The people had elected Polk because they shared his belief that the United States should extend from sea to sea -- from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

And the president, on many occasions, took unpopular positions that he thought were the right policy because that's what he thought he was elected to do was to use his best judgement and that judgement didn't necessarily need to be the most popular thing around.

许多场合下总统，都会采取并不受推崇的做法,但他认为是正确的政策,因为他认为这是他当选总统该做的,就是运用他最好的判断力,这种判断未必是,最受欢迎的。

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The South seceded because Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, had been elected president.

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If gangsters end up getting elected because of their vote-buying power, say some scholars, so be it.

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Mr Sarkozy was elected because French voters knew, however reluctantly, that they had to adapt to global capitalism.

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But so many of our elected officials, especially in on the House side, get elected because of local issues.

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