乔·廷托里在2024年投票给了唐纳德·特朗普。周二，这位22岁的注册共和党人计划投票给一位民主党人担任佛罗里达州州长。
Joe Tintori voted for Donald Trump in 2024. On Tuesday, the 22-year-old registered Republican plans to vote for a Democrat for governor of Florida.
“我感到被背叛了，”廷托里说。“他说的一切都成了空头支票，而且所有东西都变得更贵了。”两年前，像廷托里这样的年轻男性帮助特朗普重返白宫。如今，在全国范围内，他们中的许多人对共和党感到幻灭。
“I feel betrayed,” Tintori said. “Everything that he said has been an empty promise, and everything has just gotten more expensive.”Two years ago, young men like Tintori helped return Trump to the White House. Now, across the country, many of them have grown disillusioned with the Republican Party.
根据《纽约时报》/锡耶纳大学的民调，民主党在18至29岁男性中以微弱的1个百分点领先。2024年，其中55%的人支持特朗普。
Democrats hold a narrow 1-point lead among men age 18 to 29, according to a New York Times/Siena University poll. In 2024, 55% of them backed Trump.
根据《纽约时报》的民调，只有16%的年轻男性认可特朗普的工作表现。与伊朗的战争甚至更不受欢迎：87%的年轻选民不赞成政府在那里的军事行动，这一比例高于任何其他年龄组。
Only 16% of young men approve of the job Trump is doing, according to the Times poll. The war with Iran is even less popular: 87% of young voters disapprove of the administration’s military action there, more than any other age group.
在五个关键摇摆州的采访中，2024年支持特朗普的年轻男性表示他们已忍无可忍。他们指出了生活成本、与伊朗的战争以及随之而来的汽油价格飙升、政府推动扩大人工智能基础设施建设，以及一位在他们眼中利用职权谋取私利的总统。
terviews across five battleground states, young men who backed Trump in 2024 said they were fed up. They pointed to the cost of living, the war with Iran and the spike in gas prices that followed, the administration’s push to expand infrastructure for artificial intelligence and a president whom they see as enriching himself in office.
“许许多多的承诺，许许多多的造势，然后就都落空了，”来自密歇根州的22岁物理治疗师卢克·科尔森告诉MS NOW。“你可以说‘给点时间，他们还在努力’。但在我看来不是那么回事。”在与MS NOW的交谈中，许多年轻男性提到战争、随之而来的汽油价格上涨以及特朗普政府支持扩大人工智能基础设施建设，是他们不满的原因。
“It was a lot of promises, a lot of build-up, and then they just fell flat,” Luke Coltson, a 22-year-old physical therapist from Michigan, told MS NOW. “You can say that like: ‘Give it time, they’re still working on it.’ But that’s not what it seems like to me.”In conversations with MS NOW, many young men cited the war, the resultant jump in gas prices and the Trump administration’s support for expanded AI infrastructure as the reasons for their discontent.
来自爱荷华州的22岁青年卡梅隆·泽卡表示，两年前投票给特朗普时，他没想到自己的选票会导致一场新的对外战争。他说他希望与伊朗的战争结束，因为这似乎并没有给美国人带来好处。廷托里表达得更直白。他说，美国需要“滚出伊朗”。
Kameron Zeka, a 22-year-old from Iowa, said that when he voted for Trump two years ago, he didn’t expect his ballot to lead to a new foreign war. He wants the war with Iran to end, he said, because it doesn’t seem to be benefiting Americans. Tintori put it more bluntly. The United States, he said, needs to “get the hell out of Iran.”
“我觉得我们根本不该插手这事。这正在推高所有东西的成本，”廷托里说。“别再把这么多钱给以色列了。美国民众需要这些钱。”廷托里是一名注册共和党人，他说自己打算在佛罗里达州州长选举中投票给民主党人大卫·乔利，尽管他的首选是詹姆斯·费什巴克，后者在共和党初选中排名第三，因竞选期间发表种族主义和反犹太主义言论而受到关注。廷托里表示，他不会支持乔利的共和党对手、众议员拜伦·唐纳兹，因为后者持亲AI立场。
“I think we shouldn’t be involved in it at all. It’s driving up the cost of everything,” Tintori said. “Stop giving all this money to Israel. The American people need that money.”Tintori, a registered Republican, said he planned to vote for Democrat David Jolly in Florida’s gubernatorial election, though his first choice was James Fishback, who finished third in the GOP primary after drawing scrutiny for racist and antisemitic remarks on the campaign trail. Tintori said he would not back Rep. Byron Donalds, Jolly’s Republican challenger, because of his pro-AI views.
泽卡告诉《MS NOW》，他将在下周爱荷华州两场主要全州范围选举中支持民主党人——州长候选人罗布·桑德和参议员候选人乔什·图雷克将依靠这种支持，在特朗普2024年以约13个百分点优势赢下的州里冲刺胜利。
Zeka told MS NOW that he would be supporting Democrats in both of Iowa’s major statewide races next week — support that gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand and Senate candidate Josh Turek will be relying on to propel them to office in a state Trump won by about 13 points in 2024.
对许多年轻男性来说，对战争的挫败感与对经济的更广泛焦虑交织在一起。
For many of these young men, frustration over the war is bound up with a broader anxiety about the economy.
在俄亥俄州里特曼，24岁的亚当·阿金斯正努力支付抚养费，他说经济正在辜负他。阿金斯2024年投了特朗普的票，称食品杂货和汽油价格“离谱”，并说他每天都感受到压力。
In Rittman, Ohio, Adam Adkins, 24, is struggling to pay child support in an economy he said is failing him. Adkins, who voted for Trump in 2024, called grocery and gas prices “outrageous” and said he feels the pressure every day.
“他有钱，所以他觉得他掌握所有权力，”阿金斯谈到特朗普时说。“他觉得他能决定是否发动战争，却不用承担后果。承担后果的是我们。”这种压力让他对自己作为父亲的角色产生怀疑。“作为父亲，因为没有多余的钱去宠爱孩子，所以非常困难，”他说。
“He’s got money, so he thinks he’s got all the power,” Adkins said of Trump. “He thinks he can make the decisions of going to war, and he doesn’t feel the repercussions because of it. We do.”The strain has him questioning himself as a parent. “As a father, because you ain’t got that extra cash to go and spoil your kids, so it’s pretty difficult,” he said.
据AAA（美国汽车协会）数据，普通无铅汽油价格比一年前上涨40%。柴油上涨约73%。AI的扩散让初级工作者在不断萎缩的就业市场中难觅工作。而在摇摇欲坠的债券市场中，国债于8月突破40万亿美元，引发对国家长期经济健康的担忧。
Regular unleaded gas costs 40% more than it did a year ago, according to AAA. Diesel is up about 73%. The proliferation of AI has made entry-level workers struggle to find jobs in a shrinking employment field. And the national debt topped $40 trillion in August amid a shaky bond market, raising questions about the country’s long-term economic health.
“我简直无法想象，甚至不想考虑近期买房的事，”科尔森对MS NOW说。
“I just can’t imagine even the thought of wanting to get a house anytime soon,” Coltson told MS NOW.
在阿拉斯加州安克雷奇，22岁的瑞安·博耶一直在兼职安全巡逻员，多接班以维持生计。博耶在2024年投了特朗普一票，他说，如果有机会，他会收回那一票。“我肯定会告诉自己要更加了解情况，”他说。
In Anchorage, Alaska, Ryan Boyer, 22, has been picking up extra shifts as a safety patrol officer to make ends meet. Boyer voted for Trump in 2024, and given the chance, he said, he would take that vote back. “I definitely would have told myself to be more informed,” he said.
科尔森更进一步。他说，如果可以重来，他根本不会投给任何一位总统候选人。
Coltson went further. If he could do it over again, he said, he wouldn’t have voted for a presidential candidate at all.
他并非孤例。根据最近的一项哈佛青年民意调查，只有31%的年轻男性表示肯定会参加今年的中期选举，而2022年这一比例为42%。美国有超过2500万年轻男性，足以左右几场关键选举，但前提是他们必须去投票。
He’s not alone. Just 31% of young men reported that they would definitely vote in this year’s midterms, compared with 42% in 2022, according to a recent Harvard Youth Poll. There are more than 25 million young men in the U.S., enough to sway several key races. But only if they show up.
“我不知道如果能回到过去，我会怎么做，”来自艾奥瓦州的泽卡谈到2024年时说。但就今年的选举而言，他说：“我认为我们所有人都应该做出自己的选择。”
“I don’t know what I would do if I could go back in time,” Zeka, the Iowan, said of 2024. But as far as this year’s races are concerned, he said, “I think it’s important that we all make our choices.”