Elections are not just exercises in determining political majorities .

选举不只是决定政治多数派的活动。

In many countries , majorities oppose building new reactors .

在很多国家中，多数人都不赞成修建新的反应堆。

A drawback is that governing majorities must then be created from party coalitions .

这一做法的缺点在于政府的多数党必须由政党联合产生。

Elections in egypt tend to produce not just one but two solid majorities .

埃及大选将会产生不仅仅是一个，而是两个多数派势力。

Clear majorities in all countries agree that taxes should be raised on the rich and lowered on the poor .

所有国家的多数受访者都认为，应增加对富人征税，降低穷人的税负水平。