美国人口调查局近日做出预测，到2050年底，少数族裔社区居民数量将占到该国人口总量的一半以上。

The United States census bureau has predicted that ethnic minority communities will make up more than half of America's national population by 2050.

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该调查发现，73%的白人家长称，他们的孩子会在万圣节这一天玩“不给糖果就捣蛋”的游戏，而在少数族裔家长中，这一比例只有56%。

The survey found that 73 percent of whites versus 56 percent of minorities said their children will trick-or-treat on Wednesday.

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这也成为了美国选举中一个十分奇特的现象，少数族裔候选人往往在民意调查中遥遥领先，最后却难逃落选的结局。

This has become a strange phenomenon in U. S. election, usually; few candidates are far more ahead in opinion polls, but lose in an election at last.

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