大学英语六级考试听力在线练习题

1、大学英语六级考试听力在线练习题Polls Find Clinton Leading Nationally and in Key States票数表明克林顿在关键州及全国领先In U.S. presidential politics, not all states are treated equally. In the final days before the November 8 election, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are focused on a small handful of so called

2、“battleground” or “swing” states that will determine who will be the next president of the United States. About two-thirds of the 50 states generally lean toward one party or the other, leaving a dozen or so states that are up for grabs every four years.The U.S. elects a president through the state-

3、by-state accumulation of votes through the Electoral College, where the candidate who wins the popular vote in a given state is then awarded all of that states electoral votes. There are two minor exceptions in Maine and Nebraska where some of the electoral votes are awarded by congressional distric

4、t.In the final days of the campaign, Clinton and Trump repeatedly target the same handful of states, which is why both White House hopefuls are making frequent visits to Ohio, Florida and North Carolina and small groups of other states that loom pivotal on election day.Red, blue and swing statesFor

5、several years the United States has been sharply divided politically, with many states in presidential elections leaning toward one party or the other. “In many states, one party has a very big lead and there is no sense in spending a lot of resources at the presidential level in that state,” said G

6、eorgetown University analyst Stephen Wayne.That leaves about a dozen so-called “battleground” or “swing” states where Trump and Clinton spend most of their time, said George Mason University expert Jeremy Mayer. “In the modern presidential campaign, you run campaigns only in about 12 states. The lis

7、t can change from year to year, although in the last three election cycles, it is fairly stable.”The swing states that get the most attention include large states like Florida, Ohio and Colorado, as well as smaller ones like North Carolina, Virginia, Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire. And Mayer adds vo

8、ters in those states get the brunt of the political ad blitz. “It makes those 12 states really the targets of this whole election discourse. So both campaigns in a normal year would have massive ground operations, would have endless TV ads and would be phone-calling and robot-calling voters in those

9、 12 states.”This year, the Clinton campaign is trying to make history by expanding the competitive map to historically Republican states like Arizona, Georgia and even Texas. Polls show a fairly close race in Arizona in particular and Clinton is within striking distance in both Georgia and Texas. Ar

10、izona last voted for a Democrat in 1996 and Texas supported Democrat Jimmy Carter back in 1976.Democrats electoral advantageSince the 1992 election won by Bill Clinton, Democrats have been able to count on winning 18 states plus the District of Columbia, with a combined total of 242 electoral votes.

11、 Remember, it takes 270 out of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency.Republicans, on the other hand, have been able to count on 13 mostly smaller states with a combined electoral vote total of just 102. The remainder are the so-called “battleground” states where the election outcome is usual

12、ly decided.Clintons battleground edgeThis year, Hillary Clinton and the Democrats appear to have a decided advantage with Clinton leading in key states like Colorado, New Hampshire and Virginia and battling Trump in close races in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.This years Electoral map has put Tru

13、mp at a disadvantage, said American University analyst Austin Hart. “Hes got to win voters in Florida, Ohio, perhaps Colorado and Nevada. Hes got to shore up things in Pennsylvania if he can. So he has a heavy load in front of him.”Most of the scenarios that would project a Trump victory involve him

14、 winning most of the swing states up for grabs including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and even Pennsylvania, which has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988.Declining white voteChanging demographics also loom as a growing challenge for Republicans. White voters are likely to

15、make up about 70 percent of all voters in this years election, as the country continues to diversify. In 1980, whites made up 88 percent of the electorate. The Cook Political Report also notes that in 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan won 56 percent of white voters and won in a landslide. In 2012, Repu

16、blican Mitt Romney improved on that number. He won 59 percent of white voters, but lost to President Barack Obama by four points overall.Republican strategist John Feehery sees the two parties headed in different directions. “It is a liberal, progressive party of coalitions, ethnic coalitions. And t

17、he Republican Party is a coalition of basically white voters of various stripes of conservatism.”Targeting undecidedsIn the final days of the campaign, the candidates will target a relatively small group of voters in a handful of states where the election hangs in the balance. “The question is now that sliver of independents,” said American University analyst Jennifer Lawless. “But its not only the sliver of independents. Its smaller than that. Its the sliver of independents who live in battleground states. So we