美联社新闻一分钟 AP 密歇根成为民主党初选重点州（在线收听）

Tonight is really important because it's our first chance to see Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in a head to head contest. They are the only two on the ballot in these six states that are voting. And both of them, for months, more than a year, really have been making an argument about electability. Both claiming that they are the best positioned Democrat to be able to defeat Donald Trump. And we all know that that is the only thing that Democrats really care about in this contest is defeating Donald Trump in November. Michigan is a state that Democrats have been talking about for three and a half years ever since Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in a real upset there in the general election. Bernie Sanders won Michigan in the 2016 Democratic primary. That was an upset for him. Joe Biden thinks that this is the state where he can show, hey, I'm the one that can get back some of those white working-class voters in Michigan. I'm the one that can ramp up turnout among African-American voters in Detroit. This will be a real opportunity for both of them to make that case to voters should they come out on top.

今晚真的非常重要，因为这是我们第一次有机会看到乔·拜登和伯尼·桑德斯面对面的竞争。在这六个有投票权的州中，他们是仅有的两个候选人。数月或者说一年多以来，他们一直在争论当选的可能性。两人都称自己是可以击败唐纳德·特朗普的最佳民主党人选。我们都知道民主党人唯一关心的一件事就是在11月的选举中击败唐纳德·特朗普。自从唐纳德·特朗普在混乱的大选中击败了希拉里·克林顿后，这三年半的时间里，密歇根州一直是民主党人谈论的一个州。在2016年的民主党初选种，伯尼·桑德斯拿下了密歇根。这对他来说是个打击。乔·拜登认为在这个州他可以展示，嘿，我才是那个能赢回一些密歇根州白人工人阶级选民的人。只有我才能提高底特律非裔美国选民的投票率。这将是他们向选民证明他们可以胜出的一个真正的机会。

There is a real question about momentum. If you were Bernie Sanders at Super Tuesday was a disappointment. Yes -- you won California the largest prize, but you didn't win it in that big, overwhelming way that you were hoping to. You need a good night to be able to prove to Democrats that you are still in the mix here, that you still have some of that same energy and enthusiasm from your 2016 campaign. If he doesn't win multiple states, probably tonight, those questions get a lot more challenging for him, especially as we look ahead to March 17th, the next round of big primaries where you have several states, most notably Florida, that are not lining up particularly well for Bernie Sanders."

有一个关于势头的问题。如果你是超级星期二的伯尼·桑德斯，你会失望的。没错，你拿下了加州这个最大奖，但是你没有按照自己希望的那样以压倒性优势获胜。你需要在今晚向民主党人证明你仍然在这里，你仍然拥有2016年竞选时的那种能量和热情。如果他没有赢得多个州，可能今晚，这些问题对他来说更具挑战性，特别是当我们展望3月17日下一轮的重要初选的时候，有几个州，尤其是佛罗里达州，并不是特别支持伯尼·桑德斯。