The three-fifths formula handed Jefferson his narrow victory in the presidential election of 1800 by inflating the votes of the southern states in the Electoral College.

这一“五分之三准则”使南方各州在选举团中的选票膨胀，从而使杰弗逊在1800年的总统选举中险胜。

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Once the winners of yesterday's election have worked out how to share the spoils of victory, they face a daunting in-tray.

一旦昨天选举的得胜者就如何分配胜利果实达成一致，他们就将面对一个令人望而生畏的公文筐。

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In her victory speech, she spoke of the challenge ahead and took the unusual step of issuing an election night appeal for contributions.

在她的胜选演说上，她谈到即将面临的挑战，并且不寻常的以竞选晚会的口吻说话，意图打动选民捐款。

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Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission has a message: Pay no attention to competing claims of victory in the presidential election.

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He then won a big victory in the general election over the candidate of the Whig Party, General Winfield Scott.

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The election was in November. Pierce,the Democrat, won a crushing victory over Scott,the Whig.

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Then came the nasty shock of the Liberal Democrat victory in the Brent East by-election in which the Conservative candidate came a poor third.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

His friendliness to blacks, according to Webster Brooks, the political director of the National Black Republican Leadership Council, is intended to increase his share of the black vote in the mid-west, which could provide the margin of victory in the region that traditionally decides the election.

ECONOMIST: The selling of a candidate

Mr Patten is credited with securing the Conservatives' election victory in the 1992 general election but lost his own Bath seat.

BBC: Profile: Chris Patten