一项周五发布的新民调显示，一半美国人担心共和党可能试图推翻11月中期选举的结果。
A new poll released Friday suggests half of Americans are concerned Republicans may try to overturn the results of November’s midterm election.
《纽约时报》/锡耶纳大学调查的受访者中，50%表示“非常担心”或“有些担心”共和党可能利用“非法手段”推翻选举，而49%的人“不太担心”或“完全不担心”。在可能投票者中，绝大多数民主党人——86%——表示担心共和党可能干预选举，52%的独立人士也有同样感受。甚至有10%的共和党人表示担心本党会推翻结果。
Fifty percent of respondents to the New York Times/Siena University survey said they were either “very” or “somewhat worried” the GOP may use “illegal means” to overturn the election, compared to 49 percent who are either “not too worried” or “not at all worried.”A strong majority of Democrats — 86 percent — were among the share of likely voters who reported feeling worry about potential GOP election interference, and 52 percent independents felt the same. Even 10 percent of Republicans say they are worried their own party would overturn the results.
《纽约时报》/锡耶纳还询问受访者是否担心民主党可能推翻结果，31%的人表示担心——这一群体主要由共和党人组成。
NYT/Siena also asked respondents if they feared Democrats may overturn the results, and 31 percent said they were — a group mainly consisting of Republicans.
尽管如此，《纽约时报》/锡耶纳民调中，民主党、共和党和独立人士受访者中，表示信任中期选举结果将准确无误的比例相近。跨越所有党派，可能投票者的信任度达到74%。
Still, similar shares of Democratic, Republican and independents respondents to the NYT/Siena poll said they trusted midterm results would be accurate. And, across all parties, likely voters’ trust reached 74 percent.
特朗普总统多年来一直推动选民欺诈的说法，主要在他或其政党失利时提出。法院和选举官员一贯驳斥或未发现美国选举存在大规模欺诈的证据。
President Trump has pushed claims of voter fraud for years, mainly when he or his party loses. Courts and election officials have consistently debunked or found no evidence for claims of widespread fraud in U.S. elections.
司法部长托德·布兰奇周四对记者表示，司法部（DOJ）无意“不当干预选举或州确认程序或认证程序”。不过，他并未排除司法部可能介入或阻止各州核实选举结果的可能性。
Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Thursday the Justice Department (DOJ) has no intention “to improperly interfere with elections or the state confirmation process or certification process.”However, he did not rule out the potential for the DOJ to intervene in or block states from verifying election results.
周五上午，特朗普政府提起诉讼，寻求在共和党参议员丹·沙利文落败时阻止阿拉斯加参议院竞选的认证。
On Friday morning, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of the Alaska Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
司法部辩称，由于选票上还有另一位同名候选人，因此选举不公平，可能会让选民感到困惑。选票上标明了苏利文参议员的共和党身份和现任者身份，以将他与另一位丹·苏利文区分开来。
The DOJ argued that, because another candidate with the same name is on the ballot, the election is not fair and could confuse voters. Sen. Sullivan is identified on the ballot with his Republican and incumbent status to differentiate himself from the other Dan Sullivan.
这项民调于10月12日至19日在全国范围内对3,494名可能投票者进行。误差范围为1.9个百分点。
The poll was conducted Oct. 12-19 among 3,494 likely voters nationwide. The margin of error is 1.9 percentage points