帕塔斯卡拉，俄亥俄州——在中期竞选的最后几周，政治标志正在这座人口18,500的城市各处草坪上冒出。最常见的标志既不支持任何候选人也不支持任何政党。其内容为：投票赞成禁止数据中心。
PATASKALA, Ohio—In the midterm campaign’s final weeks, political signs are sprouting on front lawns across this city of 18,500. The most common one supports neither a candidate nor a party. It reads: VOTE YES TO BAN DATA CENTERS.
尽管全国范围内对数据中心的反对已广为人知，但俄亥俄州和密歇根州的摇摆地区可能成为围绕中期选举旋转的一个问题的试金石：选民是否会因数据中心问题而惩罚政治家？
While pushback against data centers is well-known nationwide, battlegrounds across Ohio and Michigan might become a test case for a question swirling around the midterms: Will voters punish politicians over them?