华盛顿，10月5日电 - 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周六和周一再次鼓励支持者如果愿意可以邮寄投票，这标志着这位美国总统的语气发生了转变，多年来他一直将邮寄投票描述为充斥着欺诈的做法。
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 - President Donald Trump encouraged supporters on Saturday and again on Monday to vote by mail if they wanted, a change of tone for the US president, who has for years described mail-in voting as a practice rife with fraud.
周一下午，特朗普在白宫向记者发表讲话，随后前往内布拉斯加州参加集会。他表示，支持者可以在11月3日即将到来的国会中期选举中邮寄投票，尽管他也表示更倾向于现场投票。
Speaking to reporters at the White House before departing for a rally in Nebraska on Monday afternoon, Trump said his supporters could vote by mail in the coming congressional midterm elections on November 3, even as he said he preferred in-person voting.
特朗普说：“如果他们想，可以邮寄投票，因为我们似乎别无选择，因为很多人想邮寄投票，但也有很多非常优秀的人想现场投票。你可以二选一。”此番言论是在周末他发布竞选视频鼓励共和党人投票之后发表的。
"They can vote by mail if they want, because we seem to have no choice because a lot of people want to vote by mail, but a lot of very good people also want to vote in-person," Trump said. "You can do either." The comments came after he posted a campaign video over the weekend encouraging Republicans to vote.
特朗普说：“提前投票、邮寄投票，或者在11月3日选举日现场投票。”
"Vote early, vote by mail or vote in-person on Election Day, November 3rd," Trump said.
特朗普为何改变语气目前尚不清楚。这位总统曾多次虚假声称，他在2020年大选中的失败是选民欺诈的结果，包括邮寄选票欺诈。特朗普政府曾试图在中期选举前大幅收紧邮寄投票规则，但最高法院在9月拒绝允许邮政局执行新规则。
It was not immediately clear why Trump changed his tone. The president has repeatedly made false claims that his 2020 election defeat was the result of voter fraud, including with mail-in ballots. The Trump administration tried to significantly tighten the rules governing mail-in voting heading into the midterm elections, though the Supreme Court in September declined to allow the Postal Service to enforce the new rules.
一些共和党人过去曾表示担心，劝阻邮寄投票可能会降低保守派农村选民的投票率，这些选民是特朗普基本盘的核心部分，其中一些人居住地距离投票站较远。
Some Republicans have in the past expressed concern that discouraging mail-in voting could reduce turnout among conservative rural voters, a core part of Trump's base, some of whom live relatively far from polling stations.
共和党在艰难的全国政治环境中进入竞选最后几周。路透社/益普索周一完成的一项民调显示，特朗普的支持率为32%，维持在9月的历史低点；当被问及在中期选举中支持哪个党派时，选民更倾向民主党而非共和党，比例为44%对37%。在无党派选民中，民主党以37%对21%领先，28%尚未决定。
Republicans are entering the final weeks of the campaign in a difficult national political environment. A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday found Trump's approval rating at 32%, holding at September's record low, whileed voters preferred Democrats over Republicans 44% to 37% when asked which party they would support in the midterms. Among independents, Democrats led 37% to 21%, with 28% undecided.