Yep. is around the corner,

是的，就快到了

and I know this is a major cause of yours,

我知道這是你的一個主要原因。

and I think it's something that everybody's concerned about

我想這是每個人都關心的事情。

right now, which is

眼下

the number of people that will decide this election,

決定這次選舉的人數。

the number of people that decided the last election

勝選人數

was so razor thin that everyone needs to understand

是如此的刮鬚刀，每個人都需要了解。

how important their vote is.

他們的投票有多重要。

It's crucial.

這是至關重要的。

Oh, and you know, it amazes me to hear people say,

哦，你知道，聽到人們說，我很驚訝。

"Well, I didn't vote 'cause I didn't think it mattered."

"嗯，我沒有投票，因為我覺得這不重要"

And, as you mentioned, this last election,

而且，正如你所提到的，上次選舉。

in some of the swing states,

在一些搖擺州。

the margin of difference was five votes per precinct.

每個選區的差額是5票。

And that wasn't just unique to this past election.

而這不僅僅是過去這次選舉所特有的。

I mean, I have been campaigning in midterm elections

我是說，我一直在中期選舉中進行競選活動

and in the last several elections,

而在過去幾次選舉中，。

and I've looked at the statistics,

我看了一下統計數據。

and every time you look at the margin of victory,

而每次看勝率。

because we have such a low voting percentage

因為我們的投票率太低了

in this country,

在這個國家。

that for every election, at every level,

這對於每一次選舉，每一個級別。

we're talking about one, two, five, 10, 50 votes

我們說的是一、二、五、十、五十票。

that determine who your mayor is,

決定誰是你的市長。

who your governor is,

你的州長是誰？

who your council member is.

你的議員是誰？

So, every vote absolutely matters,

所以，每一票都絕對重要。

and people just take this for granted.

而人們卻認為這是理所當然的。

And then when it doesn't turn out the way they had hoped,

當事情沒有如他們所願的時候。

they're shocked and upset.

他們感到震驚和不安。

But this is a democracy,

但這是一個民主國家。

and yes, sometimes it's frustrating,

是的，有時它是令人沮喪的。

and sometimes it can be alienating.

有時也會讓人疏遠。

I get that,

我明白了

but I've also traveled the world,

但我也走遍了世界。

and I've seen other forms of government,

我也見過其他形式的政府。

and I wouldn't trade our democracy

我也不會用我們的民主來交換

for anything in the world,

為世界上任何事情。

but in order for it to work,

但為了讓它發揮作用。

we need active, engaged and informed citizens

我們需要積極、參與和知情的公民

who are ready to do the one, pretty simple thing,

誰準備做一個，很簡單的事情。

which is vote.

這就是投票。

And you can mail it in. (chuckles)

你可以把它郵寄過來。（笑）

Yep. You can stand in line

是的，你可以排隊你可以排隊

if you want.

如果你想。

You can vote early,

你可以提前投票。

you can do it all ways,

你可以做所有的方式。

yes, we could have more ways to vote.

是的，我們可以有更多的方式來投票。

It could be easier,

這可以更容易。

and hopefully with the right leadership,

並希望有正確的上司。

we'll get voting requirements that will be easier.

我們會得到投票要求，這將是更容易。

But right now, it's pretty easy.

但現在，這很容易。

(laughs) Yeah.

（笑）是啊。

It takes some planning,

這需要一些規劃。

and people can get the information they need,

和人們可以得到他們需要的資訊。

but we just can't afford for people to take the attitude

但我們只是不能讓人們採取的態度。

that voting doesn't count.

投票不算數。

It absolutely does.

絕對是這樣。