这次选举可能并不是支持率最高的民主党与共和党候选人间的传统两方角逐。

The election may not be the traditional two-horse race between the preferred Democrat and Republican party candidates.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

很多民主党人放弃本党，转而投共和党的票。

Many Democrats bolted the party to vote Republican.

《牛津词典》

这个州原先支持共和党，现在倒向了民主党。

The state has swung from Republican to Democrat.

《牛津词典》

Or today, if you look at both primaries going on now, you're seeing various candidates on both the Republican side and the Democratic side, seek to position themselves.

再或者说现今的党内初选时,你会发现不同风格的候选人,无论他们是民主党的还是共和党,都在寻找适合自己的政治立场

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