Whichever metaphor one prefers(无论偏爱哪种比喻) – landslide(压倒性胜利), earthquake, wave – it seems increasingly like the Democrats can expect a significant victory in the midterms(中期选举).
无论你偏爱哪种比喻——压倒性胜利、政治地震还是蓝色浪潮——看起来都越来越像是：民主党有望在中期选举中取得重大胜利。
As the joke goes(就像那个玩笑说的), every gas station display(展示、显示屏) of prices has become an ad for Democrats; what’s more(更有甚者、而且), some of them have managed to connect the relatively abstract(抽象的) issue of corruption to the daily misery(苦难、痛苦) of many Americans.
就像那个玩笑说的，如今每个加油站的油价牌都成了民主党的广告；更有甚者，一些民主党人还成功地把相对抽象的腐败议题，与许多美国人日常的苦日子联系了起来。
But, in the end, no election outcome ever interpret(解读、解释)s itself; Democrats should not rest content with the conclusion that only what moderate leaders (and consultants) like to call kitchen table issues really mattered.(民主党不应满足于“只有民生议题才重要”这一结论。)
但归根结底，选举结果从来不会自己给出解释；民主党不应满足于这样一个结论：只有温和派领导人（及其顾问）喜欢称作“厨房餐桌议题”的东西才真正重要。