马修·麦康纳正在分享一则针对中期选举前的信息，表示投票给独立候选人可能会让立法者“回到中间，那里才是大多数美国价值观所在”。他在周日在X上发布的一段视频中，这位《星际穿越》明星说：“这是关于即将到来的选票，而我今天来这里不是为了背书某个候选人或某个政党。我来这里是为了背书两件事：公平和现实。”
Matthew McConaughey is sharing a pre-midterm elections message, saying that voting for independent candidates could bring lawmakers "back to the middle, where most American values live." In a video posted on X on Sunday, the "Interstellar" star said, "This is about the upcoming ballot, and I am not here today to endorse a candidate or a party. I am here endorsing two things: fairness and reality."
“我相信公平的较量，而公平的较量不仅仅是两个拳手在50年里互相出同样的拳。公平的较量是指那些本应在较量中被代表的拳手实际上真的参与其中了，”麦康纳说。“美国今天的第一政治身份不是共和党人。也不是民主党人。而是独立人士，”麦康纳说。2025年盖洛普民调发现，45%的美国成年人自认是独立人士，而自认是民主党人或共和党人的受访者各占27%。
"I believe in a fair fight, and a fair fight is not just two fighters throwing the same punches at each other for 50 years. A fair fight is when the fighters who ought to be represented in the fight are actually in the fight," McConaughey said. "The number one political identity in America today is not Republican. It is not Democrat. It is independent," McConaughey said. A 2025 Gallup poll found that 45 percent of U.S. adults identified as independents, compared to 27 percent each of respondents identifying as Democrats or Republicans.
“所以独立人士应该参与这场较量——不是作为抗议，也不是作为破坏者——而是作为真正且有潜力的赢家，出现在选票上，并被我们认真对待，”麦康纳说。“我们的出生证明不是《妥协宣言》——它是《独立宣言》。而一个真正的独立人士不是墙头草，也不是先生或女士‘介于两者之间’，”多年来自己也曾尝试参选政治职务的麦康纳对他的超过280万X粉丝说道。
"So independents belong in the fight — not as a protest, not as a spoiler — but as a real and potential winner, on the ballot and considered seriously by us," McConaughey said. "Our birth certificate is not the Declaration of Compromise — it is the Declaration of Independence. And a true independent is not a fence sitter, Mr. or Mrs. In-Between," McConaughey, who's flirted with a political bid himself over the years, told his more than 2.8 X followers.
“一个真正的独立人士甚至不是反对R党或D党的。一个真正的独立人士会兼顾两者的优点，而这不是犹豫不决。”他大力推崇前参议员乔·曼钦（I-西弗吉尼亚州）的组织——独立领导委员会，该组织由这位前立法者今年早些时候成立，旨在招募和选举独立候选人。麦康纳说：“乔·曼钦懂得其中的数学——他在50比50的参议院里亲身经历过。一位独立思考者成为了决定性的一票，并独自承担了所有压力。”
"A true independent is not even against the R's or the D's. A true independent takes the best of both, and that's not indecision," he said. Touting former Sen. Joe Manchin's (I-W.Va.) organization, the Independent Leadership Council, which the ex-lawmaker launched earlier this year aimed at recruiting and electing independent candidates, McCounaghey said, "Joe Manchin knows the math — lived it in a 50-50 Senate. One independent mind became the deciding vote and took all the fire for it alone."
“现在想象一下，这种力量如果由三四人共同掌握，且不属于任何政党，会是什么样子，”他说。
"Now imagine that same power held by three or four together, owned by no party at all," he said.
这位56岁的表演者表示，政治体制“从未如此失衡”。“2024年，美国众议院87%的席位实际上仅由7%的合格选民在党内初选中决定，”麦康纳说。“对大多数美国人而言，真正的选举在他们11月甚至还未到场之前就已经结束了。这不是竞争 — — 更像是一次内部对抗赛，一支队伍在与自己较量，为其他所有人决定整个赛季。”
The political system, according to the 56-year-old performer, "has never been more lopsided." "In 2024, 87 percent of U.S. House seats were effectively decided in party primaries by just 7 percent of eligible voters," McConaughey said. "For most Americans, the real election is over before they ever even show up in November. And that's not competition — that's more like a scrimmage, one team playing against itself, deciding the season for everybody else."
“如果目标是改变两党的行为方式。如果目标是把他们拉回中间地带 — — 那里才是大多数美国价值观所在 — — 那么选举独立人士就是实现这一目标的一种机制，”麦康纳说。“事实是，中期选举即将到来，而今年11月，在比以往更多的地方，你确实拥有超过两个选择，”这位奥斯卡获奖者说。“我不是在告诉你该投谁的票。我在告诉你要看看你的选票，认真研究一下。看看他们是否代表你，代表你所相信的东西，”他说。
"Understand if the goal is to change how both parties behave. If the goal is to bring them back to the middle, where most American values live, then electing independents is a mechanism to make that happen," McConaughey said. "The reality is, midterms are coming, and this November, in more places than ever, you do have more than two choices," the Academy Award winner said. "I'm not telling you who to vote for. I'm telling you to look at your ballot and study up. See if they represent you, what you believe in," he said.
“看看他们能否成为理性的声音，如果能的话，就把他们当作潜在的赢家来对待，因为他们确实可以成为赢家，”麦康纳说。“这就是公平的样子。在很长一段时间里，这是现实首次允许出现的情况。”
"Check if they can be that voice of reason, and if they can, treat them like a potential winner because they can be," McConaughey said. "That's what fairness looks like. That's what reality allows for the first time in a long, long time."