一九九二年大选与美国政治潮流的新变化

THE 1992 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND NEW CHANGES IN U.S. POLITICAL TREND

1992年美国大选中民主党候选人威廉·杰弗逊·克林顿击败竞选连任的共和党总统乔治·布什,当选为第42任总统,从而结束了自1981年以来共和党主宰白宫达12年之久的历史。由于选举后民主党在国会两院都仍占多数,多年来因两党分掌行政和立法而造成的政治僵局亦为之改观。按美国联邦选举委员会的统计。

The failure of the Bush administration’s economic policy disrupted the conservative coalition on which the Republican Party had relied heavily for winning previous elections. In 1992, a new political coalition of the Democrats emerged. It not only retained the Democratic Party’s traditional voters but also drew to its side some conservatives who used to support the Republicans or had even been part of them. This helped to form a new Democratic majority in the campaign and resulted in the election of a Democratic president, Bill Clinton.