According to George Mason University's Michael McDonald, massive turnout at early voting offices has put a strain on the system.

乔治·梅森大学的麦克唐纳教授指出，大量的选民提前投票，给这个系统带来了压力。

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Michael McDonald is an elections expert at George Mason University in Virginia who tracks early voting patterns. He says this year's early voting is trending very different from past elections.

关注提前投票趋势的弗吉尼亚州乔治梅森大学选举问题专家麦克唐纳说，今年提前投票的趋势和以往非常不同。

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Michael Polakovs, the original Ronald McDonald clown for McDonald's commercials, died early this month in the US state of Kentucky at the age of 86.

麦当劳叔叔原型波拉·科夫斯本月初在美国肯塔基州逝世，享年86岁。

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"This is setting the table on the elections for the next decade, " says Michael McDonald, a redistricting expert with George Mason University.

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"Obama's win in 2012, despite the important Democratic constituency of young voters not participating at a high level, is good news, " said Michael McDonald, a George Mason University professor who specializes in voter turnout.

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The October Surprise -- "the really stinky piece of information that campaigns hold on to until the end of the election, " as Michael McDonald, an associate professor at George Mason University who specializes in American elections, puts it -- will have to be a September Surprise to have much effect.

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