遭受火灾重创的太平洋帕利塞兹已成为洛杉矶市长选举的关键战场——这里不仅有大量未定选民，还具有强烈的象征意义。
洛杉矶——对于饱受火灾摧残的太平洋帕利塞兹选民来说，这并非他们想要的市长选举。
Fire-scarred Pacific Palisades has emerged as a key battleground in the Los Angeles mayoral election — for both its many undecided voters and potent symbolism LOS ANGELES — This isn’t the mayoral race voters in fire-scarred Pacific Palisades wanted.
无论是否公平，该沿海社区的许多人将去年那场造成12人死亡、5800栋房屋被毁的毁灭性野火归咎于现任市长凯伦·巴斯。
Fairly or not, many in the coastal Los Angeles community blame one candidate, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, for last year’s devastating wildfire that killed 12 people and burned down 5,800 homes.
而巴斯的对手尼蒂娅·拉曼所推行的进步主义理念，对于帕利塞兹的许多居民来说是不可接受的，因为该地区的选民绝大多数为白人，且比城市其他地区的选民更年长、更富裕、更保守。
And Bass’ opponent, Nithya Raman, pushes a brand of progressivism that is anathema to many in the Palisades, where voters are overwhelmingly white and trend older, wealthier and more conservative than the rest of the city.
然而，帕利塞兹已成为选举中的关键战场——既因为其众多未定选民，也因其强大的象征意义。
Yet the Palisades has emerged as a key battleground in the election — for both its many undecided voters and potent symbolism.
拉曼竞选团队内部人士称，帕利塞兹遭受的破坏象征着巴斯对城市管理的失职，这有助于她在该地区及更广泛的西区竞争区域和圣费尔南多谷争取选民。
The destruction the Palisades suffered is emblematic, Raman campaign insiders say, of Bass’ mismanagement of the city and fodder for her to sway voters there and more broadly in contested areas of the westside and San Fernando Valley.
此外，当地愤怒的居民也构成了一个试金石，用以检验温和派和保守派选民是否对现状不满到愿意投票给美国民主社会主义党成员拉曼。
And its furious residents present a test case for whether moderate and conservative voters are so dissatisfied with the status quo that they’re willing to cast ballots for Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.