Thus, for an American to say that he or she is a member of the Democratic or Republican party, is quite different from a Briton's stating that he or she is a member of the Conservative or Labour party.
所以如一個美國人說自己是民主黨或共和黨，這其中的意義和一個英國人說自己屬於工黨或保守黨等剛性政黨是有很大不同的。