power be rotated  政权交替

ballot  投票

insurgent candidate  新的候选人

implication be hard to exaggerate   难以描述

have reverberation  有反响

chances sink on  机会渺茫

standard-bearer   领袖

withdraw from the race  出局

pool  名义调查

sap vitality  削弱活力

malaise  顽疾

vim  活力

jangle nerves  刺激神经，紧张

cultural rift  文化裂缝

throw bum out  票出去

stanch the flow to trickle  使急流缓慢

mosques  清真寺

staunchly  坚定的

have short on  缺少

publish a manifesto  宣言

pitch himself as  贴上标签

beleaguer  包围

trim  削减（修剪）