Midway through this summer, a high-quality poll found that Democrats in California were overwhelmingly(压倒性地) in favor of(支持，赞成) the upcoming ballot measure( ballot measure：公民投票议案) for a one-time(一次性的) 5% tax on billionaire wealth.
今年夏天过半时，一项高质量民调发现，加州民主党人压倒性地支持即将付诸表决的一项措施，即对亿万富翁财富一次性征收5%的税。
The ratio(比率，比例) was more than 4 to 1. But the state’s most powerful Democrats – including the governor Gavin Newsom, his near-certain successor(继任者) Xavier Becerra and the Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass – have lined up with Silicon Valley billionaires who’ve raised upward of(超过，多达) $340m to defeat the initiative(倡议；公民提案).
支持与反对的比例超过4比1。但该州最有权势的民主党人——包括州长加文·纽森、几乎确定将接任他的哈维尔·贝塞拉以及洛杉矶市长卡伦·巴斯——却与硅谷亿万富翁站在一起，后者已筹集高达3.4亿美元来击败该提案。
While Newsom has led the charge against the measure, most Democratic leaders in the deep-blue(深蓝的（民主党铁票区）) state have opted to duck(躲避，回避). California’s senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff have stayed mum on Proposition 40(加州第40号提案：对亿万富翁一次性征收5%财富税). The same is true of the former vice-president Kamala Harris and the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
纽森带头反对该措施，而在这个深蓝州，大多数民主党领导人却选择回避。加州参议员亚历克斯·帕迪利亚和亚当·希夫对第40号提案保持沉默。前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯和前众议院议长南希·佩洛西也是如此。