《The Bulwark》网站的莎拉·朗韦尔最近组织了一场焦点小组讨论，参与者均为2024年曾投票给唐纳德·特朗普的选民，讨论过程出现了出人意料的转折。在观看了特朗普利用纳税人资金制作的恶劣宣传片后，这些选民感到极度反感。片中特朗普怒斥所谓的“全球主义者”“马克思主义者”以及“假新闻媒体”。他们称特朗普“卑劣不堪”“贪恋权力”，还是个只会说“满口谎言”的自恋狂。
Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark recently held a focus group with people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 that took an extraordinary turn. After being shown Trump’s vile taxpayer-funded ad, in which he rages about expelling “globalists” and “Marxists” and the “fake news media,” they were revolted. They called Trump “despicable” and “power hungry” and a “narcissist” who spews “nothing but lies.”We think this suggests Trump may be alienating right-leaning voters not just over costs, but with his totalitarian-dictator rule as well.
我们认为，这一情况表明特朗普不仅因政策成本问题疏远了右翼选民，其独裁统治倾向同样招致了他们的反感。为此我们采访了政治理论家保罗·克里德，探讨此次焦点小组所揭示的种种可能性。我们讨论了克里德新发表的文章——文中主张组建一个广泛的反腐败、反独裁政治联盟；分析了共和党人对保守地区选情可能失利产生的恐慌情绪；探讨了特朗普的独裁狂热是否正导致这些地区的选民也转而反对他；最后还研究了民主党人如何针对当前局势构建新的政治策略。
So we talked to political theorist Paul Crider about the possibilities this focus group raises. We discuss his new piece arguing for the creation of a broad anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian coalition, dissect new GOP panic about losses in deep red areas, ask whether Trump’s dictator-megalomania is turning even those places against Trump, and examine how Democrats are creating a new politics in response to it all. PODCAST As Trump voters wreck him in a new focus group, a political theorist explains why a broader-than-usual coalition against corruption and authoritarianism now appears plausible.
这期播客讲述了在最新焦点小组中特朗普的支持者纷纷背离他的现象，政治理论家则就此阐释了为何如今组建一个规模空前的反腐败、反独裁联盟具备现实可行性。
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