Polls are taking place in the southern American states of Mississippi and Alabama in the latest round to choose a Republican candidate to challenge President Barack Obama in November. Mitt Romney is the current front-runner in the Republican race with Rick Santorum, his closest rival. The third-placed candidate, the former House of Representative Speaker Newt Gingrich, has said he hopes to increase support in his southern heartland.
目前正在美国南部密西西比州和阿拉巴马州进行共和党总统候选人新一轮的民意选举。在这场共和党的角逐中,罗姆尼处于领先地位,紧随其后的是Santorum,居于第三的是原众议院议长Gingrich,他表示希望在这些他的中心地区赢得更多的支持。