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What we need today is an electoral culture that is about being together together, in person, in loud and passionate ways,
我們今天需要的是一種選舉文化，人與人之間面對面交流思想，喧鬧而又激情四射，
that instead of being "eat your vegetables" or "do you duty," voting can feel more like "join the club" or, better yet, "join the party."
并不只是自掃門前雪或勉強盡責，選舉可以讓人感覺更像是加入了俱樂部，或更酷一點，參加大聯歡。
Imagine if we had, across the country right now, in local places but nationwide,
想象一下，如果現在全國各地，小到各個地方，
a concerted effort to revive a face-to-face set of ways to engage and electioneer:
共同恢復面對面的競選參與方式：
outdoor shows in which candidates and their causes are mocked and praised in broad satirical style;
參選人及其參選目標在眾目睽睽之下被嘲弄，被支持；
soapbox speeches by citizens; public debates held inside pubs;
市民隨意發表街頭演講；酒館里展開公開辯論；
streets filled with political art and handmade posters and murals;
街頭充滿政治藝術和手工海報和壁畫；
battle of the band concerts in which competing performers rep their candidates.
樂隊演奏表演中，競爭性的演出代表了候選人的競爭。
Now, all of this may sound a little bit 18th century to you, but in fact,
當然，所有這些在你們聽來都是十八世紀的老古董了，但實際上，
it doesn't have to be any more 18th century than, say, Broadway's "Hamilton," which is to say vibrantly contemporary.
這么形容百老匯的《漢密爾頓》或許更貼切，其實這也是生機勃勃的現代主義。
And the fact is that all around the world, today, millions of people are voting like this.
事實是，在當下，全世界每天都有幾百萬人像這樣進行選舉。
In India, elections are colorful, communal affairs. In Brazil, election day is a festive, carnival-type atmosphere.
在印度，選舉是多彩的公眾事務。在巴西，選舉日是節日，狂歡節般的氣氛。
In Taiwan and Hong Kong, there is a spectacle, eye-popping, eye-grabbing spectacle to the street theater of elections.
在臺灣，香港，選舉是奇觀，比起街頭劇院的選舉，更讓人驚嘆不已，大開眼界。
