肯·伯恩斯写道：“大多数中期选举都被视为对总统政策的公投。这次也不例外。”“但这里牵涉到比政策分歧更根本的东西。”今年的中期选举牵涉到比政策分歧更根本的东西。
“Most midterm elections are seen as referendums on the policies of the president. This one is no different,” Ken Burns writes. “But there’s something more fundamental at stake here, beyond policy differences.”There’s something fundamental at stake in the midterms this year, beyond policy differences.