Between the presidential elections of 1960 and 2004, their share of the southern white male vote shrank by 17 points, but among non-southern whites it still shrank by 12 points.

在1960年到2004年的大选之间，他们得到南部白人选民的投票已经少了17点，但在非南部白人选民中也失掉了12点。

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Obama began a two-week tour of Republican states and so-called swing states - states that sometimes vote Democratic and sometimes Republican in presidential elections.

奥巴马踏上两个星期的竞选行程，拜会由共和党掌控的州以及所谓的摇摆州。

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Vice President Joe Biden says the United States has questions and doubts as to whether Iran's presidential vote was free and fair.

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In the presidential vote, Mr.Mugabe came in second to MDC leader Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai but he won the run-off election after Mr.Tsvangirai withdrew citing violence against his supporters.

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Angola's foreign minister said a presidential vote, the one scheduled for later this year, will likely be delayed until 2010 so it can be held under a new constitution.

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Opposition leader Raila Odinga says the presidential vote was rigged and he was robbed of victory.

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He lost to Chavez in October's presidential vote, coming within 10 percentage points of the longtime leader.

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