2026-06-09T10:04:34.774Z / https://www.reuters.com/world/party-over-purity-us-voters-unlikely-turn-backs-troubled-candidates-reutersipsos-2026-06-09/
摘要
路透社/益普索民调显示，选民认为有时不得不为自己不喜欢的候选人投票
党派忠诚凌驾于候选人争议之上，许多选民投票是为了阻止对方政党掌权
专家表示，两极分化和候选人缺陷导致无党派选民可能决定势均力敌的选举结果
华盛顿6月9日路透电——最新路透社/益普索民调显示，几乎没有美国人会因为争议而抛弃本党候选人，比如缅因州民主党人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳身上带有纳粹关联纹身，以及得克萨斯州共和党人肯·帕克斯顿的欺诈指控。这凸显了将胜选置于首位的深刻党派分歧。
这项于周一结束的为期六天的民调显示，三分之二的有党派倾向的受访者表示，有时他们不得不为自己不喜欢的候选人投票，只是为了阻止另一政党赢得执政权力。
这一原则将在周二举行的缅因州初选中接受考验，民主党牡蛎养殖户普拉特纳有望成为参议院席位候选人，该席位被视为民主党今年11月赢得参议院多数席位的关键。
在全国民调中，仅17%了解普拉特纳的民主党人表示，如果他们能在缅因州选举中投票，那枚纳粹风格的骷髅头交叉骨纹身会让他们放弃投给他。
同样比例的全国共和党人表示，如果他们能在11月的州参议院选举中投票，他们不会为得克萨斯州总检察长帕克斯顿投票。帕克斯顿十年前因欺诈投资者的指控被起诉。
两场选举都可能决定哪个政党掌控参议院，目前共和党以53票对47票占据多数席位。普拉特纳和帕克斯顿的竞选团队未回复置评请求。
此次民调收集了4531名美国成年国民的回应，其中包括546名了解普拉特纳的民主党人和712名了解帕克斯顿的共和党人。总体受访者的误差幅度为2个百分点，了解两位候选人的共和党人和民主党人的误差幅度为4个百分点。
两害相权取其轻
约76%的民调受访者，包括比例相近的民主党人和共和党人，表示他们在美国选举中经常不得不两害相权取其轻。
普拉特纳已为胸前的纹身道歉，（新标签页打开）他表示这是近20年前与海军陆战队战友喝酒时纹的。他称当时不知道该纹身图案与纳粹有关，并在去年启动竞选后用另一个纹身遮盖了它。
路透社/益普索的这项调查开展之际，普拉特纳正面临更多审查，包括有关他在已婚期间与女性发送露骨色情信息的报道。普拉特纳已就这些短信公开道歉，同时称有关这些信息和其他过往行为的报道是出于政治动机。
尽管存在争议，普拉特纳仍被视为击败共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯的有力竞争者。普拉特纳以民粹主义论调开展竞选，称缅因州对工薪阶层来说已经负担不起，并获得了包括参议院民主党领袖、温和派议员查克·舒默，以及与民主党党团合作的进步派独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯在内的重量级盟友的背书。
达特茅斯学院研究政治心理学和党派分歧的政治学家米娅·科斯塔表示，普拉特纳的崛起反映了美国政治两极分化加剧，选民觉得他们“只能专注于不让另一方掌权”。
尽管帕克斯顿在获得前总统唐纳德·特朗普的背书后赢得了州初选，但他将在大选中面临民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科的强劲对手。
帕克斯顿被起诉后，得克萨斯州众议院对其进行了弹劾，去年他的妻子以宗教理由提出离婚。他否认存在任何不当行为，并称对他的指控是出于政治动机。
无党派选民的变量
缅因州和得克萨斯州两场选举的一个未知数是无党派选民的影响力。六成自称不属于任何政党的受访者表示，他们的投票更可能反映对参选候选人的支持。
“所谓的‘正常’候选人将试图通过指出有问题候选人的缺陷，在无党派选民中胜出，”南卫理公会大学政治学教授卡尔·吉尔森说道。
塔拉里科的竞选团队周一宣传，该民主党人获得了帕克斯顿前辩护律师丹·科格德尔的背书。
包括弗吉尼亚州美国参议员马克·华纳在内的一些民主党人表示，普拉特纳效仿了特朗普的脚步，后者在政治崛起过程中也克服了争议。
“特朗普设定了新的标准，”华纳周日在美国广播公司的《本周》节目中表示。“我认为，我们是否应该继续遵循这个低标准，将再次由选民决定。”
杰森·兰格、诺兰·麦卡斯吉尔华盛顿报道；斯科特·马龙、辛西娅·奥斯特曼编辑
Party over purity: US voters unlikely to turn backs on troubled candidates, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
2026-06-09T10:04:34.774Z / https://www.reuters.com/world/party-over-purity-us-voters-unlikely-turn-backs-troubled-candidates-reutersipsos-2026-06-09/
Summary
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows voters feel they sometimes have to vote for candidates they don’t like
Partisan loyalty outweighs candidate controversies, with many voting to block opposing party
Experts say independents may decide close races, citing polarization and candidate flaws
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) – Few Americans would abandon their party’s candidate over controversies such as Democrat Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo in Maine or Republican Ken Paxton’s fraud indictment in Texas, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, highlighting deep partisan divides that make winning paramount.
Two-thirds of party-aligned respondents said they sometimes have to vote for a candidate they don’t like just to stop the other party from winning power, according to the six-day poll completed on Monday.
That principle will be put to the test in a Maine primary election on Tuesday, when Democratic oyster farmer Platner hopes to become a candidate for a Senate seat seen as crucial to Democrats’ hopes of winning a majority in that chamber in November.
In a nationwide poll, just 17% of Democrats familiar with Platner said his tattoo of a Nazi-style skull-and-crossbones would stop them from voting for him if they could vote in Maine’s election.
The same share of Republicans nationwide said they would refrain from voting for Texas Attorney General Paxton, who was indicted a decade ago on charges of defrauding investors, if they could vote in the state’s Senate election in November.
Either election could help determine which party controls the Senate, where Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority. Campaigns for Platner and Paxton did not respond to requests for comment.
The poll gathered responses from 4,531 U.S. adults nationwide, including 546 Democrats familiar with Platner and 712 Republicans familiar with Paxton. It had a margin of error of 2 percentage points for respondents overall and 4 points for Republicans and Democrats familiar with the two candidates.
LESSER OF TWO EVILS
Some 76% of poll respondents, including similar shares of Democrats and Republicans, said they often had to vote for the lesser of two evils in U.S. elections.
Platner has
apologized, opens new tab
for the chest tattoo, which he says he got while drinking with fellow Marines nearly two decades ago. He said he was unaware the tattoo’s design was associated with Nazis and covered it with another tattoo last year after he launched his campaign.
The Reuters/Ipsos survey was conducted as further scrutiny fell on Platner, including reports that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with women while he was married. Platner has apologized publicly for the text messages, while calling reports about them and other past behavior politically motivated.
Despite the controversies, Platner is seen as a strong contender to oust Republican Senator Susan Collins. Platner has campaigned with a populist message that Maine has become unaffordable for working-class people, and he has won endorsements from heavyweight allies including Chuck Schumer, a moderate and the top Democrat in the Senate, and Bernie Sanders, a progressive independent U.S. senator who caucuses with Democrats.
Platner’s rise reflects increased political polarization in America, with voters feeling they “just have to focus on not putting the other side in power,” said Mia Costa, a Dartmouth College political scientist who studies political psychology and partisanship.
While Paxton triumphed in the state’s primary election after winning President Donald Trump’s endorsement, he will face a tough general election opponent in Democrat James Talarico.
After his indictment, Paxton was impeached by the Texas House, and last year his wife filed for divorce on biblical grounds. He has denied all wrongdoing and says the allegations against him are politically motivated.
INDEPENDENT FACTOR
A wildcard in both the Maine and Texas races will be the power of independent voters. Six in 10 poll respondents who described themselves as unaffiliated with either party said their vote was more likely to reflect their support of the candidate on the ballot.
“The more ‘normie’ candidate, as some people call them, will be trying to prevail among independents by pointing to the flaws of the candidate with issues,” said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University.
Talarico’s campaign on Monday touted the Democrat winning the endorsement of Dan Cogdell, Paxton’s former defense lawyer.
Some Democrats – including U.S. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia – say Platner has followed in the footsteps of Trump, who also overcame controversy during his political ascent.
“Trump set a new standard,” Warner said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “Whether that low standard is what we ought to proceed with, I think it’s going to be again in the hands of the voters.”
Reporting by Jason Lange and Nolan McCaskill in Washington; Editing by Scott Malone and Cynthia Osterman