The most striking quality to Democrats’ blowout victories in state and local elections this week was how broad they were. From the blue-collar counties of rural Virginia to the working class neighbourhoods of outer borough New York, the direction went uniformly against Donald Trump’s Republicans. Whether the candidate was a Democratic centrist, such as Virginia’s new governor, Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer, or a “Democratic socialist”, such as New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, the results were the same.
民主党人本周在州和地方选举中取得压倒性胜利，其中最引人注目的一点是其胜选范围之广。从弗吉尼亚州乡村地区的蓝领县到纽约市周边的工薪阶级社区，选举结果都对唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)所属的共和党不利。无论候选人是像弗吉尼亚州新任州长、前中央情报局(CIA)官员阿比盖尔•斯潘伯格(Abigail Spanberger)这样的民主党中间派，还是像纽约市新任市长佐赫兰•马姆达尼(Zohran Mamdani)这样的“民主社会主义者”，结果都一样。