A covered picnic area in a park on a damp, blustery(狂风大作的) day is hardly an ideal spot for a political rally, so it was difficult to fault the members of the Delaware County Republican Party for their muted(不强烈的；克制的) enthusiasm. At an event in a suburb of Columbus on October 10th some 75 people sat through an hour of speeches by candidates and local police officials. The highlight of the show was Vivek Ramaswamy, a pharmaceutical billionaire and former presidential candidate who is the party’s candidate for governor. He promised to be an even-handed(公正的；不偏不倚的) and independent leader. “You don’t just tell [people] what they want to hear,” he said.
在一个潮湿多风的日子里，公园里一处带顶棚的野餐区实在算不上举办政治集会的理想场所，因此特拉华县共和党成员们热情不高，也怪不得他们。10月10日，在哥伦布市郊的一场活动中，约75人坐着听完了候选人和当地警方官员长达一小时的演讲。整场活动的亮点是维韦克·拉马斯瓦米——一位制药业亿万富翁、前总统候选人，如今是本党的州长候选人。他承诺要做一位公正无私、独立自主的领导人。“你不能只挑人们爱听的话说，”他说。
No more than 15 yards away, it was easy to find views that Mr Ramaswamy’s crowd did not want to hear. In an adjacent(邻近的；毗连的) children’s playground Jared Hessler, a 39-year-old technology worker who was with his young son, explained that he will not be voting for Mr Ramaswamy. Mr Hessler used to vote Republican, but over the past two elections he has pivoted towards the Democrats and is enthusiastic about Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor. “I would say that the main driving force is just being so sick and tired of(对……厌烦透顶) Trump,” he says.
就在不到15码远的地方，很容易就能找到拉马斯瓦米那帮支持者不爱听的观点。在紧邻的儿童游乐场里，39岁的科技工作者贾里德·赫斯勒带着年幼的儿子，解释说他不打算投拉马斯瓦米的票。赫斯勒过去一直投共和党，但最近两次选举中他已转向民主党，并且对民主党州长候选人艾米·阿克顿充满热情。“我想说，最主要的推动力就是实在受够了特朗普，”他说。
That sentiment is a problem for Mr Ramaswamy. Mike DeWine, Ohio’s term-limited(受任期限制的) Republican governor, won 62% of the vote in 2022 and Donald Trump has won the state in three consecutive(连续的；接连的) presidential elections. Now most polls show Dr Acton with a slight lead. Mr Ramaswamy is proving too MAGA for Ohio’s moderates and not MAGA enough for many Republicans.(事实证明，拉马斯瓦米对俄亥俄州的温和派来说太MAGA，对许多共和党人来说又不够MAGA。)
这种情绪对拉马斯瓦米来说是个麻烦。俄亥俄州共和党州长迈克·德万因任期限制无法连任，他在2022年赢得了62%的选票，而特朗普已连续三次在该州赢得总统选举。如今多数民调显示阿克顿博士略微领先。事实证明，拉马斯瓦米对俄亥俄州的温和派来说太MAGA，对许多共和党人来说又不够MAGA。
