大局已定?奧巴馬對他的第二任期信心滿滿大綱
US President Barack Obama congratulated Republican rival Mitt Romney for running a hard-fought race for the White House and expressed confidence he would win re-election during a stop at a local campaign office to thank volunteers as voters went to the polls.
在競選辦公室感謝志願者作爲選民參與投票的停留之際，美國總統奧巴馬感謝共和黨對手米特•羅姆尼爲角逐白宮所作的艱苦努力，並表示有信心贏得連任。
"I ... want to say to Governor Romney congratulations on a spirited campaign. I know that his supporters are just as engaged and just as enthusiastic and working just as hard today," Obama said as volunteers made more phone calls encouraging supporters to get to the polls.
“我……想說羅姆尼州長感謝他振奮人心的競選。我知道他的支持者和今天一樣也同樣參與並一樣熱情努力地工作，”奧巴馬在志願者打更多電話鼓勵支持者前來投票時說道。
"We feel confident we've got the votes to win, but it's going to depend ultimately on whether those votes turn out. And so I would encourage everybody on all sides just to make sure that you exercise this precious right that we have that people fought so hard for us to have."
“我們有信心我們能獲得足夠的選票獲勝，但這將取決於這些選票出來的最終結果。所以我鼓勵兩邊的每個人只是確保你行使了前人爲我們努力爭取到的這寶貴的權利。”
Obama made calls to volunteers from the campaign office to thank them for working for his re-election. "I expect that we'll have a good night, but no matter what happens, I just want to say how much I appreciate everybody who supported me, everybody who's worked so hard on my behalf."
奧巴馬打電話給來自競選辦公室的志願者，感謝他們爲他的再次競選所作的工作。“我期待我們將會有一個美好的夜晚，但不管發生什麼，我只想說的是我非常感謝支持我的每個人，每個人都爲我而如此地努力。”
Obama ended his final campaign on Monday in Iowa, the place that launched his first White House bid and that could hold the key to his political future.
奧巴馬週一結束了他在愛荷華州的最後一次競選，那裏曾開始了他的第一次白宮競選，那掌握着他政治前途的關鍵。
Opinion polls showed Obama and Romney in a virtual dead heat, although the Democratic incumbent had a slight advantage in several vital swing states that could give him the 270 electoral votes needed to win the state-by-state contest.
民意調查顯示奧巴馬和羅姆尼實際上不相上下，儘管民主黨現任在幾個至關重要的搖擺州有一些優勢，可能給他所需的270張選票來贏得各州的競選。
