Mr Dean used online campaigning to make himself a front-runner in opinion polls and in fundraising, but he won only a single state primary, his home state of Vermont.

Mr Dean利用在线使自己在竞选中的米易测验中领先并筹募到赞助，但是他仅仅赢得了一个州——他的家乡佛蒙特州。

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McCain emerged as the front-runner early in the primary season after wins in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

但赢得新罕布什尔和南卡罗来纳州初选之后，麦凯恩就遥遥领先了。

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