And thanks to Texas's bizarre "two-step" voting system, which allows primary voters to vote again in a Democratic caucus, she ended up securing only one or two more delegates than he did.

而德州奇怪的两阶段选举法让选民可以在党团会议上再投一次票。

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The opposition Democratic Alliance won 67 parliamentary seats, polling 16 percent of the vote or four points more than in the last elections.

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They were very suspicious of the democratic tendencies, or so it seemed, the democratic tendencies of that northern society which was spreading literacy more widely, and eventually the right to vote more widely, at least among white people.

他们也对民主倾向表示怀疑,事实就是如此,有着民主倾向的北方社会,文化教育的开展更为广泛,因而更广大人民有着投票权,至少大部分白人有投票权

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Russia has not become less corrupt or more democratic.

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And, administration sources tell CNN there are tentative plans for an announcement later this week on Capitol Hill featuring a handful or more of Democratic lawmakers who are still publicly undecided on the controversial issue.

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The one critical common element across all of them: In a country where most states have become more Republican or Democratic, they have stubbornly clung to a more even split among the major parties.

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