大卫·科尔曼对11月竞选的共和党候选人了解不多。但他了解特朗普总统，他相信总统不会误导他。这位54岁的俄克拉荷马州人前往俄克拉荷马州杜兰特参加特朗普的中期集会，周四，他计划支持特朗普带上台的任何人。科尔曼和其他数千人等待总统出现时说道：“我要问ChatGPT他们的名字是什么，并投票给他们。”像科尔曼这样的选民--他们对特朗普非常忠诚，但与共和党候选人的其他成员的联系很松散--是总统在11月3日大选前的最后阶段试图瞄准的选民的一部分。
David Coleman doesn't know much about the Republican candidates who are running in November. But he knows President Trump, and he trusts that the president won't steer him wrong. The 54-year-old Oklahoman made his way to Trump's midterm rally in Durant, Okla., on Thursday planning to support whomever Trump brought onstage with him. "I am going to ask ChatGPT what their name is and vote for them," Coleman said as he and thousands of others waited for the president to appear. Voters like Coleman — who are fiercely loyal to Trump but only loosely attached to the rest of the Republican ticket — are part of those whom the president is trying to target in the final stretch before the Nov. 3 election. Rather than prioritizing visits to battleground districts, which will decide which party controls Congress, Trump is rallying in Republican strongholds such as Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama, betting that his presence will be enough to energize a base that may be thinking about sitting out the election because his name isn't on the ballot. In Oklahoma, Trump told the crowd to imagine he is on the ballot because the future of his "America First" agenda depends on Republicans getting out to vote. He then urged them to vote for GOP candidates like Senate candidates Ken Paxton of Texas and Kevin Hern of Oklahoma. "You have to get out and vote," Trump said. "You can't assume they are going to win." The red-state itinerary is a departure from what Trump initially promised to do in the 30 days leading up to the midterms. At a Rose Garden dinner with Republican lawmakers last month, he pledged to campaign in the country's 35 most competitive districts. But in many of those races, the president is proving to be a political liability as his his approval dwindles, even among Republicans. In Texas, Paxton, who is locked in a tight race against Democrat James Talarico, has lamented that Trump's GOP convention in Dallas hurt him, according to a recording obtained by the New York Times. Since the report, Trump has told supporters to vote for Paxton "whether you love him or not" even while he said that "he can be a pain in the ass." "We need Ken so badly, that's why I am here," Trump told a crowd in Texas on Thursday, while noting that it would be a "horror" if Republicans lost the Senate seat to Talarico.
特朗普没有优先访问战场地区（这将决定哪一个政党控制国会），而是在德克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州和阿拉巴马州等共和党据点集结，押注他的存在将足以激励可能正在考虑缺席选举的基地，因为他的名字不在选票上。在俄克拉荷马州，特朗普告诉人群想象他正在投票，因为他的“美国优先”议程的未来取决于共和党人的投票。
Democrats, meanwhile, are making heavy investments in winning back voters they lost to Trump in 2024, including Latino voters in south Texas. Some of those voters have said they feel betrayed by Trump's policies on immigration and the economy. Trump has dismissed the poll findings that he is losing the Latino vote. Asked what his message was to Latino voters who are dismayed by his policies, he said: "We have to do what we have to do." The president has also brushed off comments that his unpopularity among Americans may be hurting Republican candidates, saying that "everybody that has me wins." But in recent days, Trump has publicly said Republicans are "worried" about several races, including those in Michigan, Texas and "a few other states."
然后他敦促他们投票给德克萨斯州参议院候选人肯·帕克斯顿和俄克拉荷马州参议院候选人凯文·赫恩等共和党候选人。特朗普说：“你必须出去投票。”“你不能假设他们会赢。“红州行程背离了特朗普最初承诺在中期选举前30天内所做的事情。上个月，在与共和党议员的玫瑰园晚宴上，他承诺将在美国35个竞争最激烈的地区竞选。但在许多这样的竞选中，总统被证明是一个政治责任，因为他的支持率越来越低，甚至在共和党人中也是如此。在得克萨斯州，帕克斯顿，谁是锁定在一个紧张的比赛对民主党人詹姆斯塔拉里科，感叹特朗普的共和党大会在达拉斯伤害了他，根据录音获得的纽约时报。
These concerns come as even the most ardent Trump supporters grow concerned about the economy, particularly the cost of gas. Ronnie Smith, 77, has voted for Trump every time he has been on the ballot, and his support for the president has not wavered. But, he said, "the only thing that I think is hurting him is the cost of diesel." Gas prices in the U.S. have soared during the seven-month Iran war, with the national average for a gallon of diesel reaching $6.37 on Friday, according to AAA. The cost of diesel hit a record $6.52 on Sept. 22. Smith says he regularly hears complaints about the cost of fuel from trucker friends who have long commutes for work. But he said he is sure Trump can "take care of it." On Friday, Trump announced that the world's wealthiest industrial nations had agreed to release 100 million barrels of diesel and fuel products from their strategic stockpiles in the coming weeks, a move that he is expected to tout in his upcoming midterm rallies. In these rallies, Trump has repeatedly said that he believes his administration has been doing a "tremendous" job with the economy, the problem is that "we're doing an extremely poor job at promotion." A Republican source close to the White House said the president visited Durant because of its proximity to the Texas border, with the hope of helping candidates in both states. The strategy is similar to his Friday visit to Mobile, Ala., which is near Florida's Panhandle.
自报道以来，特朗普告诉支持者投票给帕克斯顿“无论你爱他与否”，即使他说“他可以是一个痛苦的屁股。“我们非常需要肯，这就是我在这里的原因，”特朗普周四在德克萨斯州对人群说，同时指出，如果共和党人失去参议院席位，那将是一个“恐怖”。与此同时，民主党人正在进行大量投资，以赢回他们在2024年输给特朗普的选民，包括德克萨斯州南部的拉丁裔选民。其中一些选民表示，他们觉得特朗普的移民和经济政策背叛了他们。特朗普驳斥了民意调查结果，称他正在失去拉丁裔选票。当被问及他对那些对他的政策感到沮丧的拉丁裔选民传达了什么信息时，他说：“我们必须做我们必须做的事情。总统还驳斥了有关他在美国人中不受欢迎可能会伤害共和党候选人的言论，称“每个有我的人都会获胜。”但最近几天，特朗普公开表示共和党人对几场竞选感到“担忧”，包括密歇根州、德克萨斯州和其他几个州的竞选。“这些担忧出现之际，即使是最热心的特朗普支持者也越来越担心经济，尤其是天然气成本。77岁的罗尼·史密斯（Ronnie Smith）每次参加投票时都会投票给特朗普，他对总统的支持从未动摇。但是，他说，“我认为唯一伤害他的是柴油成本。“根据AAA的数据，在长达七个月的伊朗战争期间，美国天然气价格飙升，周五全国平均柴油价格达到每加仑6.37美元。9月1日，柴油成本达到创纪录的6.52美元22.史密斯说，他经常听到上班时间很长的卡车司机朋友对燃油成本的抱怨。
Trump's swing through GOP strongholds is seen as a way to get the word out to his base. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters this week that Republicans "need the president to turn out voters that are his voters." "In a non-presidential year, in a midterm election, that challenge is always voter turnout," he said.
但他说，他相信特朗普可以“照顾它。上周五，特朗普宣布，世界上最富有的工业国家已同意在未来几周内从其战略库存中释放1亿桶柴油和燃料产品，预计他将在即将到来的中期集会中宣传这一举措。在这些集会中，特朗普一再表示，他相信他的政府在经济方面做了“巨大”的工作，问题是“我们在晋升方面做得非常糟糕。一位接近白宫的共和党消息人士说，总统访问杜兰特是因为它靠近得克萨斯州边境，希望能帮助这两个州的候选人。该策略与他周五访问阿拉巴马州莫比尔类似，它位于佛罗里达州狭长地带附近。特朗普穿越共和党据点被视为向其支持者传达信息的一种方式。参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（RS.D.）本周告诉记者，共和党人“需要总统选出他的选民。“在非总统年，在中期选举中，挑战始终是选民投票率，”他说。“在这种情况下，有很多选民可能不愿意出去投票。66岁的西尔维娅·西格勒（Sylvia Sigler）是一名学校食堂工作人员，周四参加了特朗普在俄克拉荷马州的集会，她说她通常在地方选举中投票，但自2016年以来就没有在联邦选举中投票过。当被问及是什么激励她在今年11月出去投票时，她考虑了该说什么。“我还没有考虑过这个问题，但也许是经济问题，”她说。“我甚至不知道谁在竞选，因为我跟不上。“但她很好奇参加特朗普的集会，看看热闹到底是怎么回事。当被问及她是否认为他的信息会对她产生影响时，她再次停顿了一下。“有可能，”她说。“但我不会做出任何承诺。"
"In this case you have a lot of voters out there who may not be inclined to go out there and vote." Sylvia Sigler, 66, a school cafeteria worker who attended Trump's Oklahoma rally Thursday, said she normally votes in local elections but has not voted in a federal election since 2016. When asked what would motivate her to get out and vote this November, she contemplated what to say. "I haven't thought about it, but maybe the economy," she said. "I don't even know who is running because I don't keep up with it." But she was curious to attend Trump's rally and see what the buzz was all about. Asked whether she thought his message would make a difference for her, she once again paused. "It could," she said. "But I am not making any promises."