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One of the most watched Senate races in the country was in Ohio

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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sean Trende, political reporter with Real Clear Politics about election results in the swing state of Ohio.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

One of the most watched Senate races in the country was in Ohio. Author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance got the backing of former President Donald Trump² in his primary and defeated Democratic Congressman⁴ Tim Ryan. That keeps the Senate seat - that Senate seat from Ohio - under GOP control. Joining us now, Sean Trende - he's a political reporter with RealClearPolitics. Thanks for being here, Sean.

SEAN TRENDE: Thanks for having me.

MARTIN: So J.D. Vance - he kind of had a hard time at the beginning of his campaign, but then he pulled it off. How did that happen?

TRENDE: Well, I think what probably happened is that Ohio - you know, we think of it as the traditional swing state, but it's definitely shifted rightward in the last few cycles. I think, you know, a lot of voters who, in the end, disapproved⁵ of the job that the president was doing decided⁶ that they were going to cast their ballots⁸ for the Republican. So, you know, it's not a huge win, but it's a seven-point win. So it ended up breaking pretty heavily his way.

MARTIN: How much of a factor was Donald Trump's endorsement⁹ in that race?

TRENDE: In the primary, it was huge. You know, it was a five-way primary, and Vance won narrowly. So I think it's safe to say, without Trump's support, Vance would not be a senator - the senator-elect today.

MARTIN: Democrats¹⁰ had seemed pretty optimistic that Ryan was going to pull it out. What - when you look at the Democrat³ performance, why - where were the holes?

TRENDE: Well, it comes in the northeastern portion of the state. I mean, Vance carried Mahoning County, which is where Youngstown is. That's Ryan's home base. And it's also, you know, the traditional base of the Ohio Democratic Party, going back to the New Deal. So we're really seeing a continuation of swings in the voting patterns of working-class white voters against the Democratic Party. And in a state like Ohio, where we don't have a massive city, like Chicago or Dallas, to kind of anchor a state Democratic Party, that's really tough to overcome.

MARTIN: Can you tell me about other key races in the state?

TRENDE: Well...

MARTIN: What stood out you?

TRENDE: Yeah, the governor's race. I mean, Mike DeWine wins with 63% of the vote - a massive win over his Democratic opponent. And if you look down the ballot⁷, the other statewide candidates were all winning with 60% of the vote as well. So the fact that Vance lagged as much as he did I think does go to some of his weaknesses as a candidate.

MARTIN: Hmm. So can we broaden this out a bit? I mean, when you look at the country as a whole - and we're getting all of these rolling results in - but it's clear at this point that there was not an overwhelming Republican victory. It's not the red wave that so many on the right had proclaimed it was going to be. Why do you think that the GOP underperformed?

TRENDE: Yeah, that's a really good question that we're going to - you know, we're going to be fighting about that for the next - well, at least until Donald Trump declares and we decide to start talking about 2024. But I think it's a case where, you know, Republicans had some real problematic candidates. I mean, even someone like Vance running 10 points behind the rest of his ticket is a testament¹¹ to that. And you look at states like Pennsylvania. You look at Arizona. You look at Georgia. All of these kind of out-there GOP candidates struggled against the tide. And I think it really damaged the red wave that some people thought was coming.

MARTIN: But how many of those candidates had the support of Donald Trump?

TRENDE: A lot of them. A lot of them. I think his endorsements¹² did not do the Republican Party any favors this time around.

MARTIN: When you look at the race in Georgia, what does that tell you about the electorate¹³ when we see the data that indicates, at least, that there was some split voting happening there - that voters seemed to have picked a Republican for the governor's race and Raphael Warnock, the Democrat, in the Senate race?

TRENDE: Well, that's another race where, you know, Brian Kemp is - there's no doubt that Brian Kemp is a conservative Republican, but he has kind of stayed within the 40-yard lines, as we used to say. Walker - Herschel Walker - you know, a famous football player, but not a lot of experience as a candidate and had a horrible series of scandals and missteps, and I think it dragged him down.

MARTIN: Sean Trende, reporter from RealClearPolitics. We appreciate your perspective this morning. Thank you so much.

TRENDE: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

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 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

4 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

5 disapproved   

v.不赞成( disapprove的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My parents disapproved of my marriage. 我父母不赞成我的婚事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing. 她不赞成儿子不加选择地收看电视。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

8 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

10 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。

12 endorsements   

n.背书( endorsement的名词复数 )；（驾驶执照上的）违章记录；（公开的）赞同；（通常为名人在广告中对某一产品的）宣传

参考例句：

• He must make much money on those tennis shoe endorsements he does. 他替那些网球鞋珍重广告，就赚了不少钱。 来自互联网
• But celebrity endorsements remain an important promotional tool for marketers. 尽管如此，邀明星助阵仍是营销人员重要的推广手段之一。 来自互联网

13 electorate   

n.全体选民；选区

参考例句：

• The government was responsible to the electorate.政府对全体选民负责。
• He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.他得到了几乎1/4选民的支持。