For decades, Mattie Wall mainly voted for Labour, one of New Zealand’s two major political parties. A former diplomat and project manager, the South Island-based retiree felt that the party with working class origins aligned with what was important to her: a thriving country, and the environment.(这位前外交官和项目经理、现居南岛的退休者认为，这个有工人阶级渊源的政党与她看重的东西一致：繁荣的国家和环境。)
几十年来，马蒂·沃尔主要投票给工党——新西兰两大主要政党之一。这位曾担任外交官和项目经理、现居南岛的退休人士认为，这个有着工人阶级渊源的政党与她所看重的东西一致：一个繁荣的国家和环境。
This year she is among the New Zealanders who are peeling away from the Labour and National parties – which swing in and out of power every few terms – to vote for an untested party that has never held a parliamentary seat.(今年，她属于那些正在脱离工党和国家党的新西兰人——这两个党每隔几届就轮流执政——他们转而投票给一个从未占据议会席位的未经考验的政党。)
今年，她加入了那些正脱离工党和国家党的新西兰人行列——这两个政党每隔几届就轮流执政——转而投票给一个从未赢得议会席位、未经考验的政党。
“In the past, I didn’t feel the frustration I do now with politics,” said Wall, 76. “I’m so hacked off(非常恼火) with both parties, with all parties really. We’ve got Trump 2.0, AI’s sudden [surge(激增)], increasing climate change impact – what are we waiting for, revolution or societal collapse? Clinging to the old ways ain’t gonna cut it.(固守老一套是行不通的。)”
“过去，我对政治没有现在这样的挫败感，”76岁的沃尔说。“我对两个党都烦透了，实际上对所有党都烦透了。我们面对特朗普2.0、人工智能的突然爆发、日益加剧的气候变化影响——我们还在等什么，革命还是社会崩溃？固守老一套是行不通的。”
‘Somewhere in the middle’
“介于两者之间”