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"The Joy of Voting" project isn't just about joy. It's about this passion.
“選舉的快樂”項目并不只是關于快樂。這是激情。
It's about feeling and belief, and it isn't just our organization's work.
也是感受和信仰，不是只有我們一個組織在工作。
All across this country right now, immigrants, young people, veterans,
現在全國都步調一致，移民，年輕人，退伍軍人，
people of all different backgrounds are coming together to create this kind of passionate, joyful activity around elections,
各種背景的人，聚在一起創造了這種充滿激情，快樂的投票活動。
in red and blue states, in urban and rural communities, people of every political background.
不論是民主黨還是共和黨的優勢州，不論城鄉，不論政治背景的人民。
What they have in common is simply this: their work is rooted in place.
有一點是共同的：他們的工作都是本地的。
Because remember, all citizenship is local.
要記住，公民都是本地人。
When politics becomes just a presidential election, we yell and we scream at our screens, and then we collapse, exhausted.
如果政治僅僅關乎總統選舉，大家就只是對著屏幕大呼小叫，直到精疲力盡。
But when politics is about us and our neighbors and other people in our community
但如果政治是有關自己，鄰居和社區的其他人，
coming together to create experiences of collective voice and imagination, then we begin to remember that this stuff matters.
大家聚在一起，共同發出聲音，表達期許，我們就會記得這樣做是有意義的。
We begin to remember that this is the stuff of self-government.
我們開始銘記，這就是自治。
Which brings me back to where I began. Why bother? There's one way to answer this question.
回到開始那句話。為什么非要投票呢？不妨這樣回答。
Voting matters because it is a self-fulfilling act of belief.
投票很重要，因為這是信仰的自我滿足。
It feeds the spirit of mutual interest that makes any society thrive.
它供養了利益的雙方，實現了社會繁榮。
When we vote, even if it is in anger, we are part of a collective, creative leap of faith.
當我們投票，即使是憤怒的一票，我們仍是創造性信念集合的一部分。
Voting helps us generate the very power that we wish we had.
投票幫助我們創造了最強的力量。
