美国新政党走红网络欲参与总统竞选_BEC初级作文

美国新政党走红网络欲参与总统竞选

The new political group “Americans Elect” has quietly been collecting signatures needed for to get on statewide ballots in the 2017 general elections. But the group doesn’t plan to run a candidate, and it doesn’t have a platformor an ideology.

新生政治团体“美国人的选择”已经悄然开始行动，为2017年美国大选的全国投票征集选民签名。不过他们却并不打算推出自己的候选人，也没有自己的政治纲领或者政治思想。

“This isn’t a third party,” Elliot Ackerman, the group’s chief operating officer said. “It’s a second process.”

该政团的首席运营官艾略特奥科曼说，“我们不是第三党，而是另一种运作方式。”

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Americans Elect is endorsingan entirely new political process, and here’s how the whole thing goes: All registered voters are invited to participate in a two-week online convention in June 2017. Voters will fill out questionnaires and will be able to see a list of candidates who share their policy positions.

“美国人的选择”支持的是一种全新的政治程序，其运行过程是：在2017年6月召开为期两周的网络大会，邀请所有登记注册的选民参与讨论。选民们填写调查问卷之后，就可以看到一张和他们持有相同政见的候选人名单。

All online, a party platform will be drafted, and the field of candidates will be narrowed down to six. Each of those six will choose a running mate — from a different party.