
一些民主党人正在争取“让美国再次健康”(MAHA)阵营中的部分群体,希望借助食品安全和环境健康方面的主张,吸引那些对特朗普政府在这些领域缺乏进展而感到失望的选民。
Some Democrats are making a play for segments of the "Make America Healthy Again" base, hoping pitches about food safety and environmental health will attract voters disillusioned with the Trump administration's lack of progress on those fronts.
为何重要:围绕净化食品供应和农业实践的政策帮助打造了一个联盟,该联盟被认为助力特朗普总统赢得了第二个任期。
Why it matters: Policies around cleaning up the food supply and agricultural practices helped forge a coalition that's credited with helping President Trump win a second term.
- 但在农药使用等问题上的分歧,正引发外界猜测:MAHA选民可能不会在中期选举中全力支持共和党人——而且可能被说服转而把信任寄托在民主党人身上。
• But disagreements over issues like pesticide use are fueling speculation that MAHA voters may not show up in force to help Republicans in the midterm elections — and may be persuaded to put their faith in Democrats instead.
新闻驱动:一些民主党人表示,他们所在的政党更有能力通过监管来挑战既得利益,并且正着眼于2028年总统竞选来打磨自己的信息传达。
Driving the news: Some Democrats say they're the party better positioned to take on established interests through regulation and are honing messaging with an eye toward the 2028 presidential race.
- 颇具影响力的进步派智库美国进步中心最近发布了一项提案,聚焦更健康的食品和减少有害化学物质,同时公布的民调显示,民主党人准备将这一议程据为己有。
• The Center for American Progress, an influential progressive think tank, recently released a proposal focused on healthier foods and reducing harmful chemicals alongside polling showing Democrats are poised to claim the agenda as their own.
- “我确实认为,MAHA草根运动提高了某些议题的显著性,而民主党在这些议题上有机会与之保持一致,尤其是在化学品和农药方面,”美国进步中心报告的作者之一托弗·斯皮罗说。
• "I do think the MAHA grassroots movement has raised the salience of some issues where Democrats have an opportunity to align, particularly on chemicals and pesticides," said Topher Spiro, an author of the CAP report.
- “我认为这些议题已经酝酿了很长时间,而且坦率地说,民主党在优先处理这些问题上做得并不好。”
• "I think that these are issues that have been percolating for a long time, and that, frankly, Democrats haven't done a great job of prioritizing."
- “如果你看看在这个选举环境中的摇摆选民是谁,他们与关心这些议题的选民高度重叠,”美国进步中心首席洞察官贝卡·西格尔补充说。
• "If you're looking at who are the swing voters in this electoral environment, they overlap very highly with voters who care about these issues," added Becca Siegel, chief insights officer at CAP. Though affordability concerns
尽管负担能力方面的担忧主导了中期选举,一些民主党议员和候选人已经支持了与MAHA主题有重叠的立法或政策议程。
have dominated the midterm elections, some Democratic lawmakers and candidates have already backed legislation or policy agendas that overlap with MAHA themes.
- 密歇根州参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-萨耶德上月发布了一份题为《建设更健康的美国》的提案,其中呼吁禁止某些农药——这是“让美国再次健康”(MAHA)运动一个尚未实现的关键目标——并提供更健康的校餐。
• Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed last month released a proposal titled "Building a Healthier America" that included calls for banning certain pesticides — a key unrealized MAHA goal — and healthier school meals.
- 众议院民主党医疗保健工作组在其政策议程中设立了一个名为“夺回‘让美国再次健康’并保护美国家庭”的板块。
• House Democrats' health care working group included a section in its policy agenda called "Reclaiming MAHA and Protecting American Families."
- 参议员科里·布克(民主党-新泽西州)——一位潜在的2028年总统候选人——已公开支持卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪推动的部分食品政策,并推动立法,增加企业因农药潜在危害而承担的责任。
• Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) — a potential 2028 presidential candidate — has publicly supported some food policies advanced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and pushed legislation increasing the liability of companies for potential harm from pesticides.
数字解读:美国进步中心(CAP)的民调发现,37%的特朗普选民愿意投票给在核心“让美国再次健康”议题上有主张的民主党候选人,且民主党在健康、食品和环境议题上比共和党更受信任。
By the numbers: CAP's polling found that 37% of Trump voters are open to voting for a Democratic candidate running on a platform that addresses core MAHA issues, and that Democrats are more trusted than Republicans on health, food and environmental issues.
- 安嫩伯格公共政策中心的非党派民调发现,支持“让美国再次健康”相关政策的公众比例,远高于自称“让美国再次健康”支持者的比例。
• Nonpartisan polling from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that much higher percentages of the public support MAHA-aligned policies than identify as MAHA supporters.
- 80%的受访者表示支持给超加工食品贴标签,79%支持从校餐中移除超加工食品,76%支持从食品中移除人工色素。尽管只有四分之一的受访者表示自己是“让美国再次健康”支持者。
• 80% of respondents said they support labeling ultra-processed foods, 79% support removing ultra-processed foods from school lunches and 76% support removing artificial dyes from food. That's even though only a quarter said they are MAHA supporters. Yes, but:
然而:一个显眼的“让美国再次健康”派系围绕医疗自由和质疑某些疫苗的安全性而建立——这对许多民主党人来说是不可接受的,他们一直尖锐批评肯尼迪的卫生政策。
One prominent MAHA faction is built around medical freedom and questioning the safety of certain vaccines — a nonstarter for many Democrats who've been sharply critical of Kennedy's health policies.
- 但安嫩伯格的民调发现,“让美国再次健康”在疫苗方面的优先事项远不如其食品议程受欢迎,甚至在支持者中,某些疫苗议程项目也仅勉强获得多数支持。
• But the Annenberg polling found that MAHA vaccine priorities are much less popular than its food agenda, and that even among the faithful, some vaccine agenda items barely have majority support. State of play:
现状:“让美国再次健康”联盟上周遭受最新打击,特朗普卫生顾问兼“让美国再次健康”倡导者卡利·米恩斯辞去职务,据报道系因食品相关政策推进缓慢。
The latest blow to the MAHA coalition came last week, when Trump health adviser and MAHA advocate Calley Means resigned from his post, reportedly over the slow pace of food-related policy changes.
米恩斯在X平台上坚称,自第二届特朗普政府开启以来,已出现前所未有的政策与文化变革,且“运动才刚刚开始”。
• Means insisted on X that there's been unprecedented policy and cultural change since the start of the second Trump administration and that the "movement is just getting started."
但其他“让美国再次健康”(MAHA)运动领袖已公开表达不满。
• But other MAHA leaders have publicly shared their frustration.
“明确说,[肯尼迪] 是英雄,但他对我们运动的承诺正因白宫最高层的企业俘获和特殊利益而受阻,”影响者瓦尼·哈里(Vani Hari),即“食品宝贝”(Food Babe),在X平台发文称。“企业毒害我们,正在扼杀他试图推动的进展,”她补充道。
• "To be clear, [Kennedy] is a hero but his commitments to our movement are being stalled by corporate capture and special interests at the very top of the White House," Vani Hari, an influencer also known as Food Babe, posted on • "The progress he is trying to make is getting killed by the corporations poisoning us," she added.
他们怎么说:“特朗普政府已为‘让美国再次健康’议程赢得广泛胜利,包括全面改革美国人膳食指南、从食品供应中剔除人工成分,以及投资再生农业,”白宫发言人艾莉森·舒斯特(Allison Schuster)表示。
What they're saying: "The Trump administration has already secured extensive victories for the MAHA Agenda, including overhauling the dietary guidelines for Americans, axing artificial ingredients in our food supply and investing in regenerative farming," said White House spokesperson Allison Schuster.
“‘让美国再次健康’联盟从未如此强大或拥有更大权力,特朗普总统和肯尼迪部长将继续采取果断行动,为美国民众赢得更多胜利,”舒斯特补充道。
• "The MAHA coalition has never been stronger or more empowered, and President Trump and Secretary Kennedy will continue to take decisive action to deliver more wins for the American people," Schuster added.
“在特朗普总统的‘让美国再次健康’议程下,肯尼迪部长正推动联邦食品与健康政策的历史性全面改革:强化食品成分监管、推进首个联邦层面超加工食品定义、并将慢性病预防列为部门核心优先事项,”卫生与公众服务部(HHS)发言人艾米莉·希利亚德(Emily Hilliard)表示,并补充称民主党议员“多次反对或质疑该议程的关键要素”。无论下周选举结果如何,这些议题恐怕都不会消失。
• "Secretary Kennedy is driving a historic overhaul of federal food and health policy under President Trump's MAHA agenda: strengthening oversight of food ingredients, advancing the first federal definition of ultra-processed foods, and making chronic disease prevention a department-wide priority," said HHS spokesperson Emily Hilliard, adding that Democratic lawmakers have "repeatedly opposed or challenged key elements of this agenda." Whatever the outcome of next week's elections, these issues likely aren't going away.
- 在健康食品政策和农药问题上的共识,明年可能在分裂的国会中催生有趣的两党合作。
• Alignment on healthy food policy and pesticides could spark interesting bipartisan collaborations in a split Congress next year.
- 但总统大选前的角逐,也可能引发左翼阵营关于谁能最好地捍卫这些议题的争斗。
• But the run-up to the presidential election could also feature a fight over who would best champion these issues on the left.