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第一位「黑马」总统候选人 The First "Dark Horse" Presidential Candidate
詹姆斯波尔克于1844年参与民主大会、支持在总统大选中领先的范布伦（Van Buren），波尔克原先计画以副总统候选人的角色参与选战，但意外地成为总统提名人。
范布伦因为反对纳入德州而失去南方各州的支持，因而放弃参选将资格移交给波尔克这位支持德州合并的候选人，安得鲁杰克逊运用其影响力对民主党的候选人提出建议，应该选择理念符合国家「必然天命」（Manifest Destiny）的人：也就是认同不可避免的西进政策的人（意指国家未来必然会走的方向）。
波尔克赢得政党的提名，反对的辉格党以及提名人亨利克雷开始以蔑视的口吻说：「波尔克是什么人？」波尔克和民主党此时做出了什么反应呢？
James Polk went to the 1844 Democratic Convention supporting the presidential front-runner Van Buren. Polk wanted to be the vice president but became the presidential nominee by accident.
Van Buren lost Southern support because he opposed the annexation of Texas, so he gave up his delegates (who vote at the convention for their choice of nominee) to Polk, who supported it. Andrew Jackson used his influence to suggest that a Democratic nominee be chosen who reflected the nation's "manifest destiny": its inevitable westward expansion. (When something is "inevitable," is means it can't be avoided or prevented.)
Polk won the nomination. The opposition Whigs and their nominee, Henry Clay, began to ask scornfully, "Who is Polk?" How did Polk and the Democrats respond?
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