He spent 2008, the election year, at the University of Cambridge in England and found himself in lecture halls and at dinner tables trying to explain who this man was.

他在英国剑桥大学度过了美国的2008大选年，发现自己需要在演讲大厅和晚餐餐桌上向英国人解释这个人是谁。

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The proportional representation system was widely blamed for two inconclusive election results and a year of political stalemate.

两次无结果的选举和一年的政治僵局使得比例代表制受到广泛地指责。

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Papen lost a confidence vote in August, and his government fell after losing in the fourth election in a year in November.

帕彭在8月失去了一次信任投票，他的政府在11月的第四次选举中失败后垮台。

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As the nation prepared for a presidential election year, the South renewed its promise to defend slavery or leave the Union.

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We're on the verge now of the first southern primary in this year's election, in South Carolina, and everybody is wondering, is there a new modern South Carolina or not?

我们马上就要迎来在南卡罗来纳州举行的,今年总统大选第一轮南方预选,每一个人都想知道,是否会出现一个崭新的现代的南卡罗来纳

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And since it was eighteen eighty-eight -- a presidential election year -- the tariff became an important election issue.

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The election year political terrain is completely different today than it was a week ago.

NPR: Foley Allegations Put GOP into Political Tailspin

"This is about the theater of the election year and everybody knows it, " said Rep. Richard Neal, D-Massachusetts.

CNN: House passes GOP small business tax cut

Does that make it less of an argument during the election year?

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