“锈带”、“愤怒的白人”与特朗普胜选之关系简析

Study of the Relationship between Rust Belt,Angry Whites and Trump's Win

2016年美国总统大选中,共和党候选人唐纳德·特朗普出人意料地击败民主党候选人希拉里·克林顿。造成这一结果的原因是多方面的。从经济因素看,全球化导致美国传统制造业岗位流失,部分蓝领工人从中产阶层沦为"愤怒的白人",这在美国传统制造业地区的"锈带"尤为突出。"愤怒的白人"可能是特朗普险胜希拉里赢得"锈带"诸州,进而根据美国特殊的总统选举制度得以当选的关键。然而,特朗普提出的"让制造业回到美国"的口号很可能难以落实,"愤怒的白人"的处境也很难因特朗普的胜选而得到改善。

In US presidential election of 2016,the Republican candidate Donald Trump defeated the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton unexpectedly. The causes are manifold. The economic factor might be the fact that the globalization caused constant hemorrhaging of American manufacturing jobs,which turned quite a number of bluecollar workers from middle class into the unemployed,whom are called Angry Whites. This phenomenon is particularly common in traditional manufacturing areas which are called Rust Belt. The Angry Whites might be the key that helped Trump beat Hillary by a neck in several states of the Rust Belt and then won the US presidential election.However,Trump's election slogan "Let manufacturing back to US"might be hard to practice,so the Angry Whites might be unlikely to benefit from Trump's win.