纽约时报 拜登支持率已领先特朗普14个百分点(2)

Arlene Myles, 75, of Denver, said she had been a Republican for nearly six decades

现年75岁，来自丹佛的女士阿琳·迈尔斯称，今年年初特朗普弹劾案期间，

before switching her registration¹ to independent earlier this year during Mr. Trump²’s impeachment³ trial.

她已将自己的（选民）登记信息变更成了无党派人士，截至当时，她已有近60年的共和党党龄。

Ms. Myles said that when Mr. Trump was first elected, she had resolved to “give him a chance,”

迈尔斯称，当初特朗普当选时，她决心“给他一次机会”，

but had since concluded that he and his party were irredeemable.

后来却逐渐意识到，他和他领导的共和党着实已经无药可救。

“I was one of those people who stuck by Nixon until he was waving goodbye,” Ms. Myles said.

“我也是一直拥护（美国第37任共和党总统）尼克松到他跟我们挥手告别的人之一，”迈尔斯说。

“I thought I was a good Republican and thought they had my values,

“我自以为自己还算个称职的共和党党员，也自以为他们代表着我的价值观，

but they have gone down the tubes these last few years.”

但最近这几年，他们的表现简直就是一落千丈。”

Ms. Myles said she planned to vote for Mr. Biden, expressing only one misgiving⁴: “I wish he was younger,” she said.

迈尔斯表示，她计划将票投给拜登，投给拜登她只有一个顾虑：“他要是能年轻点儿就好了，”她说。

Most stark⁵ may be Mr. Biden’s towering advantage among white women with college degrees,

对比特朗普，拜登最明显的优势或许要数他在拥有大学学位的白人女性中的巨大优势——

who support him over Mr. Trump by 39 percentage points.

比特朗普的支持率足足高出了39个百分点。

In 2016, exit polls found that group preferred Mrs. Clinton to Mr. Trump by just 7 percentage points.

2016年的出口民调显示，当时该群体更为支持的是希拉里，但也仅比特朗普高出了7个百分点。

The poll also found that Mr. Biden has narrowed Mr. Trump’s advantage with less-educated white voters.

此次民调还发现，拜登和特朗普在受教育程度较低的白人选民中的差距也有所收缩。

The exodus⁶ of white voters from the G.O.P. has been especially pronounced among younger voters,

白人选民大批脱离共和党的现象在年轻选民中尤为明显，

an ominous⁷ trend for a party that was already heavily reliant on older Americans.

对共和党这个严重依赖老一辈选民支持的政党来说，这一趋势无异于一个不祥之兆。

Fifty-two percent of whites under 45 said they supported Mr. Biden while only 30 percent said they supported Mr. Trump.

45岁以下的白人中，表示支持拜登的人占到了52%，而表示支持特朗普的人只占到了30%。

And their opposition⁸ is intense:

他们对特朗普的反对情绪倒是颇为强烈：

More than twice as many younger whites viewed the president very unfavorably than very favorably.

对总统抱有非常负面的评价的年轻白人是对总统抱有非常正面的评价的年轻白人的两倍。

Tom Diamond, 31, a Republican in Fort Worth, Texas,

现年31岁，德克萨斯州沃斯堡的共和党人汤姆·戴蒙德就表示，

said he planned to vote for Mr. Trump but would do so with real misgivings⁹.

他还是打算将票投给特朗普，但即便投给特朗普也是带着深深的疑虑投的。

He called the president a “poor leader” who had mishandled the pandemic and said Mr. Biden seemed “like a guy you can trust.”

他对总统的称呼是一个处理疫情处理失当的“可怜的领导人”，拜登则似乎“像是一个可以信赖的人”。

But Mr. Trump held views closer to his own on the economy, health care and abortion¹⁰.

但对经济、医疗保健和堕胎的看法与他自己的看法更为接近的还是特朗普。

“Part of you just feels icky voting for him,” Mr. Diamond said.

“投票给他的话内心有一面肯定是会觉得很恶心的，”戴蒙德说，

“But definitely from a policy perspective, that’s where my vote’s going to go.”

“但从政策的角度来看就……我肯定要站在政治的角度投啊。”

1 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

4 misgiving   

n.疑虑，担忧，害怕

参考例句：

• She had some misgivings about what she was about to do.她对自己即将要做的事情存有一些顾虑。
• The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。

5 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

6 exodus   

v.大批离去，成群外出

参考例句：

• The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。
• Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。

7 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

8 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

9 misgivings   

n.疑虑，担忧，害怕；疑虑，担心，恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 )；疑惧

参考例句：

• I had grave misgivings about making the trip. 对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
• Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead! 不要瞻前顾后， 畏首畏尾。甩开膀子干吧！ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。