For example, many people both inside and outside the United States had become cynical about the American political system, arguing that it was dominated by money and closed to outsiders. The election of Barack Hussein Obama in 2008 did a great deal to restore the soft power of American democracy.
例如，美国内外的许多人都开始对美国式的政治制度颇有微词。他们认为这是种被金钱左右并对局外人关闭大门的制度。阿巴马在2008年的当选在很大程度上恢复了美国的软实力。