在中期选举中，民主党人终于将“全民医保”作为竞选议题，这正值选民支持率不断上升之际。民主党联邦参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州埃斯卡纳巴开始一天的竞选行程，这里临近威斯康星州奶牛养殖区，茂密的森林与格林贝的沙滩相接。
Democrats in the midterms are finally backing Medicare for All as a campaign issue amid a rising tide of voter support Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic US Senate candidate, starts this day on the campaign trail in Escanaba, Michigan, where nearby Wisconsin dairy country spills into dense forests and the sandy shores of Green Bay.
这是上半岛——“UP”——密歇根州“手套”地形以北的一片乡村土地。从选举角度看，这里是深红州。唐纳德·特朗普在埃斯卡纳巴附近一些选区的得票率超过 41%。但在县博览会场地，在标有“肉牛”和“猪”的棚舍旁，数百名当地左翼人士聚集在机库大小的 4-H 俱乐部会议大厅，聆听埃尔-赛义德演讲。
This is the upper peninsula – the “UP” – a rural slash of land north of Michigan’s mitt. Electorally, it’s crimson. Donald Trump won some districts near Escanaba by more than 41%. But at the county fairgrounds, past sheds labeled “Beef” and “Swine”, hundreds of locals on the political left have gathered in the hangar-size 4H Club meeting hall to hear El-Sayed speak.
