Welcome back to How We Win(《卫报》评论系列栏目), a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Katie Phang argued that the Epstein files(爱泼斯坦案相关档案) are a midterms sledgehammer(大锤；重锤). Today’s edition was written by Judd Legum, the founder and author of Popular Information(美国独立政治新闻通讯). Sign up for future editions here.
欢迎回到《我们如何取胜》，这是《卫报》评论版的一个系列，邀请顶尖思想者，为美国的政治未来提出大胆构想。上周，凯蒂·潘论证了爱泼斯坦档案是中期选举的一记重锤。本期由《大众信息》的创办人兼撰稿人贾德·莱格姆执笔。点此订阅后续各期。
An unprecedented(前所未有的) influx(涌入；流入) of cash from tech billionaires and corporate interests(企业利益集团) has been injected into the midterms to sway(左右；影响) the election.
科技亿万富翁和企业利益集团以前所未有的规模向中期选举注入资金，试图左右选举结果。
With the fate of US democracy hanging in the balance, millions of Americans have faced a cacophony of provocative – and often inaccurate – messages precisely calibrated to shift their preferences.(美国民主的命运悬而未决，数以百万计的美国人被铺天盖地的煽动性信息包围，这些信息往往并不准确，却被精心调校，只为改变他们的选择。) Right now, it is next to impossible for the average voter to sort through the noise(从喧嚣中理出头绪).
美国民主的命运悬而未决，数以百万计的美国人被铺天盖地的煽动性信息包围，这些信息往往并不准确，却被精心调校，只为改变他们的选择。眼下，普通选民几乎不可能从这片喧嚣中理出头绪。