在即将到来的中期选举之前，佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯（I-Vt.）实现了他在两次总统竞选中未能达成的目标。这位自称的民主社会主义者通过他所激励、指导、资助或招募的一批新生代冲击者，成功重塑了民主党，并可能改变其发展轨迹。
Before the upcoming midterm elections, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I- Vt., has pulled off what he couldn’t in his two presidential campaigns. The self-described democratic socialist has managed to reshape the Democratic Party, and potentially its trajectory, with a new generation of upstart candidates he has inspired, mentored, funded or recruited.
与过去几年不同，当时桑德斯在背书方面相对滞后，以确保他支持的是具备竞争力的候选人，而这一次他提前介入，而且力度很大——他在全国范围内为华盛顿及各地的职位背书超过70人，其中包括众议院和参议院席位，以及州保险专员的竞选。根据桑德斯团队的数据，他背书的候选人中有75%赢得了初选。
Unlike in past years, when Sanders was relatively late in making endorsements to ensure he was backing viable candidates, he jumped in early this cycle — and he jumped in big, with more than 70 endorsements for positions in Washington and across the country, including House and Senate seats and state insurance commissioner races. Seventy-five percent of his endorsed candidates won their primaries, according to Sanders’ team.
观看《长期博弈：伯尼·桑德斯效应》——MS NOW周六晚上8点（东部时间）播出的两小时特别节目。
Watch “Long Game: The Bernie Sanders Effect,” a two-hour special on MS NOW Saturday at 8 p.m. ET
获得桑德斯背书并获胜的一些候选人是相对的新人，他们并非民主党建制派通常所支持的那类人选——后者一直担心疏远中间派或倾向右翼的选民。《华尔街日报》和《Axios》曾指出，桑德斯如今已成为一位“王牌制造者”。中期选举将有助于检验这一说法的真实程度。
Some who won the Sanders tap of approval are relative newcomers and are not the kind of candidates typically championed by a Democratic party establishment constantly worried about alienating centrist or right-leaning voters. The Wall Street Journal and Axios have suggested that Sanders has become a “kingmaker.”The midterms will help determine how true that is.
我为此次周末在MS NOW播出的特别节目《长期博弈：伯尼·桑德斯效应》对桑德斯参议员进行了深度访谈。这档两小时的特别节目将在周六晚上8点播出，节目审视了桑德斯人生和政治生涯中不寻常的发展轨迹，包括他在布鲁克林的童年生活——当时家庭经济紧张，父母早逝；他作为一名初出茅庐的社会主义候选人，挑战伯灵顿（佛蒙特州）长期存在的政治机器，竞选市长；他两次总统竞选期间，曾吸引过一些规模最大、声音最响亮且最忠诚的支持者；以及他在未能赢得提名后，致力于打造一个广泛影响力的进步运动。
I conducted an extended interview with the senator for a special airing this weekend on MS NOW, called “Long Game: The Bernie Sanders Effect.”The two-hour special, which airs Saturday at 8 p.m., examines the improbable arc of Sanders’ life and political career, including his childhood in Brooklyn, where money was tight and his parents died young; his challenge to the longtime political machine in Burlington, Vermont, as an upstart socialist candidate for mayor; his two presidential campaigns, during which he drew some of the largest, loudest and most loyal crowds; and his effort to create a far-reaching progressive movement after he failed to win the nomination.
我们的团队还采访了纽约市长扎赫兰·曼达尼和纽约州众议员亚历山德拉·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯，他们都曾受桑德斯的密切指导，并认同他的观点，即民主党并不总是为美国工人阶级和贫困美国人的利益服务。
Our team also interviewed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York , both of whom were closely mentored by Sanders and share his belief that the Democratic Party has not always served the interests of working-class and poor Americans.
“民主党在经济问题上辜负了工人阶级，”桑德斯在我与他的面谈中告诉我。“我认为他们在争取民权、妇女权利、同性恋权利和环境问题方面有很多值得骄傲的地方。但在工人阶级问题上，不。我认为他们没有做得好。因此，外面许多工人说，‘好吧，你知道，我们投票支持你。我们的父亲也投票支持你。去你的。’”2026年10月8日 / 08:22桑德斯致力于争取让民主党夺回众议院和参议院的控制权，以制衡唐纳德·特朗普总统的权力。
“The Democratic Party failed working-class people on economic issues,” Sanders told me in our sit-down. “I think they have a lot to be proud of in terms of fighting for civil rights, for women’s rights, for gay rights, for environmental stuff. But in terms of working-class issues, no. I don’t think they’ve done a good job. So a lot of workers out there say, ‘Well, you know, we voted for you. Our fathers voted for you. To hell with you.’”October 8, 2026 / 08:22 Sanders is committed to trying to seize control of the House and the Senate for Democrats to provide a check on President Donald Trump’s power.
但随着一批新兴候选人的崛起——在某些情况下，他们自称是党内的“ insurgents ”——桑德斯和他们同时也在挑战民主党本身及其顾问团队、企业捐助者和传统派党内把门人。
But with a string of upstart candidates, who in some cases call themselves party “insurgents,” he and they are simultaneously challenging the Democratic Party itself and its cadre of consultants, corporate donors and traditionalist party gatekeepers.
“我们需要理解和弄清楚的是，如何将正在接管选举站的起义性工人阶级青年运动团结起来，”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯告诉我。“能量和势头正在于一次世代更迭的崛起。”
“What we need to understand and figure out is how we bring together the insurgent working-class youth movement that is taking over the polls,” Ocasio-Cortez told me. “The energy and the momentum is with an ascendant generational shift.”
党内这种所谓的起义——推动进步议程、拒绝企业资金、批评以色列、决心把民主党拉向左翼——已经在党内引发了一些真正的心病。
That so-called insurgency within the party that pushes a progressive agenda, rejects corporate funding, criticizes Israel and is determined to pull Democrats to the left has created some real heartburn inside the party.
赛义德和AOC已经在超越2026年的层面进行思考，通过试点全国性左翼平台。www.semafor.com/article/10/1…—Semafor (@semafor.com) 2026-10-16T19:03:17.696Z“如果这些候选人成功，那么他是造王者，他的支持将在2028年及以后备受追捧，”我们的MS NOW同事Steve Benen说，他是一位政治历史学家和作家，长期关注桑德斯的职业生涯，作为一名资深佛蒙特州居民。“如果这些候选人未达标，那就是完全不同的故事。伯尼·桑德斯开始在民主党领导人中被视为反派。”
El-Sayed and AOC are already thinking beyond 2026 bt test driving a national platform for the left. www.semafor.com/article/10/1…—Semafor (@semafor.com) 2026-10-16T19:03:17.696Z “If those candidates succeed, then he is a kingmaker and his support will be sought after in 2028 and beyond,” said our MS NOW colleague Steve Benen, a political historian and writer who has followed Sanders’ career as a longtime Vermonter. “If those candidates fall short, it’s a very different story. Bernie Sanders starts to be seen as a villain among Democratic leaders.”
在某种程度上，这种情况已经开始出现。前奥巴马白宫幕僚长、芝加哥市长、可能的2028年总统竞选者拉姆·伊曼纽尔在《华尔街日报》7月刊登了一篇尖锐专栏，标题为：“‘伯尼兄弟’可能毁掉民主党的中期选举。”伊曼纽尔认为，共和党将迫使全国的每一名民主党人为美国民主社会主义者的最激进立场买单，例如废除监狱、削减警察和国防部的预算 — — 尽管桑德斯背书的许多候选人既不是社会主义者也不是DSA成员。
To some degree that has already started. Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama White House chief of staff, mayor of Chicago and likely 2028 presidential contender, wrote a scathing column in The Wall Street Journal in July with the headline, “The ‘Bernie Bros’ Could Spoil Democrats’ Midterms.”Emanuel argued that Republicans would make every Democrat in the country answer for the most radical positions of the Democratic Socialists of America, such as abolishing prisons and defunding the police and the Department of Defense — even though many of candidates Sanders has endorsed are neither socialists nor DSA members.
例如，来自密歇根州参议院选举的民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛耶德拒绝社会主义标签，而是自称为“进步资本主义者”，并且欣然接受了桑德斯的背书，也接受了来自自豪的DSA成员奥卡西奥-科尔特斯的100万美元捐款。来自佛罗里达州参议院选举的安吉·尼克松在6月加入了DSA，接受了其筹款和组织支持，但她表示自己不是社会主义者。
For example, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat running for the Senate from Michigan, rejects the socialist label and instead calls himself a “progressive capitalist,” and has gladly accepted Sanders’ endorsement as well as a $1 million donation from proud DSA member, Ocasio-Cortez. Angie Nixon, who’s running for the Senate from Florida, joined the DSA in June and has accepted its fundraising and organizational support but has said she is not a socialist.
其他得到桑德斯支持的候选人 — — 明尼苏达州参议院候选人佩吉·弗拉纳根、缅因州参议院候选人特罗伊·杰克逊和威斯康星州参议院候选人丽贝卡·库克 — — 都不是社会主义者，也从未是。
Other Sanders-backed contenders — Senate candidates Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, Troy Jackson in Maine and Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin — are not socialists and never have been.
来自密歇根州参议院选举的民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛耶德拒绝社会主义标签，而是自称为“进步资本主义者”，并且欣然接受了桑德斯的背书，也接受了来自自豪的DSA成员奥卡西奥-科尔特斯的100万美元捐款。
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat running for the Senate from Michigan, rejects the socialist label and instead calls himself a “progressive capitalist,” and has gladly accepted Sanders’ endorsement as well as a $1 million donation from proud DSA member, Ocasio-Cortez.
然而，共和党人利用社会主义标签以及DSA平台更极端的方面，暗示民主党对主流美国来说过于激进。但正如贝南所解释的，社会主义标签不再像以前那样带有污名或包袱，尤其是在年轻选民中。
Nonetheless, Republicans have used the socialist label and the more extreme aspect of the DSA platform to suggest Democrats are too radical for mainstream America. But as Benen explained, the socialist label doesn’t carry the taint or the baggage it once did, especially among young voters.
“很长一段时间里，你一听到‘社会主义’这个词，就会想到菲德尔·卡斯特罗，想到苏联。你会想到这些恐怖场景，人们，我认为，对这个想法本能地持反对态度，”贝南说。“我认为现在有民调显示，社会主义本身不再是人们如此害怕的那个噩梦词。事实上，它正在增长。我们看到它的受欢迎程度在提高，尤其是在年轻选民中。”
“For the longest time, you hear the word socialism, and you think Fidel Castro, you think of Soviet Union. You think these horror shows, and people were, I think were reflexively opposed to the very idea,” Benen said. “I think that now there are polls that show socialism itself is no longer this nightmare word that people are so afraid of. And, in fact, it’s growing. We were seeing it have increasing popularity, especially among younger voters.”
他说，共和党人把“社会主义”当作“吓退选民的邪恶词汇”并不起作用，因为社会主义作为一个概念正变得越来越受欢迎。2026年8月4日 / 09:27这一见解在某些地方的适用性比在其他地方更强。几位得到伯尼支持的候选人更看重他的资金、他的竞选基础设施以及他能为集会带来的庞大人群，而非桑德斯的民主社会主义标签或意识形态。
He said Republicans using “socialism” as “this evil word to scare voters away isn’t working because socialism as a concept is becoming more popular.”August 4, 2026 / 09:27 That insight applies to some places more than it does in others. Several of the Bernie- backed candidates embrace his money, his campaign infrastructure and the huge crowds he can bring to rallies more than Sanders’ democratic socialist label or ideology.
无论他们自称什么，桑德斯背书的所有候选人都在宣扬他进步议程的基本原则：解决经济不平等、为所有人提供医疗、对抗企业贪婪以及拒绝一个奖励富人而牺牲工人阶级的政治体制。桑德斯认为这些信息在各地选民中都有共鸣，而不仅仅是在倾向民主党的选区，他和经常同行的奥卡西奥-科尔特斯正通过将他们的“反寡头巡回演讲”和庞大的竞选战争基金带到共和党的堡垒地区来检验这一理论，以争取那些主流民主党人担心流失的选民。
Whatever they call themselves, all of the candidates Sanders has endorsed tout the basic tenets of his progressive agenda: addressing economic inequality, providing healthcare for all, fighting corporate greed and rejecting a political system that rewards the rich while shortchanging the working class. Sanders argues that those messages resonate with voters everywhere, not just in blue-leaning districts, and he and Ocasio-Cortez, his frequent road companion, are testing that theory by taking their Fighting Oligarchy Tour and their prodigious campaign war chest to GOP strongholds to court the very voters establishment Democrats worry about alienating.
我认为我们正在对一个重要的论点进行检验。但该做的也是时候了，因为我们一次又一次地尝试了这套老套的策略。众议员亚历山德拉·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯“我无法告诉您我听到类似话语或被暗示的次数有多少，比如穆斯林男性无法在密歇根州获胜。或者像安吉·尼克松这样的候选人无法在佛罗里达州获胜，”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯说。
I think we are putting a major thesis to the test. But it’s about time that we do that because we have tried this old playbook over and over and over again. REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard things like, or heard things insinuated, like a Muslim man can’t win in Michigan. Or that a candidate like Angie Nixon can’t win in Florida,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
当我问她这种策略在大选中是否有效时，她说：“我认为我们正在对一个重要的论点进行检验。但该做的也是时候了，因为我们一次又一次地尝试了这套老套的策略。”
When I asked her if that strategy would work in a general election, she said, “I think we are putting a major thesis to the test. But it’s about time that we do that because we have tried this old playbook over and over and over again.”
就桑德斯而言，他制定了一套新的策略，其中背书伴随着包括资金、识别和激励选民的系统、广泛而有效的得票网络，以及始于2025年初的“反击寡头”巡演在内的基础设施。该巡演在类似节日的氛围中吸引了大量人群，能够激发热情并鼓励选民登记。
For his part, Sanders has created a new playbook in which endorsements come with an infrastructure that includes money, a system for identifying and motivating voters, an expansive and effective get-out-the-vote network, and the “Fighting Oligarchy” road show that began in early 2025. The tour draws massive crowds in a festival-like atmosphere that can generate enthusiasm and encourage voter registration.
应该指出的是，桑德斯可能会让摇摆州或选区的民主党人陷入困境。正在与共和党人肯·帕克斯顿竞争美国参议员席位的詹姆斯·塔拉里科表示，他将跳过下周“反击寡头”在德克萨斯州的三城巡演，因为该竞争正变得激烈。
It should be said that Sanders can complicate things for Democrats in swing states or districts. James Talarico, who is running for U.S. Senate against Republican Ken Paxton, said he will skip the Fighting Oligarchy’s three-city swing through Texas next week as that race tightens.
凭借一系列初选胜利，现在的考验是：得到桑德斯支持的左翼进步派候选人——他们凭借志同道合选民的热情支持获胜——是否能够吸引意识形态较不鲜明的民主党人、中间派独立人士，甚至是对特朗普感到厌倦的共和党选民。
With a string of primary wins, the test now is whether Sanders-backed candidates on the far-left, progressive flank, who won with enthusiastic support from like-minded voters, can appeal to less ideological Democrats, centrist independents and even GOP voters who have grown weary of Trump.
桑德斯一直坚持这场运动不是关于他个人的。但考虑到他投入的时间和精力之多，以及他背书的众多候选人，在11月3日的许多州，情况将会如此。
Sanders has always insisted the movement is not about him. But given the amount of time and energy he has invested and all the candidates he has endorsed, in many states on Nov. 3, it will be.
米歇尔·诺里斯将在周六东部时间下午6点的独家问答环节中回答成员们关于她与伯尼·桑德斯采访的问题。立即成为会员，参与现场互动。
Michele Norris will be answering Members’ questions about her interview with Bernie Sanders during an exclusive Q&A on Saturday at 6 p.m.
标题：伯尼·桑德斯虽已退出民主党，但他正在按照自己的理念重塑该党。
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