CNN News:美国中期选举投票开始

It`s Election Day in America. But why now and why all states at the same time? You`re about to find out today on CNN STUDENT NEWS. I`M Carl Azuz.

今天是美国国家选举日。但是为什么是今天，又为什么所有州府同时进行选举?这就是今天的CNN学生新闻，我是Carl Azuz。

U.S. general elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Congress made it that way in 1845. More Americans farmed back then, and they had to travel somewhere to vote.

美国大选在十一月份第一周的周二举行。这是国会在1845年规定的日子。很多美国农民需要前往其他地区投票。

Earlier November was between the harvest and the worst winter weather. Different states used to have different voting dates.

十一月初正处于收获和严寒天气之间过渡期，不同的州规定不同的投票日期。

But as new as begin the travel faster through telegraph technology, the government didn`t want results in early voting states to influence the turnout and opinion in later voting states.

但是自从电报技术的快速发展，政府不想让早期投票影响到日期稍晚的投票人群。

One Election Day nationwide solve that problem. So, flash-forward to the midterm elections of 2014, and the U.S. House of Representatives -all 435 seats are up for election. Republicans need at least 218 of them to stay in control of the House. Analysts expect them to get.

于是在一次全国性的选举日子里解决了这一问题。所以，在2014年的中期选举，美国众议院的435个席位同时进行投票选举。共和党人至少需要218个议员保留席位。这只是分析专家预计结果。

Democrats currently control the Senate where 36 seats are up for election. Of course, the Democrat will still control the White House, and it`s possible that even after votes are counted tonight. We still won`t know the final makeup of the Senate.

目前民主党控制着参议院，但仍需要选举36位新议员。当然，即使在今晚投票结束之后民主党仍将会控制白宫政权。我们始终不知道参议院的最终选举结果。

Political stars came out for the final Election Day push: for Republicans, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie.

最终政治新星由选举推荐出来的有，共和党派代表Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie。

When our Republican Party is at its best. We can walk and chew gum at the same time.

当共和党派最有能力，并且我们已经可以“边走边嚼口香糖了”。

For Democrats, Hillary Clinton hit three states for female Senate candidates.

民主党人希拉里克林顿击败了三名女参议员候选人。

Who`s going to be there for you?

谁会在那等你?

Who cares about you? Who works for you?

谁真正关心你们，谁为你们工作?

Bill Clinton went to Iowa.

比尔克林顿前往爱荷华州。

And I can tell you this, you need to vote for progress, not protest, you need to think about what you want for the next six years.

我可以告诉你的是，你需要做的是为了美国的发展而投票而不是表示抗议，你需要考虑一下接下来的六年美国的发展。