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Imagine where this country would be if all the folks who in 2010 created the Tea Party had decided that,
想象一下這個國家將會怎樣，如果所有2010年創(chuàng)建茶黨的人
you know, politics is too messy, voting is too complicated.
認為政治太骯臟，投票太復(fù)雜。
There is no possibility of our votes adding up to anything.
我們的投票永遠沒有機會貢獻任何事。
They didn't preemptively silence themselves.
但他們沒有沉默。
They showed up, and in the course of showing up, they changed American politics.
他們表達了自己，在表達自我的過程中，他們改變了美國的政治。
Imagine if all of the followers of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders had decided not to upend the political status quo
想象一下如果特朗普和桑德斯的所有擁護者決定不去碰觸政治現(xiàn)狀，
and blow apart the frame of the previously possible in American politics. They did that by voting.
而是保持原先的美國政治結(jié)構(gòu)會怎樣。但他們卻通過投票邁出了改變的步伐。
We live in a time right now, divided, often very dark, where across the left and the right,
我們所生活的時代出現(xiàn)了嚴重的分裂，時常黑暗無比，不論左派右派，
there's a lot of talk of revolution and the need for revolution to disrupt everyday democracy.
都想變革，都有打破常規(guī)民主的革命需求。
Well, here's the thing: everyday democracy already gives us a playbook for revolution.
而關(guān)鍵就在于：民主環(huán)境已經(jīng)給了我們革命的腳本。
In the 2012 presidential election, young voters, Latino voters, Asian-American voters, low-income voters, all showed up at less than 50 percent.
在2012年總統(tǒng)選舉中，年輕人，拉丁選民，亞裔人，低收入群體，投票率都低于50%。2
In the 2014 midterm elections, turnout was 36 percent, which was a 70-year low.
2014年中期選舉是36%，70年來最低。
And in your average local election, turnout hovers somewhere around 20 percent.
地方選舉的平均投票率只有20%左右。
I invite you to imagine 100 percent. Picture 100 percent. Mobilize 100 percent, and overnight, we get revolution.
我想請你們想象一下100%。100%的投票率會是何種景象。100%全體動員，一夜之間，我們就會爆發(fā)革命。
Overnight, the policy priorities of this country change dramatically,
一夜之間，國家的政治優(yōu)先權(quán)就會劇烈反轉(zhuǎn)，
and every level of government becomes radically more responsive to all the people.
所有級別的政府會更積極回應(yīng)民眾的呼聲。
What would it take to mobilize 100 percent?
怎樣來全動員100%的人呢？
Well, we do have to push back against efforts afoot all across the country right now to make voting harder.
我們正在為此在全國范圍內(nèi)努力，讓投票更有力。
But at the same time, we have to actively create a positive culture of voting that people want to belong to,
同時，要積極創(chuàng)立正面的選舉文化，人民樂于追隨的文化，
be part of, and experience together. We have to make purpose. We have to make joy.
置身其中，共同經(jīng)歷。要把選舉變得有意義，更快樂。
So yes, let's have that revolution, a revolution of spirit, of ideas, of policy and participation,
對，我們現(xiàn)在一起發(fā)動革命，精神，觀念，政策和參與的革命，
a revolution against cynicism, a revolution against the self-fulfilling sense of powerlessness.
拋棄玩世不恭，拋棄自我無力感。
Let's vote this revolution into existence, and while we're at it, let's have some fun. Thank you very much.
讓我們通過選舉來實現(xiàn)革命，我們正在路上，讓我們享受這個過程。謝謝。
