2026-11-07T11:00:16.117Z / CNN
在10月接受CNN《全程追踪》项目采访时，黛西·阿尔卡萨（Daisy Alcazar）在得克萨斯州南部美墨边境附近的冰淇淋店里，用得最多的词是“恐惧”。
如今当她能不再喜极而泣时，她说得最多的词是“希望”。
“得克萨斯变蓝了！”阿尔卡萨在选举后的庆祝帖中写道。
她事后表示：“拉丁裔群体站出来了。我们将迎来第一位女性州长。你明白这意味着什么吗？”
约瑟夫·诺尔斯（Joseph Knowles）则是中期选举失利的一方。他是密歇根州的一名工会汽车工人，投票给了共和党，结果眼睁睁看着州长、参议院以及他所在的众议院选区的选举结果都变成了蓝色。
“我很失望，特朗普也难辞其咎，”谈及选举结果时诺尔斯说道，“希望民主党能运用权力推动切实的变革，而不是进行政治报复。”
阿尔卡萨和诺尔斯是参与我们《全程追踪》项目的150多名选民中的两位。该项目通过普通美国民众的视角与经历，追踪选举动态和重大议题。
自特朗普重返白宫以来，过去20个月里，我们的采访足迹遍及从缅因州到阿拉斯加州的15个州，部分地区往返了两三次，还探访了众多引发最惊人、最具深远影响变革的地方。
“选民们已经把制衡机制重新建立起来了，”爱荷华州乡村路易莎县的民主党主席米歇尔·佩格（Michele Pegg）说道。民主党拿下了州长职位、一个参议院席位以及爱荷华州4个众议院选区中的3个，其中包括我们近几个月曾两次采访佩格的第一选区。
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“为公众服务——别忘记这一点，”这是她在选举翌日发出的呼吁。
我们在选举日向受访选民发送了一份调查，又在周三进行了跟进，收到的部分反馈极具启发性，也印证了我们启动《全程追踪》项目38个月以来得到的重要启示。
参与项目的民主党人显然欣喜若狂，共和党人则不出所料地感到失望。但各阶层选民都愿意且渴望在重大议题上寻找共识，并将两极分化加剧归咎于政客，而非推动艰难抉择。
“大多数选民并不像当选官员那么极端，”宾夕法尼亚州伯克县的律师琼·伦敦（Joan London）表示。2024年特朗普第三次获得共和党总统提名后，她将自己的选民登记从共和党转为无党派。
举个例子：克里斯·马德（Chris Mudd）自2015年起就是特朗普的支持者，周二在爱荷华州投了全部共和党候选人的选票；而阿尔卡萨是得克萨斯州一名厌恶特朗普的民主党人。
周五的 Zoom 对话中，当阿尔卡萨表达希望中期选举的动荡或许能为新的外来劳工计划创造势头，并为那些非法越境且无犯罪记录的无证工人开辟获得合法身份的途径时，马德点头表示赞同。
“我们得把工作做成，”马德说道。自2023年夏季我们的项目启动以来，他一直将边境安全列为首要任务，“有劳工想来干活，我们应该制定计划让他们进来工作。”
跨党派来看，无论哪个政党掌控国会，都有选民期待更多的僵局和不作为。
“华盛顿该重回无休止内耗、互相扯皮的状态了，”新罕布什尔州的重型机械操作员、共和党人德雷文·麦基弗（Deven McIver）说道。
以下是我们得到的其他启示：
改革深得两党青睐
“国会议员和参议员的任期限制、最高年龄限制，”南卡罗来纳州沿海地区的共和党人克雷格·托马斯（Craig Thomas）在愿望清单中如此写道。
“明确倡导反腐败立法，禁止国会议员及联邦雇员进行股票交易、押注预测市场的投资，”这是缅因州民主党人布伦达·加兰德（Brenda Garrand）为下一届国会列出的优先事项。加兰德表示，她“最重要的行动”将是“推翻‘公民联合案’”——这一具有里程碑意义的最高法院裁决，助力开启了美国选举中金钱政治的新时代。
拉丁裔在得州及其他地区感受到力量
“在内华达州享受亮蓝色的时刻，”拉斯维加斯的房地产经纪人佐伊拉·桑切斯（Zoila Sanchez）说道。她曾是里根的共和党支持者，后因特朗普而转党。
“拉丁裔的声音必须被听到，”内华达州的西班牙语电台主持人罗赫略·雷加拉多（Rogelio Regalado）说道。
“我们在投票站站了出来，现在期待他们为我们挺身而出，”宾夕法尼亚州阿伦敦的西班牙语广播人维克多·马丁内斯（Victor Martinez）说道。
“乔安娜·门登霍尔击败胡安·西斯克马尼，这就是一切，”住在亚利桑那州图森市的退伍军人梅利莎·科德罗（Melissa Cordero）说道。门登霍尔是民主党人，在第6国会选区击败了共和党人西斯克马尼。
“现在我们有两位厉害的拉丁裔女性——阿德利塔·格里哈尔瓦和乔安娜·门登霍尔，她们在国会为亚利桑那州、图森市，尤其是退伍军人争取更好的决策，”科德罗说道。
弹劾是焦点问题之一。
“弹劾程序会成为一个敏感议题，”北卡罗来纳州西部的农民兼厨师埃德·温巴加（Ed Winebarger）说道。“我希望我们能促成此事。”
缅因州民主党人、品牌管理专家艾米丽·布鲁斯·普拉姆（Emily Bruce Plumb）则有截然不同的看法。
“我最大的担忧是，民主党会陷入弹劾风波而浪费良机，”普拉姆说道。“我希望他们采取高姿态，为民众做最多有益的事，不要卷入私人恩怨或报复性行动。”
一些共和党人预计民主党会推动弹劾。
“我认为会迎来两年的反特朗普言论、弹劾闹剧，而没有一件是我们美国公民想要的重要事情，”新罕布什尔州的共和党人黛比·卡萨诺斯（Debbie Katsanos）说道。
对于胜选的一方而言，领导层的疑虑也是个问题。
“请别让这两年以另一位共和党总统当选告终，”宾夕法尼亚州退休人员玛丽·安·霍瓦斯（Mary Ann Horvath）说道。“要选比查克·舒默和哈基姆·杰弗里斯更强、更优秀的领导人。”
密歇根州的法学学生阿努什卡·贾利萨蒂吉（Anushka Jalisatgi）表示，埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州的胜选，为纽约市长佐兰·马姆达尼当选带来的进步势头增添了助力。“建制派民主党的现状并非一成不变，”她说道。
南卡罗来纳州的共和党人比利·皮尔斯（Billy Pierce）称，高油价是导致该州共和党人倒戈的原因，而油价高是一场“特朗普承诺美国不会卷入的战争”造成的。此外，他表示，特朗普选择达琳·格雷厄姆取代她已故的兄弟作为该州参议院候选人，“从一开始就是一场闹剧”。
在得克萨斯州，海军陆战队退伍军人理查德·孔特拉斯（Richard Contreras）表示，他投了“红色票，对此有些羞愧”，因为他认为该党正在背离保守和道德原则。
“我去了科珀斯克里斯蒂的特朗普集会，在场的人里没有一个能让我产生共鸣，”孔特拉斯说道。“那几乎像是邪教一样。”
马德这位爱荷华州共和党人，是众多长期追随特朗普的支持者之一，在竞选后期，他开始对特朗普的行为表达更多担忧。
“我认为我们需要制定人人都要遵守的法律，包括总统在内，”马德说道。“我觉得总统必须遵守所有法律。我不会因为特朗普是总统，就允许他为所欲为。我希望我们国家能按照我小时候的样子运转。”
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迈克尔·佩塞（Michael Pesce）曾是里根的共和党人，直到特朗普崛起。每次特朗普作为总统候选人参选时，他都投票给民主党，但在那些选举中，他也每次都为宾夕法尼亚州第一国会选区的温和派共和党众议员布赖恩·菲茨帕特里克（Brian Fitzpatrick）投了票。本周，阻止特朗普成了最重要的事。
“我坐在投票机前，手悬在菲茨帕特里克的名字上方，心里想‘本该投在这里’，但我就是做不到，”佩塞说道。两年前菲茨帕特里克轻松胜选的选区里，和他想法一样的人很多。“我觉得在这个地区……大家都在说：‘不，我们要改变现状。’”
当然，选举落败的一方刚结束，下一场竞选就已开始。民主党能保住这些重大成果吗？中期选举的结果会如何影响2028年的总统提名角逐？2024年选民把特朗普送上惊人的回归之路，两年后又推翻他、瓦解他的联盟，在下次选举时，这个反复无常的选民群体又会有怎样的感受？
“我想让我的政党回来，”佩塞提前给出了自己的立场。“总统竞选现在就开始了，希望所有考虑参选的人都能从过去两年吸取教训。”
We talked to dozens of voters about the midterm results. Here’s what they want to see now
2026-11-07T11:00:16.117Z / CNN
Fear was the word Daisy Alcazar used most during an October visit CNN’s All Over the Map made to her ice cream shop near the US-Mexico border in South Texas.
Hope is what she voices most now, when she can stop crying tears of joy.
“Texas has turned BLUE!” Alcazar wrote in a celebratory post-election message.
“The Latino community showed up,” she said later. “We have the first Latina woman going into the governor’s mansion. Do you understand what that means?”
Joseph Knowles was on the losing side of the midterm reckoning. He is a union autoworker in Michigan, voted Republican and watched as the map for governor, Senate and his House district filled in blue.
“I’m disappointed and Trump shares the blame,” Knowles said of the results. “Hopefully Democrats will use their power to deliver real change, not political revenge.”
Alcazar and Knowles are among more the 150 voters who participate in our All Over the Map project, an effort to track elections and major issues through the eyes and experiences of everyday Americans.
Our travels these past 20 months, since Trump returned to the White House, took us to 15 states from Maine to Alaska, some two or three times, and to many of the places that delivered the most stunning and consequential change.
“The voters have put checks and balances back in place,” said Michele Pegg, the Democratic chairwoman in rural Louisa County, Iowa. Democrats flipped the governor’s office, a Senate seat and three of Iowa’s four House districts, including the 1st District, where we visited with Pegg twice in recent months.
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“Serve the public – don’t forget that,” was her morning-after message.
Some of the responses to a survey sent to our voters on Election Day and a follow-up Wednesday were illuminating and reinforced a giant lesson since we began All Over The Map 38 months ago.
The Democrats in our project are obviously gleeful and the Republicans predictably disappointed. But voters across the spectrum are willing and eager to search for consensus on the big issues and blame the politicians for exacerbating polarization instead of making tough choices.
“The majority of the voters are not as extreme as the officials who get elected,” said Joan London, an attorney in Berks County, Pennsylvania, who switched her registration from Republican to independent in 2024 after Trump clinched the Republican nomination for the third time.
An example: Chris Mudd is a Trump supporter since 2015 and voted a straight Republican ballot Tuesday in Iowa. Alcazar is the Texas Democrat who loathes Trump.
During a Zoom conversation Friday, Mudd nodded in agreement as Alcazar voiced hope the midterm upheaval might somehow create momentum for a new guest worker program and creating a path to legal status for undocumented workers who have no criminal history since illegally crossing the border.
“We need the work to get done,” said Mudd, who since the beginning of our project in the summer of 2023 has listed border security as his top priority. “There are workers that want to come do it. We should have a plan to bring them in to do the work.”
Across party lines, there are voters who expect more gridlock and inaction regardless of which party controls Congress.
“Time for Washington to go back to going around in circles chasing each other’s tails,” said Deven McIver, a heavy equipment operator and New Hampshire Republican.
Here are some other lessons we learned.
Reform has deep and bipartisan appeal
“Term limits, maximum age for Congress and Senate,” is part of the wish list sent by Craig Thomas, a coastal South Carolina Republican.
“Speak out specifically for anti-corruption legislation by passing anti-stock and prediction market investment by members (of Congress) and federal employees,” was a priority Maine Democrat Brenda Garrand listed for the next Congress. Garrand said her “most important action” would be to “gut Citizens United,” the landmark Supreme Court decision that helped usher in a new era of big money in American elections.
Latinos feel empowered in Texas and beyond
“Enjoying the Bright Blue moment in Nevada,” said Las Vegas real estate agent Zoila Sanchez, a onetime Reagan Republican who switched parties because of Trump.
“Latino voices must be heard,” said Rogelio Regalado, a Spanish-language radio host in Nevada.
“We showed up at the ballot box, now we expect them to show up for us,” said Victor Martinez, a Spanish-language radio personality in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
“JoAnna Mendoza unseating Juan Ciscomani is everything,” said Melissa Cordero, an Air Force veteran who lives in Tucson, Arizona. Mendoza is a Democrat who defeated Republican Ciscomani in the 6th Congressional District.
“Now we have two badass Latinas, Adelita Grijalva and JoAnna Mendoza, on the Hill to make better decisions for Arizona and Tucson and especially for veterans,” Cordero said.
Impeachment is one of them.
“Impeachment proceedings will be a hot-button issue,” said Ed Winebarger, a farmer and chef in western North Carolina. “I hope we can make it happen.”
Emily Bruce Plumb, a Maine Democrat and brand management expert, has a very different take.
“My biggest fear is that Democrats will waste their shot by getting caught up in impeachment dramas,” said Plumb. “I want them to take the high road and do the most good for the people and stay out of personal vendettas or acts of retribution.”
Some Republicans expect Democrats to push for impeachment.
“I see two years of anti-Trump rhetoric, impeachment-palooza and none of the important things we American citizens want,” said Debbie Katsanos, a New Hampshire Republican.
Leadership doubts are also an issue for the winning team.
“Please don’t let this end up being two years that end with another Republican president,” said Mary Ann Horvath, a Pennsylvania retiree. “Choose stronger and better leaders than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.”
Anushka Jalisatgi, a law student in Michigan, said El-Sayed’s win in Michigan adds to the momentum progressives received from the election of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. “The status quo establishment Democratic position is not permanent,” she said.
South Carolina Republican Billy Pierce said high gas prices powered the revolt against the GOP and that they were the result of a war “that Trump promised the United States would not keep getting drawn into.” Plus, he said Trump’s choice of Darline Graham to replace her late brother as the Senate candidate in his state “was a fiasco from the start.”
In Texas, Marine veteran Richard Contreras said he voted “red and (is) somewhat ashamed by it” because he sees the party drifting from conservative and moral principles.
“I went to a Trump rally in Corpus Christi, and I didn’t or I wasn’t able to identify with anyone in the crowd,” Contreras said. “It was almost cult like.”
Mudd, the Iowa Republican, was one of a number of longtime Trump loyalists who late in this campaign began to share more concerns about his conduct.
“I think we need to have laws that we all live by, including the president,” Mudd said. “I think the president needs to follow all the laws. I’m not so far on Trump that he can do anything that he wants to do, and I’ll be okay with it. I want our country to run the way it did when I was a kid.”
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Michael Pesce was a Reagan Republican until Trump emerged. He has voted for the Democrat every time Trump was on the presidential ballot, but in every one of those elections he also voted for moderate GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District. This week, stopping Trump mattered most.
“I was sitting in the booth with my hand hovering over Fitzpatrick’s name, like this is where it’s supposed to go, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it,” Pesce said. He had plenty of company in a district Fitzpatrick easily won two years ago. “I think in this area …. people were like, “Nope, we’re gonna change this.”
Of course, the next campaign begins as soon as the current one ends. Can Democrats hold these big gains? How will the 2026 reckoning impact the 2028 presidential nomination contests? How will the volatile electorate that delivered Trump a stunning comeback in 2024 only to repudiate him and crumble his coalition two years later feel the next time?
“I want my party back,” is the early marker placed by Pesce. “The race for president starts now and I hope whoever is considering running learned a lesson from the past two years.”
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