Is he Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump? Protest vote complicates Graham Platner’s victory
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Is he Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump? Protest vote complicates Graham Platner’s victory

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The GuardianJune 10, 2026View Source

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گراهام پلتنر در انتخابات مقدماتی حزب دموکرات در ایالت مین پیروز شد. (Graham Platner dar entekhābāt-e moqaddamāti-ye hezb-e demokrāt dar eyālat-e Maine piruz shod.)

Graham Platner won the Democratic primary election in the state of Maine.

dar→inentekhābāt-e moqaddamāti→primary electionhezb-e demokrāt→Democratic partyeyālat→statepiruz shod→won/became victorious
او یک تفنگدار دریایی سابق و یک پرورش‌دهنده صدف است. (U yek tofangdār-e daryāyi-ye sābeq va yek parvaresh-dahande-ye sadaf ast.)

He is a former marine and an oyster farmer.

yek→a/onetofangdār-e daryāyi→marinesābeq→formerva→andparvaresh-dahande→farmer/breedersadaf→oysterast→is
بیش از صد هزار دموکرات در این ایالت به او رأی دادند. (Bish az sad hezār demokrāt dar in eyālat be u ra'y dādand.)

More than one hundred thousand Democrats in this state voted for him.

bish az→more thansad→hundredhezār→thousanddemokrāt→Democratdar→inin→thiseyālat→statebe→to/forra'y dādand→voted
استیون کینگ، نویسنده مشهور کتاب‌های ترسناک، از پلتنر حمایت کرد. (Stephen King, nevisande-ye mashhur-e ketāb-hā-ye tarsnāk, az Platner hemāyat kard.)

Stephen King, the famous horror book writer, supported Platner.

nevisande→writermashhur→famousketāb-hā→bookstarsnāk→scary/horroraz→from/ofhemāyat kard→supported
حالا پلتنر در ماه نوامبر با سوزان کالینز رقابت خواهد کرد. (Hālā Platner dar māh-e novāmbr bā Susan Collins reqābat khāhad kard.)

Now, Platner will compete against Susan Collins in the month of November.

hālā→nowdar→inmāh→monthnovāmbr→Novemberbā→with/againstreqābat khāhad kard→will compete
برخی مردم او را با برنی سندرز یا دونالد ترامپ مقایسه می‌کنند. (Barkhi mardom u rā bā Bernie Sanders yā Donald Trump moqāyese mikonand.)

Some people compare him to Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump.

[barkhi = some, mardom = people, rā = [object marker], bā = with, yā = or, moqāyese mikonand = compare]
رأی‌دهندگان یک آینده جدید برای ایالت خود می‌خواهند. (Ra'y-dahandegān yek āyande-ye jadid barā-ye eyālat-e khod mikhāhand.)

Voters want a new future for their own state.

ra'y-dahandegān→votersyek→a/oneāyande→futurejadid→newbarā-ye→foreyālat→statekhod→self/ownmikhāhand→want
این پیروزی برای حزب دموکرات بسیار مهم است. (In piruzi barā-ye hezb-e demokrāt besyār mohem ast.)

This victory is very important for the Democratic Party.

in→thispiruzi→victorybarā-ye→forhezb→partydemokrāt→Democraticbesyār→verymohem→importantast→is
انتخابات اصلی در پاییز یک چالش بزرگ خواهد بود. (Entekhābāt-e asli dar pāyiz yek chālesh-e bozorg khāhad bud.)

The main election in autumn will be a big challenge.

entekhābāt→electionasli→maindar→inpāyiz→autumnyek→a/onechālesh→challengebozorg→bigkhāhad bud→will be
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انتخابات
election
"انتخابات در ماه نوامبر است."
حمایت کردن
to support
"بسیاری از مردم از او حمایت کردند."
پیروزی
victory
"این پیروزی برای ما مهم بود."
نویسنده
writer
"او یک نویسنده مشهور است."
آینده
future
"ما برای آینده برنامه‌ریزی می‌کنیم."
مشهور
famous
"آن شهر به خاطر صدف‌هایش مشهور است."
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