Also, if your patron wanted to run for a city office, your patron would expect you to be loyal and vote for him.

作为回报，如果庇护人要竞选官职，就会要求你投他一票。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Or, if this is a primary election, a larger share of the vote gives you a bigger push for the next primary or whatever.

或者把它看成是总统大选的初选,获得更多的票数,对你下一轮的选举起到积极作用

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Now,there was even a group of nobles who believed that they could be elected, that if you had an election people would actually vote to restore the monarchy.

当时甚至有一群贵族,相信人们会选择君主制,相信如果人们有选举权,他们就会投票保留君主政体

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

If you can introspect and ask, why is it that I vote?

那请扪心自问,我为什么要投票

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选