VOA慢速英语--新的美国民意调查引发怀疑

AS IT IS 2016-02-20 New US Poll Throws Doubt on Trump¹ Lead 新的美国民意调查引发怀疑

One American election poll shows a shift in the Republican Party race for U.S. president.

Texas Senator Ted² Cruz has become more popular than early Republican front-runner Donald Trump, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

The poll shows Cruz with 28 percent of the vote from Republican voters if there were an election today. Trump received 26 percent. In third place was Florida Senator Marco Rubio, at 17 percent.

Ohio Governor John Kasich got 11 percent, Ben Carson was at 10 percent and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush received 4 percent.

The latest poll was taken after Trump’s primary victory in New Hampshire on February 9. In the primary, Trump received more than 35 percent of the vote.

However, other national polls still show Trump as the leading candidate. According to a Reuters poll, Trump is 20 points ahead of Cruz.

In the Democrat³ Party race for president, Hillary Clinton holds a 44 to 42 lead over Bernie Sanders, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll.

“Senator Bernie Sanders and Secretary Hillary Clinton are neck and neck,” said polling official Tim Malloy. “But while Bernie has the trust [of the voters], Hillary has the experience.”

Clinton is slightly in front of Sanders in the state of Nevada. Clinton holds 48 percent to Sanders’ 47 percent in the western state. Clinton once held a large lead in Nevada. According to CNN, an October 2015 poll showed Clinton ahead by 16 points over Sanders in that state.

Democrats⁴ polled said they believe Clinton has a better chance at winning the November general election. More than 83 percent of Democrats think she has a good chance of winning in November.

The next state primary election is February 27 in South Carolina. According to the CNN poll, Clinton has a large lead over Sanders there. Clinton has 56 percent of the poll vote in South Carolina to Sanders' 38 percent.

Words in This Story

poll – n. an activity in which several or many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to get information about what most people think about something

Republican – n. a member of the Republican party of the U.S.

Democrat – n. a member of the Democrat Party of the U.S.

primary election – n. an election in which members of the same political party run against each other for the chance to be in a larger and more important election

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

4 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》