Indeed, of the various possible reasons why the electorate in 2014 did not perceive the economic recovery that was underway, the most plausible is that the typical American had not benefited from it. The irony is that rising inequality is usually thought to play to the Democrats’ electoral advantage.
事实上，2014年的选民没有感到复苏正在发生，原因有许多，最可靠的一个是普通美国人没有从复苏中获益。讽刺之处在于，不平等性加剧通常被认为有利于民主党的选举优势。