More recently came Medicare and civil rights, civil liberties, nuclear arms treaties, consumer and environmental triumphs -- all sparked by citizen advocates and small third parties who never won a national election.

最近出现了医疗保险和公民权利、 公民自由、 核武器条约、消费者和环境方面的胜利— — 所有这些都是由从未赢得全国选举的公民倡导者和小第三方引发的。