
Donald Trump’s policies have been a disaster for the nation’s farmers, so much so that a near electoral miracle may soon happen: Kansas, one of the deepest red, most rural states, may elect its first Democratic senator in nearly a century.(特朗普的政策对美国农民是一场灾难,以至于一场近乎选举奇迹的事可能即将发生:堪萨斯这个最深的红州之一、最乡村化的州之一,可能选出近一个世纪以来首位民主党参议员。)
唐纳德·特朗普的政策对美国农民来说是一场灾难,以至于一场近乎选举奇迹的事情可能即将发生:堪萨斯州——最深的红州之一、最乡村化的州之一——可能会选出近一个世纪以来的第一位民主党参议员。
Since Trump won farm country handily in 2024, many rural voters in Kansas, Iowa and elsewhere have soured on him because the price of diesel fuel, a key input for farming, has soared by nearly 70%, because farm bankruptcies have surged and because Trump’s trade wars have significantly reduced agricultural exports.(自特朗普2024年轻松拿下农业地区以来,堪萨斯、爱荷华等地的许多乡村选民对他日益不满,因为柴油价格飙升近70%、农场破产激增、贸易战大幅削减了农产品出口。)
自特朗普在2024年轻松拿下农业地区以来,堪萨斯、爱荷华等地的许多乡村选民对他日益不满,原因有三:柴油——农业的关键投入品——价格飙升近70%;农场破产数量激增;特朗普的贸易战大幅削减了农产品出口。
Rural voters are so upset with Trump that polls show that Republican Senate candidates stand a good chance of losing in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas, even though Trump won those rural states by 13 percentage points or more in 2024.(乡村选民对特朗普如此不满,以至于民调显示共和党参议员候选人在堪萨斯、爱荷华、内布拉斯加和得州都可能落败,尽管特朗普2024年在这些州以13个百分点以上的优势获胜。) No wonder Trump is hopscotching(来回穿梭) madly across Kansas, Iowa, and other states in the midterm(中期选举) campaign’s final weeks.
乡村选民对特朗普如此不满,以至于民调显示共和党参议员候选人在堪萨斯、爱荷华、内布拉斯加和得克萨斯都有可能落败,尽管特朗普2024年在这些乡村州以13个百分点以上的优势获胜。难怪特朗普在中期选举最后几周疯狂地穿梭于堪萨斯、爱荷华等州之间。