对于该提案的支持者而言，桑德斯代表着扭转局势、重振这场在民调中落后且资金远逊于反对派的竞选活动的机会。
For the measure’s supporters, Sanders represents a chance to revive a campaign losing ground to its opponents.
旧金山——伯尼·桑德斯称，针对加州亿万富翁的拟议税收是美国最重要的投票措施。
SAN FRANCISCO — Bernie Sanders calls the proposed tax on California billionaires the most important ballot measure in America.
如今，随着该倡议在民调中下滑，且反对派投入的资金远超支持方，这位佛蒙特州参议员正试图为其注入新的活力。
Now, with the initiative sliding in polls and vastly outspent by the opposition, the Vermont senator is trying to give it new life.
“整个国家，坦率地说，全世界的人们都在关注这里正在发生的事情，”他在周六对狂热的观众说道。“人们都在问：‘这可能吗？’而你们将做到这一点，并向世界证明这是可能的！”该倡议是由一个医疗工会发起的，旨在通过对加州亿万富翁征收一次性5%的税收来抵消联邦削减的开支。这一举措不仅打乱了这一民主党重镇的政治格局，其影响还远远超出了该州范围。
“The whole country, and frankly people from around the world, are paying attention to what is happening here,” he told a rapturous crowd on Saturday. “People are asking: ‘Is it possible?’ And you are going to do it and show the world it is possible!”The initiative, a health care union’s bid to offset federal cuts with a one-time, 5% tax on California billionaires, has scrambled the politics of this Democratic stronghold while reverberating far beyond the state.