民主党人来了。美国正冲向现代记忆中最具重大影响的中期选举。在唐纳德·特朗普2024年令人震惊地卷土重来之后，他所在的政党正面对一个愤怒的选民群体——他们对高昂的物价、一些不明智的军事冒险主义以及主要候选人接连不断的丑闻感到愤怒。所有目光都集中在总统身上，而且对他并不有利：他的个人支持率如此之低，据报道一些共和党候选人已要求他在竞选巡游中不要访问他们所在的州。
The Democrats are coming. America is hurtling towards its most consequential midterm elections in modern memory. After Donald Trump’s stunning comeback in 2024, his party is facing an electorate that is furious at the high cost of goods, some ill-advised military adventurism, and a succession of sleazy scandals from leading candidates. All eyes are on the president, and not to his benefit: his personal approval ratings are so low that some Republican candidates have reportedly asked him to not visit their state on a campaigning tour.
但真正的较量不会在周二结束。未来两年将界定美国的方向，因为美国十年来首次眺望后特朗普时代的政治格局。正因如此，我们推出播客《正确轨道》，由波比·科伯恩主持，开始梳理通往2028年的关键问题。
But the real action won’t end on Tuesday. The next two years will define the direction of America as it looks out at a post-Trump political landscape for the first time in a decade. That’s why we’re launching a podcast, The Right Track with Poppy Coburn, to begin to sort through the vital questions in the run-up to 2028.
这不仅仅是关于谁上升、谁下降的辩论。这是一个根本性问题：美国想成为什么样的国家。我们已经开始看到左翼的战线将在哪里划出：进步派候选人已悄然奋战并赢下初选之战，很快将被送入参议院和众议院。当世界其他地方还在挠头思索特朗普在“真实社交”上最新一条隐晦帖子可能意味着什么时，硬左翼一直在策划对温和派民主党当权派的报复——自2016年以来，该当权派一直竭力将他们挡在全国聚光灯之外。
This isn’t just a debate about who is up and who is down. It’s a fundamental question about what kind of nation America wants to be. We’ve already begun to see where the battle lines will be drawn on the Left: progressive candidates have quietly fought and won primary battles, and will soon be swept into the Senate and the House. While the rest of the world has been scratching their heads trying to understand what Trump’s latest cryptic Truth Social post might mean, the hard-Left has been planning its revenge on a moderate Democrat party establishment that has fought to keep them out of the national spotlight since 2016.
我们将审视这些新崛起的进步派新星，并向你展示一旦竞选结束、执政开始，他们真正打算做什么。从#废除ICE到觉醒2.0，我将揭开这些口号的面纱，解释左翼最激进的思想者背后的思路。“美国优先”并未消亡，只是被重新包装，以迎合这个雄心勃勃的进步派新领导阶层——他们相信自己有机会让自己的民粹主义攻势取得成功，正大力推动惩罚性财富税，并将反ICE情绪武器化，以打开边境。
We’ll look at these new progressive rising stars, and show you what they really intend to do once the campaigning stops and the governing begins. From #AbolishICE to Woke 2.0, I’ll demystify the slogans that explain the thinking behind the Left’s most radical thinkers. America First isn’t dead, just rebranded to suit the interests of this ambitious new class of progressive leaders who believe they’ve got a chance for their own populist push to succeed, as they campaign hard for punitive wealth taxes and weaponise anti-ICE sentiment to open up the border.
这种新思维正把他们引向一些有趣的方向，有很多内容值得深入探讨——例如，一则宣传密歇根州一位胜算渺茫的参议员候选人的广告称，以色列应对水果价格上涨负责。这真是荒唐透顶。
This new thinking is leading them to some interesting directions, and there is a lot to get into – for instance, how an advert promoting a long-shot Michigan Senate candidate said Israel was to blame for the rising cost of fruit. It really is bananas.
波比·科伯恩主持的《正确轨道》将于11月6日开播。每周五和周一可在Spotify、Apple和YouTube上观看或收听。
The Right Track with Poppy Coburn launches on November 6th. You can watch or listen every Friday and Monday on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.