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第一位「黑馬」總統候選人 The First "Dark Horse" Presidential Candidate
詹姆斯波爾克於1844年參與民主大會、支持在總統大選中領先的范布倫（Van Buren），波爾克原先計畫以副總統候選人的角色參與選戰，但意外地成為總統提名人。
范布倫因為反對納入德州而失去南方各州的支持，因而放棄參選將資格移交給波爾克這位支持德州合併的候選人，安得魯傑克遜運用其影響力對民主黨的候選人提出建議，應該選擇理念符合國家「必然天命」（Manifest Destiny）的人：也就是認同不可避免的西進政策的人（意指國家未來必然會走的方向）。
波爾克贏得政黨的提名，反對的輝格黨以及提名人亨利克雷開始以蔑視的口吻說：「波爾克是什麼人？」波爾克和民主黨此時做出了什麼反應呢？
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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