クリントン陣営は、両州でオバマが取った白人票を取り崩そうと必死になった。

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English Translation

The Clinton camp became desperate to eliminate the white votes Obama had got in both states.

Furigana

クリントン陣営(じんえい)は、両(りょう)州(しゅう)でオバマが取(と)った白人票(はくじんひょう)を取(と)り崩(くず)そうと必死(ひっし)になった。

Romanji

Kurinton jin'ei wa, ryō shū de obama ga totta hakujinhyō o torikuzusou to hisshi ni natta.

Words

陣営 (じんえい)

camp (group of same ideological beliefs); faction (of political party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

両 (りょう)

both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.); ryo (obsolete unit of currency); 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin); 2 tan (measure of fabric size); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles

州 (しゅう)

state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China); continent; dear

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

取り崩す (とりくずす)

to demolish; to take away until nothing remains

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

必死 (ひっし)

frantic; desperate; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...