华盛顿，10月29日——唐纳德·特朗普总统将于周四在南卡罗来纳州举行竞选集会，这是两周内的第二次。最新民调显示，共和党现任参议员达琳·格雷厄姆与民主党挑战者安妮·安德鲁斯之间的参议院选情难分胜负。
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 - President Donald Trump will stage a campaign rally in South Carolina for the second time in two weeks on Thursday, as new polls show the Senate race between incumbent Republican Darline Graham and Democratic challenger Annie Andrews is a toss-up.
由于周二的期中选举将决定国会的控制权，一些共和党人开始担忧，他们的传统票仓南卡罗来纳州已变成摇摆州。
With control of Congress at stake in Tuesday's midterm elections, some Republicans are beginning to fret that their traditional stronghold of South Carolina has become a battleground state.
这场选战反映了一种趋势：在竞选活动的最后几天，倾向共和党的各州选情如今正向民主党倾斜，部分原因是特朗普在民调中的支持率低迷。
The race is part of a trend that shows contests in Republican-leaning states now tilting toward Democrats in the campaign's final days, in part because of Trump’s low ratings in opinion polls.
共和党人正力争保住阿拉斯加、艾奥瓦、堪萨斯、得克萨斯、俄亥俄、北卡罗来纳和缅因等州的参议院席位，以维持其参议院六席的多数优势。民调显示，民主党在上述每一个州都领先。
Republicans are fighting to retain Senate seats in Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, North Carolina and Maine to maintain their six-seat Senate majority. Polls show Democrats leading in each of those states.
民调和独立分析人士认为民主党有望夺回众议院的控制权，而参议院的控制权则被认为胜负难料。民主党若获胜，可能会对特朗普形成制约，并在其任期的最后两年引发国会对政府的调查。
Polls and independent analysts favor the Democrats to retake control of the House, while Senate control is considered too close to call. A Democratic victory could place limits on Trump and usher in congressional investigations of his administration over its final two years.
共和党人如今在曾经难以想象的地区转入了守势。自弗里茨·霍林斯以来，南卡罗来纳州就再未向参议院输送过民主党人。霍林斯于1966年首次当选，任职至2005年。
Republicans are newly on the defensive in once unthinkable territory. South Carolina hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate since Fritz Hollings, who was first elected in 1966 and served until 2005.
特朗普近日还在密西西比州举行了集会，该州共和党现任议员辛迪·海德-史密斯与民主党人斯科特·科洛姆之间的选情已趋于胶着。若科洛姆当选，他将成为自重建时期以来密西西比州首位黑人参议员。重建时期是19世纪紧随美国内战之后的一段动荡时期。
Trump has also rallied in recent days in Mississippi, where the campaign between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom has tightened. Colom would be the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, a tenuous period of the 19th century immediately following the Civil War.
共和党政治操盘手也对内布拉斯加州参议院选情日益感到担忧，该州选战在共和党参议员皮特·里基茨与独立候选人丹·奥斯本之间展开。
Republican political operatives have also grown concerned over the Nebraska Senate race between Republican Senator Pete Ricketts and independent candidate Dan Osborn.
在南卡罗来纳州，安德鲁斯和格雷厄姆正在争夺一个曾由格雷厄姆的哥哥、参议员林赛·格雷厄姆担任的席位。林赛·格雷厄姆曾是特朗普最重要的共和党盟友之一，于7月突然去世。
In South Carolina, Andrews and Graham are competing for a seat once held by Graham's brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, who was one of Trump’s foremost Republican allies and died suddenly in July.
林赛·格雷厄姆是国会关键的外交政策代言人，也是参议院共和党领导层与白宫之间的联络人。他长期视其妹妹为最重要的政治顾问，尽管民调显示，她在竞选途中出现的失误似乎损害了她的声望。
Lindsey Graham was a key foreign policy voice in Congress and an interlocutor between Senate Republican leadership and the White House. He long counted his sister as his foremost political adviser, though polls suggest her stumbles on the campaign trail appear to have hurt her standing.
近日，南卡罗来纳州前任民选官员也纷纷为安德鲁斯背书。两位前州长、共和党人戴维·比斯利和民主党人吉姆·霍奇斯在一场电视活动中为安德鲁斯背书。
Former South Carolina elected officials have also backed Andrews in recent days. Two former governors, Republican David Beasley and Democrat Jim Hodges, endorsed Andrews in a television .
前共和党州长妮基·黑利曾在特朗普首个任期内获其任命，并在2024年向特朗普发起白宫争夺战，她尚未为任何一位候选人背书。
Former Republican Governor Nikki Haley, a Trump appointee during the president’s first term who challenged him for the White House in 2024, has not endorsed either candidate.
针对竞选活动不够成熟的批评，格雷厄姆表示，她不是职业政客，不会“说政客话”。格雷厄姆的竞选团队称，政治人物的背书不如选民和特朗普的支持重要。
Responding to criticism of her campaign as unpolished, Graham said she was not a career politician and does not "speak politician." Graham's campaign has said endorsements from political figures mattered less than support from voters and from Trump.
竞选官员称，特朗普和共和党将重心放在南卡罗来纳州及其他传统保守大本营，其后果远超这些州本身。共和党在中期选举中本有机会在密歇根州和佐治亚州向民主党发起挑战，也曾希望在明尼苏达州再夺一席。
Trump and Republicans’ focus in South Carolina and other traditional conservative strongholds has consequences far beyond those states, campaign officials say. Republicans had opportunities to challenge Democrats in Michigan and Georgia in the midterms, and also had hopes of picking off another seat in Minnesota.
但在南方捍卫地盘迫使共和党不得不将关键资源从那些竞选中抽调出去——并让特朗普自10月初以来开启了横跨19个州的疯狂全国竞选之旅。
But defending turf in the South has forced Republicans to divert vital resources away from those races - and sent Trump on a frenetic nationwide campaign tour through 19 states since the start of October.
在周二投票前的最后几天，他计划在佛罗里达州、堪萨斯州和爱荷华州举行集会。
He has rallies planned in Florida, Kansas and Iowa in the final days before the Tuesday vote.