双语时事：政治捐款不能决定选举结果

2014-07-08 16:32:48来源：可可英语

　　Plutocratic funding of politics probably cannot be stopped. So it might be some comfort to reflect that – although money undoubtedly helps campaigns – it is no assurance of success. If Mr Adelson’s billions really could buy the US presidency, Newt Gingrich would be sitting in the Oval Office. The curse of Sheldon has now struck Eric Cantor, the outgoing leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives, and an Adelson favourite, who has just lost his congressional seat in a Republican primary to a much-worse funded, insurgent candidate.

　　富豪为政治捐款很可能无法阻止。因此，或许令我们稍感安慰的是，尽管金钱肯定有利于竞选，但并不能确保成功。如果埃德森的数十亿美元捐款真的能够买下美国总统职位的话，纽特•金里奇(Newt Gingrich)早就入主白宫了。埃德森的诅咒现在击中了即将卸任的众议院共和党领袖埃里克•坎特(Eric Cantor)，坎特是埃德森中意的政治人士，他刚刚在中期选举的共和党初选中，把自己的国会议员席位输给一位竞选资金远远逊于他的挑战型候选人。

　　Similarly, while help from Harry Potter will undoubtedly be hugely welcome to the No campaign in Scotland, the polls suggest that Better Together was still well ahead before the wizard struck, and despite the EuroMillions that have been poured into the Yes campaign. Maybe voters actually have minds of their own? That would certainly make the future of the UK seem like less of a lottery.

　　类似地，尽管“哈利•波特”的帮助肯定会受到苏格兰独立公投No运动的热烈欢迎，但民调显示，在这位魔法师到来之前，尽管EuroMillions获奖者向Yes行动投入了巨资，但Better Together仍遥遥领先。或许，选民实际上有自己的想法?这肯定会让联合王国的未来不那么像是一场彩票游戏。

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