VOA- 好意思国大选 近2400万侨民有经验投票

　　

Laban Seyoum is an industrious man working long hours running a small trucking company in just Maryland.

拉班·塞尤姆是一个吃力的东说念主，在马里兰州长本领责任，筹齐整家袖珍卡车运输公司。

We're going to leave it to run for a few minutes.

咱们将让它运行几分钟。

He came to the United States with his family in 2000.

2000年，他随家东说念主来到好意思国。

Hey, to escape the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Seyoum is a fiscal and social conservative and a big supporter of Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump.

嘿，为了走避埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚之间的干戈，塞尤姆是一位财政东说念主员，亦然社会保守派，是共和党总统候选东说念主唐纳德·特朗普的肆意因循者。

When president Trump was in power, he was an amazing type in business.

当特朗普总统在野时，他在商界是一个了不得的类型。

You know, the the market was great.

你知说念，市集可以。

The job opportunities were great and people were optimistic.

责任契机许多，东说念主们很乐不雅。

Seyoum is a registered Republican who ran for his party's nomination to be Maryland's US senator.

塞尤姆是别称注册共和党东说念主，曾竞选本党提名马里兰州好意思国盘考员。

He says businesses like his are feeling the pinch of high fuel prices, which he blames on Democrats.

他说，像他这么的企业正在感受到高油价的压力，他将其怨尤于民主党。

Right now, unfortunately, with the gas prices is hovering around 5 dollars, for the diesel 4.55 dollars for the diesel, and that renders this business a lot unprofitable.

倒霉的是，刻下汽油价钱逗留在5好意思元傍边，柴油价钱为4.55好意思元，这使得这项业务无法盈利。

Understanding that volatile global oil prices are set by a complex combination of factors, Seyoum says Trump has the answer.

塞尤姆了解到大众油价波动是由复杂的身分组合决定的，他说特朗普有谜底。

Trump showed us the way to do it.

特朗普向咱们展示了作念到这少许的步伐。

You drill, you drill, you drill, you drill, then you compete, you see now we don't need to explore other ideologies.

你钻探，钻探，钻探，钻探，然后你竞争，你看当今咱们不需要探索其他相识形式。

Fatmata Barry sees the choices in this election differently.

法特玛塔·巴里对此次选举的遴荐有不同的倡导。

She came to the United States from Sierra Leon when she was 11.

她11岁时从塞拉利昂来到好意思国。

Barry got her law degree works as a community and civil rights organizer, and is executive director of the police accountability board in Montgomery County Maryland.

巴里行为别称社区和民权组织者赢得了法律学位，是马里兰州蒙哥马利县警员问责委员会的实验主任。

She is voting for Kamala Harris.

她投票给卡马拉·哈里斯。

I think vice president Kamala Harris is a person for the people.

我合计副总统卡马拉·哈里斯是一个为东说念主民办事的东说念主。

She is the person we need right now to bridge the divide that is in this country.

她是咱们当今需要的弥合这个国度不合的东说念主。

You're fired, you're...

你被罢黜了，你……

That's she just worried about another Trump presidency.

那即是她仅仅惦记特朗普再有一个总统任期。

I am scared.

我很发怵。

The fear of immigrants is starting up again.

对侨民的怯生生再次出现。

The fear of black and brown people is starting up again, and it's hard when the person on top is leading it, so everyone else feels comfortable.

对黑东说念主和棕色东说念主种的怯生生再次运行出现，当表层的东说念主相易怯生生时，这很难，是以其他东说念主齐感到惬心。

Where do you want it?

你思奈何样呢？

Barry volunteers at a local food bank and says gains in the US economy are not benefiting everyone equally.

巴里在当地一家食物银行担任志愿者，他示意好意思国经济的增长并莫得让每个东说念主齐对等受益。

The contrast basically is that the top 0.1% will have all the money and the rest of us will be struggling if you go with Trump, and the nation was never built like that.

对比基本上是，淌若你因循特朗普，最奢华的0.1%将领有所有这个词的钱，而咱们其他东说念主将堕入逆境，这个国度从来不是这么修复的。

America became America because of the work that the blue collar workers did in this country.

好意思国之是以成为好意思国，是因为蓝领工东说念主在这个国度所作念的责任。

Pew research says naturalized citizens account for about 10% of the US electorate, and most of those voters have been here for more than 20 years.

皮尤链接中心的链接称，入籍公民约占好意思国选民的10%，其中大大批选民照旧在这里生计了20多年。

Jeff Swicord VOA news Silver Spring Maryland.

VOA记者杰夫·斯威科德马里兰州银泉报说念。