CNN News:美國中期選舉的三個關(guān)注焦點 預計共和黨派贏得參眾兩院大多數(shù)席位

Tuesday, November 4, was a big night in American politics. Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS where we are leading off with reports surrounding the U.S. midterm elections.

11月4號星期二，今天是美國政壇中重要的一天。歡迎收看CNN學生新聞，我們正在為您做美國中期選舉報道。

They are called midterms because they happen in the middle of a president`s four year term. They determine state governors, they determine state and local laws and lawmakers. And they shape the legislative branch of the U.S. Congress.

之所以稱之為中期選舉是因為選舉發(fā)生在總統(tǒng)四年任期中間的時候。中期選舉中要投票選舉各州州長，國家和當?shù)胤蛇€有立法者。并且重新塑造美國國會立法機構(gòu)。

As Americans from Maine to Alaska head into the voting boots, at stake were all 435 voting seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Its members serve two year terms. At stake were 36 seats out of 100 in the U.S. Senate. Its members serve six year terms. What were analysts were watching as we went into the vote?

美國選民從緬因州到阿拉斯加州都在參與投票對美國眾議院435個席位進行選舉。眾議院議員將會有兩年任期。美國參議院100名席位中有36個席位需要進行選舉。參議院議員將會有六年任期。那分析專家們通過投票可以分析出什么呢?

There are three key things we are watching in this midterm and the first is the U.S. Senate. The Democrats have been in charge here. We are showing them in blue, along with two Independents in purple, but the Republicans are expected to gain seats here. The Democrats are expected to lose some and control of this chamber will likely come down to nine or ten very close races and the Democrats must hold on to at least two thirds of those if they expect to maintain control of this chamber.

在此次中期選舉中有三點我們正在關(guān)注，首先一點事美國參議院。民主黨人一直控制著參議院更多權(quán)利，我們把他們標記為藍色，還有兩個無黨派人士參與其中，但是共和黨派人士卻想要從中贏得議員席位。民主黨派人士預計會失去一些控制權(quán)，其議員數(shù)量可能會下降到九個或十個，這樣一來兩黨之間的競爭就會非常激烈。如果民主黨派人士想要控制參議院更多權(quán)利的話他們至少需要擁有三分之一以上議員席位。

Meanwhile, secondly we are watching the other side of the Capitol in the House of Representatives. The Democrats have been on the losing side there, the Republicans on the winning side. That equation is not expected to change.

同時，關(guān)注的第二點是眾議院。民主黨派人士在眾議院處于劣勢，而共和黨派人士處于優(yōu)勢。而這種局勢預計不會發(fā)生改變。

The question is will Republicans pick up more seats or lose some seats in the process, and if so, how?

問題是共和黨人士是會在此次選舉中獲得更多席位還是丟掉一些席位，如果是這樣的話究竟是怎樣發(fā)生呢?

If you see more Tea Party presence, that can signal some divisions within the Republican Party that the Democrats might exploit from their minority position, and the third thing we are watching, the White House reaction to all of this.

如果你看到更多茶黨的出現(xiàn)，那就代表著民主黨派人士可能會從共和黨派手中奪取一些議員席位。第三個關(guān)注焦點是白宮對這一切的反應。

If the president`s party loses both chambers and he reacts badly to it, that`s an easy signal for Republicans to say we are going to do nothing

如果政府黨派在參眾兩院選舉結(jié)果不利，總統(tǒng)反應不佳的話，共和黨人就會很輕松的稱我們

with this lame duck president. On the other hand, if he reaches out too much with an olive branch to the Republicans that could dispirit his own party. And that could be bad for Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat who wants to be the nominee for the 2016 presidential race.

與坡腳鴨總統(tǒng)沒什么好談的。另一方面，如果對共和黨派人士拋出更多橄欖枝的話便會影響到自己的黨派利益。也就會對希拉里克林頓或者其他任何想要參與2016年總統(tǒng)大選的民主黨派人士不利。

We know the answer to two of those questions: last night CNN projected that the House of Representatives would stay in Republican control. This means Republicans won back more than the 218 seats needed to keep their majority in the House.

關(guān)于這些問題我們已經(jīng)得知兩個答案。昨天晚上CNN新聞網(wǎng)預計眾議院仍將會在共和黨派人士手中控制大部分權(quán)利。這也就意味著共和黨派人士贏得超過218個席位才能獲得更多控制權(quán)。

They also won enough seats to take control of the U.S. Senate. Before the vote, Democrats had 53 seats, Republicans had 45. Independents had two. Republicans needed to gain six seats to have a 51 seat majority in the Senate. CNN projected they`ve gained at least that many. We say at least because some races hadn`t been determined by the time we produced this program.

共和黨派人士同樣獲得足夠的席位控制美國參議院。在投票之前，民主黨派擁有53個席位，共和黨派擁有45個席位。無黨派人士擁有2個席位。共和黨派人士需要額外獲得6個席位，也就是在參議院擁有51個席位。CNN預計他們已經(jīng)最少獲得了6個席位。我們說至少是因為更多選票結(jié)果在我們發(fā)布這票報道的時候還沒有公布。