代表■英文外刊,带你探索不一样的,超级星期二( 二 )


It's called proportional allocation and what it means practically speaking is that а bunch of the leading candidates are going to secure some chunk of delegates.
实际意思是一群领先的候选人将获得一些代表的支持。
And none of them are going to win them all or even close to them all.
他们中没有-位候选人能贏得所有,甚至接近所有的支持。
And VIS, very, important sidebar, now how did so many states wind up all voting on a single day?
需要重点说明的一点是, 那么,为什么这么多州在一天之内就完成了所有投票呢?
 代表■英文外刊,带你探索不一样的,超级星期二
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Good question.
这是个好问题。
So the Democratic National Committee decided that four states, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina were the only states that would be allowed to hold votes in February of this year.
因此,民主党全国委员会决定,爱荷华、新罕布什尔、内华达和南卡罗莱纳这四个州将是今年2月唯-获准举行投票的州。
And there's lots of reasons for that decision but the main one is that these states have been voting first in presidential contests for a long time now and they protect that status.
做出这一决定有诸多原因,但最主要的原因是,很长一时间内,这些州在总统竞选中都最先投票,他们保护了这一地位。
New Hampshire I'm looking at you, very, very carefully.
我非常认真地关注着新罕布什尔州。
So the DNC decreement that the earliest date you could schedule a presidential vote if you didn't live in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina was Tuesday, March 3rd.
因此,民主党全国委员会规定,如果不住在爱荷华州、新罕布什尔州、内华达州或南卡罗来纳州,总统选举日期最早可以安排在3月3日,即星期二。
 代表■英文外刊,带你探索不一样的,超级星期二
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Which is what a whole lot of states did, why?
很多州都是这么做的,但原因是什么呢?
Well because the earlier in the nominating calendar your state votes, the more attention,read money, they get from candidates and the more coverage your state's race gets from the media.
为,所在州的投票时间越早,他们从候选人那里得到的关注和资金就越多,媒体对所在州的竞选报道也就越多。
It's just attention dollars, folks.
朋友们,这只是关注的问题,
And the biggest mover in this calendar shake-up was California which went from a June primary near the bitter end of the nomination fight, all the way up to March 3rd.
这一时间变动中最大的推动者是加利福尼亚,它从6月份的初选,接近提名竞争的结束,- -直提前到3月3日。
Quote, "Historically we've been so late in the primary schedule that the nominees for president have been determined by the time Californians go to the polls" that's California's Secretary of State Alex Padilla talking to CNN in 2018.
引用加州国务卿亚历克斯.帕迪拉2018年接受CNN采访时的话说:“从以往来看,在初选日程上,我们一直都很晚,以至于总统候选人都是在加州人民投票时决定的。”
 代表■英文外刊,带你探索不一样的,超级星期二
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And he went on to add this, "by moving that up, we hope to have a real say in determining the nominees for president of all parties", end quote.


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