They lead nations to act in opposition to the very goals that they claim to pursue — and to vote, often in this body, against the interests of their own people.

这些陈规陋习引导各国采取的行动往往与自身要求实现的目标背道而驰——各国采取的投票行动，包括经常在这个机构进行的投票，也往往违背了本国人民的利益。

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Rival supporters, who clashed repeatedly in the lead-up to the vote, are divided largely along ethnic lines.

敌对的支持者(在投票的预备阶段不断地发生冲突)大致上依种族进行区隔。

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With two weeks to go until the election, the polls showed me with a twenty-point lead, and 55 percent of the vote.

离选举还有两个星期，民意测验表明我领先20个百分点，有55％的支持率。

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He says he has received no information that would lead him to question the outcome of the vote.

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This suggests the percentage lead for the Yes vote appears to have increased from just 3% to 23%.

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But since the strike the gap has narrowed to eight points: opinion polls showed a similar lead before the Maastricht vote.

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It will immediately raise expectations that he is preparing to lead Congress for the vote in 2014.

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