That created a winner-takes-all electoral system, whereby the spoils of electoral victory were so great, and the stakes of winning so high, that the political process became hopelessly polarized, leading to a paralysis even of ordinary governance.
选举获胜的好处如此之多，输赢的关系如此之大，政治进程已经变得毫无希望地两极分化，甚至导致日常治理工作瘫痪。