那么他可能只是一个简单的多数，但是他会拿到这个州的所有的选举人票。

Up until the middle of last week Mr McCain was still considering two other candidates whom he has known for decades: Joe Lieberman, a veteran senator, independent Democrat and Iraq war hawk, and Tom Ridge, a former governor of Pennsylvania (a swing state with 21 Electoral College votes) and the first secretary of homeland security.

上周中段以前他仍然在考虑其他两位相识数十年的候选人：乔利伯曼，退伍军人参议员，独立民主党人和伊战鹰派；汤姆里奇，宾西法尼亚州前州长（有21张选举团选票的摇摆州）和第一位国土安全部部长。

Up until the middle of last week Mr McCain was still considering two other candidates whom he has known for decades: Joe Lieberman, a veteran senator, independent Democrat and Iraq war hawk, and Tom Ridge, a former governor of Pennsylvania (a swing state with 21 Electoral College votes) and the first secretary of homeland security.

上周中段以前他仍然在考虑其他两位相识数十年的候选人：乔利伯曼，退伍军人参议员，独立民主党人和伊战鹰派；汤姆里奇，宾西法尼亚州前州长（有21 张选举团选票的摇摆州）和第一任美国本土安全办公室主任。

Up until the middle of last week Mr McCain was still considering two other candidates whom he has known for decades: Joe Lieberman, a veteran senator, independent Democrat and Iraq war hawk, and Tom Ridge, a former governor of Pennsylvania (a swing state with 21 Electoral College votes) and the first secretary of homeland security.

直到上周中旬，麦凯恩还在他所熟知的两位候选人中徘徊：资深参议员，民主党独立人士，伊战鹰派人物乔利伯曼和宾夕法尼亚州（有着21个选举团选票的摇摆州）前州长及国土安全局首任秘书汤姆里治。

The electors became mere figureheads representing the state branches of the parties who got them chosen, and their votes were predetermined and predictable.

选举团的选举人有名无实，成了代表各州推举他们成为代表的党派的代言人，他们的选票是预先定好了的，是可预测的。

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。