Japanese

両者とも勝てない競争する者同士の争い（通常長期の）
― 彼の優れた選挙運動術がプラスになるだろうという望みは、選挙運動が塹壕戦になっていたという認識の中で消滅した

English

a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win
― the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare

SUMO: ⊂ Contest

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