Incumbent officeholders are difficult to defeat at the polls.
现任官员很难在选举中被击败。
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The two principal officeholders wield enormous power.
这两个主要官员掌握着巨大的权力。
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Yet whenever any effort is made to cut down the number of unnecessary officeholders the cry is certain to be raised that this action is "deflationary."