Indeed, even before a single vote was cast, the polls were hampered by a host of roadblocks.

的确，即使只有一个选票投出前，投票已经被大量的路障阻碍。

We will find out tomorrow night whether the polls are correct.

明晚我们就能知道这些民意调查是否正确了。

But Huckabee has risen in the polls in recent weeks thanks in large part to growing support from social and religious conservatives who make up a sizable portion of the Republican voters in Iowa.

但哈克比在近几周的民意测验中支持率明显上升，主要是由于来自社会和宗教保守派不断增加的支持，而爱荷华州的共和党投票人中保守派占多数。

THE polls go up, the polls go down and there are still more than three weeks to go: time for any amount of sleaze or terror to influence the voters.

离中期选举还有三个多个星期，可民意仍忽上忽下：这期间的任何风吹草动都会影响到选民的倾向。

By comparison, the last remaining Shia block, the Iraqi National Alliance, is likely to do quite well at the polls for the simple reason that more than 60% of the voters are Shias.

与之形成对比的是，最后一个现存的什叶派选举团体，伊拉克国家联盟在投票站的表现上佳，仅仅因为60%以上的投票者是什叶派的。

The Tories’ once-commanding lead in the polls has narrowed in recent weeks and there is now a real contest for power.

最近几周，保守党在民意测验中的领先优势缩小了，现在还存在着一场真正的权力较量。

An Afghan woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Kabul. Across Afghanistan, voters went to the polls in the country「s first-ever direct presidential elections.

在喀布尔，一名阿富汗妇女正在往投票箱里投选票。在整个阿富汗，选民都在到投票站参加该国历史上第一次总统直接选举投票。

Our campaign money was undisputably clean money that had been withdrawn at the end of the campaign to pay for our efforts to call voters and offer rides to the polls on election day.

我们的竞选经费无疑是清白的，在大选结束时取出来支付我们给投票人打电话的费用和选举日前往各投票站的交通费。

On the eve of the election, Information Minister Nisar Memon rejected those charges, saying all voters are strongly encouraged to come to the polls and the vote counting will be transparent.

在选举前夕，巴基斯坦新闻部长梅蒙否认了这些指控，他说，政府积极鼓励所有选民去投票站投票，计票工作也将是透明的。

Voters typically turn out in smaller Numbers than when they go to the polls to elect a President, and that places a priority on making sure that a party」s core supporters vote.

和总统选举相比，参加中期选举投票的选民通常比较少，这就使得确保一个党的核心支持者参加投票成为工作重点。

Reduced to a minority, Congress is now looking for other allies to help it to hobble through to the polls later this year.

变成少数派的国会现在正在寻找其他盟友以帮助自己度过今年即将到来的民意调查。

Some of his convention edge had worn off, but throughout September the polls bounced back and forth between a lead of 9 and 20 percent for me.

他在共和党全国代表大会期间获得的一些优势已经失去，但整个9月，我在民意调查中的领先一直在9%到20%之间来回变化。

But the polls have at least allowed a tiny flicker of pluralist light into the murk of Burmese totalitarianism.

但是本次投票至少使得多元论的一小点光芒挤进了缅甸极权主义的黑暗统治中。

An hour earlier, as the polls in Texas closed, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee announced that he too had called McCain and that he was dropping out of the race.

此前一小时，在德克萨斯州的投票结束后，前阿肯色州州长麦克·哈克比称他也与麦凯恩通过电话，并称自己将退出竞选。

The commission and courts will have lots of complaints to handle after the polls close.

投票结束后委员会和法院将有很多抱怨要去处理。

Voters in Pakistan are set to go to the polls Monday in elections for the lower house of parliament and the four provincial assemblies.

巴基斯坦的选民将于下星期一前往投票站，选举议会下院的议员以及四个省级议会的议员。