佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯（共和党）在共和党在中期选举中遭受重大失利后，将责任归咎于国会和特朗普总统。
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) cast blame on Congress and President Trump after Republicans suffered significant losses in the midterm elections.
“这次中期选举毫无疑问是民主党人、独立人士以及一些倒戈的共和党人对总统和国会的谴责，”他在接受福克斯新闻主持人劳拉·英格拉汉姆采访时表示。
“This midterm, no question, was a rebuke of the president and the Congress by Democrats, independents and some Republicans that crossed over,” he told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham.
“但我们很多选民选择了不投票，他们不投票是因为对众议院和参议院共和党人缺乏建树感到沮丧，”这位州长继续说道。“这只是个事实。他们曾被承诺会有大作为，却没有兑现。”
“But a lot of our voters who stayed home, they stayed home because they were frustrated with the lack of productivity from Republicans in the House and Senate,” the governor continued. “That’s just a fact. They were promised big things, and they didn’t deliver it.”
周二的出口民调显示，经济问题是此次选举中许多选民的核心动因，在哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS News）的一项民调中，75%的选民表示美国经济状况“不好”。《纽约时报》对全国出口民调的分析发现，与2024年相比，各个人口统计群体的选民在本次选举中都转向支持民主党候选人。
Exit polling from Tuesday indicated that economic issues were the central motivating factor for many voters in this election, with 75 percent of voters in a CBS News poll saying the condition of the U.S. economy was “not good.” alysis by The New York Times, looking at nationwide exit surveys, found that voters from every demographic moved toward favoring Democratic candidates in this election from 2024.
民主党在得克萨斯州、堪萨斯州和南卡罗来纳州等红州取得显著胜利，并在这些被贴上“蓝色海啸”标签的选举中夺回了国会两院的控制权。在德桑蒂斯执政的佛罗里达州，民主党在州级竞选中获得进展并击败了众议院席位的共和党候选人，尽管共和党保持了对其他主要全州范围职位的控制。
The Democratic Party secured notable victories in red states like Texas, Kansas and South Carolina and flipped control of both chambers of Congress in these elections, which have been labeled a “blue tsunami.”In DeSantis’s Florida, Democrats gained ground in state races and defeated GOP candidates for House seats, although Republicans maintained control of other major statewide offices.
共和党周三发布了他们自己对周二选举失利原因的分析。得克萨斯州参议员约翰·科宁（共和党）和特德·克鲁兹（共和党）针对共和党候选人在该州参议院和州长竞选中遭遇的历史性败北做出了回应。
The GOP issued their own analysis of what went wrong in Tuesday’s election. Texas Sens. John Cornyn (R) and Ted Cruz (R) responded to the historic defeats of Republican candidates in their state’s Senate and gubernatorial races on Wednesday.
科宁在《华尔街日报》发表的一篇题为“共和党忘记了如何赢得选举”的评论文章中表示，共和党在本次选举中在四个方面失败：广泛的选民吸引力、候选人的亲和力、兑现承诺的能力和廉洁度。
In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, titled “Republicans Forgot How to Win Elections,” Cornyn said the GOP failed on four fronts in this election: broad voter appeal, candidate likeability, ability to deliver on promises and integrity.
“这周的惨败不仅是可以预见的，而且早已被预见到，”这位共和党人补充道，他在连任初选中败给了得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（共和党）。
“This week’s beat-down wasn’t only foreseeable, it was foreseen,” the Republican, who lost his reelection primary bid to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), added.
克鲁兹警告称，在民主党州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科和吉娜·伊诺霍萨分别赢得该州参议员和州长选举后，得克萨斯人将会“受损”。
Cruz warned that Texans would be “hurt” after Democratic state Reps. James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa won the state’s Senate and gubernatorial races, respectively.
“得克萨斯州变蓝了。这是一句难以说出口的话，”这位参议员在社交媒体上写道。“但得克萨斯州，至少今天，是蓝的。”
“Texas is blue. That is a hard sentence to utter,” the senator wrote on social media. “But Texas, today at least, is blue.”
他继续说道，“就目前形势而言，我是得克萨斯州仅存的全州范围当选共和党人。这不是我曾想过会说的话。”
He continued, “As we sit here today, I am the only statewide elected Republican who remains in Texas. That’s not something I ever thought I would say.”