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作者：[伊桑·科恩]
2026年3月3日（周二），得克萨斯州奥斯汀市民主党参议院初选观察派对上，得克萨斯州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科（James Talarico）的支持者在结果公布时做出反应。
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周二得克萨斯州初选中，民主党投票率创历史新高，参与民主党初选的选民人数超过了共和党。
尽管部分选票仍待统计，但民主党参议院初选中已有超过220万张选票计票完成，这场竞争激烈的选举由州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科击败美国众议员贾丝明·克罗克特（Jasmine Crockett）获胜。这是至少自1970年以来该党中期选举初选中的最高投票数，仅次于2008年总统选举。
共和党初选中的投票率也很高。超过210万张共和党选票创下该党中期选举初选的最高投票记录，目前仅落后于2024年和2016年总统选举年。
在得克萨斯州历史上，民主党在初选中的投票率超过共和党是罕见现象。
这种情况曾发生在2008年，当时巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）的名字出现在选票上，此后仅在2020年再次出现：当时民主党总统初选竞争激烈，而总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）在寻求连任时几乎没有遇到对手。
北卡罗来纳州的民主党热情同样明显。尽管两场参议院初选竞争都不激烈，但民主党候选人的选票比共和党候选人多约20万张。与得克萨斯州类似，该州民主党优势在近年来也较为罕见。
这些结果进一步证明，民主党在11月中期选举中展现出热情优势。但初选投票率并不一定能预示大选表现。
2008年，得克萨斯州民主党初选中近290万人投票，超过三分之二的选民选择民主党候选人而非共和党候选人，但奥巴马最终以近12个百分点的差距输给了共和党提名人约翰·麦凯恩（John McCain）参议员。
Democratic turnout in Texas primaries reaches record levels, in latest sign of party enthusiasm
35 min ago / PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2026, 10:03 AM ET / CNN Politics
By [Ethan Cohen]
Supporters of Texas state Rep. James Talarico react as results come in during a Democratic Senate primary election watch party in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
Eric Gay/AP
Democratic turnout in Tuesday’s Texas primary reached record levels, as more voters participated in the party’s primary than in the Republican one.
While more votes are still to be counted, more than 2.2 million votes have already been tallied in the Democratic primary for US Senate, a competitive race won by state Rep. James Talarico over US Rep. Jasmine Crockett. That’s the most in a midterm primary for the party since at least 1970, second only to the 2008 presidential race.
Turnout in the Republican primary was also strong. The more than 2.1 million GOP votes is that party’s largest midterm primary turnout and is currently only behind the presidential years of 2024 and 2016.
The Democratic advantage over Republicans in a primary turnout is a rarity in recent Texas history.
That happened in 2008, when Barack Obama was on the ballot, but has only happened once since then: in 2020, when Democrats had a competitive presidential primary and President Donald Trump faced virtually no competition as he sought renomination.
Democratic enthusiasm was also evident in North Carolina. While neither Senate primary was particularly competitive, roughly 200,000 more votes were cast in the Democratic contest than on the Republican side. Like in Texas, the Democratic advantage in that state has been rare in recent years.
These results add to the growing body of data showing that Democrats have an enthusiasm advantage heading into November’s midterm elections. But primary turnout isn’t necessarily predictive of general election performance.
In 2008, when nearly 2.9 million people voted in the Texas Democratic primary, with more than two-thirds of voters choosing a Democratic ballot over a Republican one, Obama went on to lose the Lone Star State by nearly 12 points to Sen. John McCain, the GOP nominee.
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