ONE evening in mid-July Anwar Ibrahim was deep in the rubber-tapping state of Kelantan in northern Malaysia, urging a crowd of rural folk to vote for a devout fishmonger.

七月中旬的一个傍晚，大马北部采集橡胶闻名的吉兰丹州，安瓦尔·易卜拉欣深入人群，呼吁一群乡巴佬为一位虔诚的鱼贩子投票。

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But due to historical reasons, special conditions and other factors for a long time, the electoral law provided a differential provisions of the right to vote of urban and rural citizens.

但长期以来由于受历史原因及特殊国情等因素的影响，选举法对城市与农村公民的选举权进行了差别性的规定。

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Each garnered 46 percent of the rural vote in the poll.

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Obama won almost half of the Catholic vote compared to a third of it two weeks ago, and he did the same thing with the rural vote.

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So I think both sides see the rural vote as crucial and, you know, in a race that's so close, it could turn on, and it will turn on, who does a better job of getting their voters to the polls.

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