在相对平静的时期，两党轮流为我们的国家尽忠效力，改革派和保守派对变革什么、保留什么展开辩论。

In calmer times, our country has been well served by our two-party system, with progressives and conservatives debating what to change and what to preserve.

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但是，考虑到众所周知统一俄罗斯党精于选举，许多分析家不确信能够发生自下而上的变革。

But given United Russia's reputed skill at engineering elections, many analysts are not sure that change can come from the bottom up.

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未来的情形可能是：广泛的社会变革使党对舆论的控制愈加困难，不论是用传统的还是更不易察觉的手段。

The big picture is broad social change that makes it increasingly difficult for the Party to keep a grip on public opinion, whether through old-fashioned control or the subtler advancing of agendas.

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