最近大热的美剧《纸牌屋》引发了不少人对美国政治的关注,其中,主角安德伍德最早担任的民主党党鞭一职更是让不少人产生了兴趣。这到底是一个什么样的职位?他为什么可以对其他党内成员有那么大的影响?今天,我们就简单了解一下“党鞭”(Whip)这个职位。
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy. A whip's role is also to ensure that the elected representatives of their party are in attendance when important votes are taken. The usage comes from the hunting term "whipping in", i.e. preventing hounds from wandering away from the pack.
党鞭(Whip)是立法机构中主要负责确保其所在政党的政策得到贯彻执行的官员。他们是政党的“执行者”,通过恩威并施的方式让党内成员按照该政党的官方政策进行投票,同时确保在有重要投票时党内代表都能参加。Whip这个用法源于打猎时的用语whipping in,意即,让猎犬们保持队形,防止个别猎犬从整个群体中“溜号”。
In the United States there are legislatures at the local, State, and Federal levels. The Federal legislature (Congress), State legislatures, and many county and city legislative bodies are divided along party lines and have Whips, as well as Majority and Minority Leaders.
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