To Walt Whitman, democracy was more than a political system or idea.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

Sure, voter turnout has been dropping, and it might appear that voters are apathetic about the political system.

是啊，现在参与投票的人越来越少，看起来投票人对政治体系相当冷漠。

对于义务投票制 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

That's why all these arguments that we all get into these days about third-party political candidates what do we really need in our political culture, what would break apart the stagnation of our two-party system, if that's what people want or put more directly, will Michael Bloomberg run or not?

这就是我们今天为何面对这些争论,关于第三方党派的候选人,也就是我们的政治文化中究竟需要什么,什么能打破我们两党制停滞不前的现状呢,如果这是人民所愿,或者更直接的说,迈克尔.布隆伯格的做法行得通吗

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

And I think that kind of dysfunctional political system which was established has really deprived Georgia from effective governance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

We need a political system that divides the insurgency and brings those that are willing to live within the constitution within it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

But corruption,unfortunately, has been a big part of the Mexican political system for a very long time."

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

"They don't quite trust the Israeli political system or the police or all the structures of authority and so a very tiny group has declared a war on the entire Israeli mainstream,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

" ...such as relatively low levels of malaria risk to start with, political stability, a good health system and low levels of population movement bringing in infections from elsewhere."

VOA: special.2010.11.03

"There are so many unintended circumstances when you try and 'gerrymander' the economic system to try and meet your political objectives.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"The fate of Nkunda therefore has both legal and political connotations, both for the justice system and for the political questions posed in eastern Congo.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

U.S.President Barack Obama says the movement to reform the U.S.health insurance system is gaining momentum with the help of politicians who have crossed political lines to support it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

But I think as time went on after the Rose Revolution, I think he wanted to perpetuate this kind of system in which there was really absence of checks and balances, no real opposition included in the political process very much sort of governing by committee of the inner circle, of loyal allies around the president.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01