Civil society groups report the arrests of opposition electoral candidates, the manipulation of food supplies for political purposes, and violent incidents of voter intimidation.

民间社会团体报告说有反对派的候选人被拘捕、为了政治目的而控制食品的供应以及对威胁选民的暴力事件比比皆是。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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To the surprise of many seasoned observers, foreign policy is having only a modest impact on voters.

令许多老资格的观察家感到惊讶的是，外交政策只对选民产生了很小的影响。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

On the contrary, reforms usually are undertaken only when the signs of an impending crisis are so strong that it is increasingly difficult to ignore them, or after the crisis has already “educated” voters.

相反，往往只有当现有危机迹象极为强烈，以至越发无法忽视它们之计，或者危机已经“教育”了选民之后才推行改革。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

American voters, who are famously loathe to increase taxes, might start thinking a lot harder about the real economic costs of their country’s superpower status.

美国的纳税人一贯以痛恨加税著称，他们可能会开始考虑美国超级大国地位的实际的经济代价。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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In Poland last autumn, younger voters helped to replace a government whose incipient authoritarianism and xenophobic attitudes threatened to isolate their country.

去年秋天，波兰的年轻选民协助取代了当时的政府，那届政府独裁主义和仇外政策的苗头使得这个国家面临着被孤立的威胁。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

Whatever their political preferences, many French voters have the feeling that an “amateur” is facing a “professional."

许多法国选民，无论政治倾向如何，都感到这是一个“业余选手”在面对一个“专业选手”。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

Let the world stand with neither Kibaki nor the opposition, nor for an arbitrary compromise, but with Kenya’s voters.

让世界不要站在Kibaki或反对派一边，也不要站在一场武断的妥协一边，而是要站在肯尼亚的选民们一边。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

The voters did not find it credible.

这大大损害了选民们对他们的信任。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

Having performed poorly in a spate of recent state elections, the ruling Congress Party is betting that the new budget will swing voters its way if the national election, currently scheduled for April 2009, is moved forward to this autumn.

如果目前预订在2009年4月举行的全国大选被延期到秋天开始，在近期一系列州级别选举中表现差强人意的执政党印度国大党，就将赌注押在了新的预算 草案能否为其争取选民的支持。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

As a result, many more votes were recorded by the ECK for the presidential race than for the parliamentary race, even though voters were clearly instructed – indeed required – to cast a vote in both races.

其结果是，尽管投票人被明确指示—其实是被要求—为两场竞选各投一票，但ECK统计出的总统选举的总票数却大大超过 了议会选举。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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He has not been elected by anyone – not by the Labour Party, and not by Britain’s voters; he has merely come into an inheritance that he has long thought was his due.

他并非经过选举上任，即不是工党，也不是英国选民。他只不过是继承了他长久以来认为本应是他的东西。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010