Ordinarily, democracies seek public support for the policies they pursue and have various ways of mobilising that support, of which elections are the most important.

一般情况下，--将会为他们追寻的政策寻找公众的支持，也会用各种方法来--支持，所以--是最重要的。

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In the intervening months, OSTP reached out to agencies in various ways in order to help them with the development of their policies.

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