Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a town hall meeting. Hillary Rodham Clinton wants YouTube viewers to pick her campaign theme song. In a clear appeal to young voters, a YouTube video asks viewers to vote for Clinton's presidential campaign theme song on her Web site. The contest started May 16 and the number of songs was narrowed to 10 on Thursday - five initially suggested by the campaign and five write-in candidates. They range from U2's "Beautiful Day" to Smash Mouth's version of "I'm a Believer" to Celine Dion's "You and I." "I want to know what you're thinking on one of the most important questions of this campaign," Clinton said in a mock-serious tone during the initial video. "It's something we've been struggling with, debating, agonizing over for months. So now I'm turning to you, the American people." According to the view counter on YouTube, the video had more than 500,000 views; a more recent post was seen by more than 40,000. Her campaign said it received more than 130,000 votes in the first round. It promises to release the final result "in the coming days." Robert Thompson, professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University, said the request for help selecting a theme song is not unusual for Clinton, who preceded her 2000 run for the Senate with a "listening tour." This is just taking that concept and putting it online, he added. But Kathleen Hall Jamieson, who directs the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, said any way candidates can engage potential voters, especially young people, at this stage is good. "If they don't know who you are, they're not going to go out and vote for you," she said. The five suggested songs that got the most votes: _"Suddenly I See," KT Tunstall _"Rock This Country!" Shania Twain _"Beautiful Day," U2 _"Get Ready," The Temptations _"I'm a Believer," Smash Mouth  The top write-in suggestions are: _"Are You Gonna Go My Way," Lenny Kravitz _"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," McFadden & Whitehead _"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," The Police _"You and I," Celine Dion _"The Best," Tina Turner (AP)

希拉里·羅德漢姆·克林頓想讓YouTube的用戶們幫她挑選一首競選主題曲。 近日，YouTube網站上出現了一個邀請網友去希拉里網站上為其總統競選主題曲投票的視頻，這顯然是對年輕人的一種號召。主題曲評選比賽從5月16日開始，截止上周四，候選歌曲數已壓縮至10首，其中包括五首競選陣營推薦的歌曲和五首網友推薦的歌曲。 U2樂隊的《美好的一天》、斯瑪什·茅斯版的《我是一個信徒》以及席琳·迪翁的《你和我》均在候選歌曲之列。 希拉里在最初那個視頻中以一種故作嚴肅的口氣說：“我想知道你們大家對本次競選最重要的一個問題——競選主題曲怎么看。這幾個月來，我們一直在為這個問題努力、爭論、掙扎。所以現在我要向大家求助，向美國人民求助。” 據YouTube網站的點擊量統計顯示，這個視頻的瀏覽量超過50萬，另一個最近貼出的視頻的瀏覽量也已達到4萬多。希拉里的競選陣營稱，在第一輪評選中，他們共收到13萬多張投票。而最終結果將“在幾天后”揭曉。 錫拉庫扎大學電視及流行文化教授羅伯特·湯普森說，讓大家幫著選主題曲已經算不上希拉里的“新招”了，希拉里曾在2000年競選議員時就開始了她的“聆聽之旅”。現在只不過是將這一理念搬到網上來而已。 但賓夕法尼亞大學安尼伯格公共政策中心的主任凱思琳·霍爾·杰米森則認為，候選人在這一階段爭取潛在投票者--尤其是年輕人--的任何做法都是可取的。 她說：“如果他們都不知道你是誰，他們就不可能出來為你投票。” 五首得票最多的競選陣營推薦歌曲如下： 《忽然看見》KT Tunstall 《讓這個國家動起來！》Shania Twain 《美好的一天》U2 《準備好了》The Temptations 《我是一個信徒》Smash Mouth 五首網友推薦歌曲如下： 《你要走我的路嗎？》Lenny Kravitz 《Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now》McFadden 和 Whitehead 《她做的每件小事都充滿了魔力》The Police 《你和我》席琳·迪翁 《最好的事》蒂娜·特納 （英語點津姍姍編輯）