All competitive elections are determined by such shifts, and in 1996 they told me a lot about what mattered to different groups of Americans.

所有竞争激烈的选举都是由这些变化决定的，在1996年，它们让我懂得了对不同群体的美国人来说什么是重要的。

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In many states, elections for judges are increasingly competitive.

在很多州法官选举的竞争愈加激烈了。

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In many states, elections for judges are increasingly competitive.

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The Republicans probably have more reason to be disappointed, since they lost two of the three most competitive, high profile elections, in Mississippi and Philadelphia.

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Yet mayoral and local elections are becoming more competitive, according to Joel Rocamora of the Institute for Popular Democracy.

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Gerrymandering has made congressional elections into a farce in which only one district in seven is competitive.

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