In tight races(势均力敌的选战), any group that shifts a few points can be called decisive(决定性的). In 2024, however, gen Z voters actually earned the spotlight(赢得聚光灯).
在势均力敌的选战中，任何能撬动几个百分点的群体都可以被称为决定性力量。而在2024年，Z世代选民确实赢得了聚光灯。
Take Michigan, where Donald Trump won by about 1.4 points: he and Kamala Harris evenly split the youth vote, a 24-point collapse in the Democratic edge since 2020. If young voters made up just 15% of the state’s electorate, their swing toward the president would be worth roughly 3.6 points, larger than Trump’s entire margin of victory.(如果年轻选民只占该州选民的15%，他们转向总统的这一变化就大约值3.6个百分点，超过特朗普的整个胜选差距。)
以密歇根州为例，唐纳德·特朗普以约1.4个百分点的优势获胜：他与卡玛拉·哈里斯在年轻选民中平分秋色，而民主党在这一群体中的优势较2020年骤降了24个百分点。如果年轻选民只占该州选民的15%，他们转向总统的这一变化就大约值3.6个百分点，超过特朗普的整个胜选差距。
Ever since, both parties have scrambled(争先恐后地行动) to court(讨好；争取) the tastemakers(品味引领者) who seem to have gen Z’s ear.
自那以后，两党都争先恐后地讨好那些似乎能左右Z世代听感的品味引领者。