Last year,the top news story was the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

So I think a lot of people if you go back today and you look at tapes of the Kennedy Nixon Election in 1960 some American help me out here, '60 right?

我想如果你们今天回家去看,肯尼迪和尼克松1960年竞选的录像,美国学生帮我确认一下,是60年吧

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Good, so we assumed, we kind of jumped to just one election and at least in the American system, for better or for worse, I could voice an opinion on that there are lots of little elections on the way.

好,让我们假设,我们把思维跳跃到某一次选举中,至少在美国社会里,无论正误,我都有权发表自己的言论,现在正有很多初选进行中

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

He said, "The election of a man to the presidency by the American people, under the Constitution, is no reason for any attempt to dissolve this glorious nation."

VOA: special.2009.07.09

But the American economy is weak, and twenty-ten is an election year.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

It broadcast results of the American presidential election in November,nineteen twenty.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

McKinley's election seemed to give new life to the American economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

In a statement released Saturday, the Taliban denounced the election as an "American process" and vowed to disrupt it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

"What frustrates the American people is a Washington where every day is election day,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

"The president needs to pass significant legislation and sell it to the American people in order to help Democratic senators and representatives in their re-election bids,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.29