2026年美国期中选举的结果标志着美国政治的深刻转变，多元化的候选人以及首位Z世代女性当选国会议员。
The outcome of the 2026 US midterm elections has marked a historic shift in American politics, with diverse candidates and the first Gen Z woman to be elected to Congress.
根据组织“未来核心小组”（Future Caucus）的数据，今年参加国会竞选的117名Z世代候选人中，有24人在初选中胜出并进入了周二的选票。
Of the 117 Generation Z candidates who ran for Congress this year, 24 won their primaries and made it to Tuesday’s ballot, according to the organization Future Caucus.
其中包括29岁、出生于埃塞俄比亚的科罗拉多州民主社会主义者梅拉特·基罗斯（Melat Kiros），她成为了首位当选国会议员的Z世代女性。
Among them was Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old Ethiopian-born democratic socialist from Colorado, who became the first Gen Z woman elected to Congress.
曾是律师后转为博士生的基罗斯取得了令人瞩目的初选胜利，这位初次参选的候选人在丹佛地区的席位中击败了已连任30年的众议员黛安娜·迪盖特（Diana DeGette）。
Kiros, a lawyer turned doctoral student, won a stunning primary victory, the first-time candidate beating 30-year incumbent Representative Diana DeGette in the Denver-area seat.
在今年早些时候赢得初选后，她对支持者表示，她将把战斗带给“唐纳德·特朗普与寡头政治”、废除美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）、通过全民医疗保险（Medicare for All）并结束“在巴勒斯坦的种族灭绝”。
After she won her primary earlier this year, she told supporters that she was taking the fight to “Donald Trump and the oligarchy”, abolishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), passing Medicare for All and ending the “genocide in Palestine”.
她加入了来自佛罗里达州的众议员马克斯韦尔·弗罗斯特（Maxwell Frost）的行列，后者于2022年成为了众议院首位Z世代成员。
She joins Representative Maxwell Frost of Florida, who became the first Gen Z member of the House in 2022.
根据美联社（Associated Press）的一项选民民调，年轻人绝大多数投票支持了民主党。
Young people voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, according to an Associated Press news agency voter poll.
在2024年大选对特朗普给予相对较高的支持后，年轻选民在今年的期中选举中回潮转向了民主党。
After relatively high support for Trump in the 2024 election, young voters snapped back toward the Democratic Party in this year’s midterms.
美联社选民民调显示，全国范围内约有十分之七的30岁以下选民表示他们支持当地美国众议院选举中的民主党候选人，而约有十分之三的人表示他们投票给了共和党。这与2024年发生了戏剧性的转变，当时最年轻的选民在特朗普和哈里斯之间大致平分秋色。大多数偏向年轻的首次期中选举选民也主要支持了民主党候选人。
The AP Voter Poll showed about 7 in 10 voters under 30 nationally said they supported the Democratic candidate in their local US House race, while about 3 in 10 said they voted for the Republican. That was a dramatic shift from 2024, when the youngest voters were roughly split between Trump and Harris. Most first-time midterm voters, who skew younger, also mostly supported the Democratic candidate.
年轻选民和首次投票的选民都只占选民总数的相当小一部分。例如，在2026年的全国选民中，仅有约十分之一的选民年龄在30岁以下，这限制了这种转变的影响。
Both young voters and first-time voters made up a fairly small share of voters. Only about 1 in 10 voters in the 2026 national electorate are under 30, for instance, which limited the impact of the shift.
但年轻选民对国家及其领导层的不满显而易见。约有一半的年轻选民表示，他们对当今国家的发展方向感到“愤怒”，相比之下，65岁及以上的选民中这一比例仅约三分之一。约有十分之六的30岁以下选民表示，他们投票给美国众议院的一个原因是为了表达对特朗普的反对，而30至44岁选民中的这一比例约为一半，45岁及以上选民中约为十分之四。
But young voters’ displeasure with the country and its leadership was clear. About half of young voters said they were “angry” about the way things were going in the country today, compared with only about one-third of voters ages 65 and older. And about 6 in 10 voters under 30 said one reason for their vote for the US House was to express opposition to Trump, compared to about half of voters ages 30-44, and about 4 in 10 voters ages 45 and older.
在民主党赢得席位的每一场参议院选举中，年轻选民都转向了民主党，其中包括德克萨斯州、堪萨斯州、艾奥瓦州、俄亥俄州和北卡罗来纳州。
Young voters shifted toward the Democrats in each of the Senate races where the Democratic Party picked up a seat, including in Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, and North Carolina.