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When Democrats with chant "Blaine, Blaine James G. Blaine continental liar from the state of Maine"
民主黨人高唱，布萊恩布萊恩這個騙子來自緬恩
and Republican would follow Grover Cleveland chanting "Ma,ma,where's my Pa?"
共和黨人則唱著“媽，媽，我爸在哪兒?”
because Cleveland was paying for child support for child he had out of XXX, may will be his child
用以諷刺克里弗蘭在給一個無法確定親生父親的孩子交生活費，因為孩子有可能是他的
another take-away message is that through at least since the 1940s parties have often sought a populous message
另外一個重要的信息是，大概從1940年代起，政黨開始走群眾路線
Regardless of the actual composition of their campaign and their candidate
不管競選的結構如何，候選人是誰，都是如此
Again, we'll see evidence of this
以后我們會看到一些例證
Both parties have elements of the elites as their leaders
兩黨的領導層無疑都是精英
but both parties often try to have a common touch if you will and sometimes not in exactly aboveboard manner
但他們都盡量表現得平易近人，有時是通過一些齷齪的方式
So we'll see some examples of that
以后我們會看到一些例子
A few other generality is that the U.S. political system favors a two-party system
美國政治體系另一個特征是其穩定的兩黨體系
There have been a few periods in U.S history but in their early years when there were not two well identified parties
美國歷史上曾有一段時期，在建國不久之時，在沒有明確的兩黨體系下度過
but over time, the two-party system reestablished itself
但隨著時間的推移，兩黨體系逐漸發展起來
We can't see any sort of consistency in the political ideology of two parities
但兩黨在政治政治意識形態卻似乎向來沒有一致性
Yes, in general, one party has been more inclined towards business interests
總體而言一個政黨更傾向于注重商企的利益
and the other party has been more inclined towards, you might see, the politics of common people
另一個政黨則更傾向于改善民生
