在全国范围内举行数周集会后，特朗普总统将在白宫度过选举日。民调显示，他所在的政党可能面临一个艰难的夜晚。
After weeks of rallies across the country, President Trump is set to spend Election Day at the White House, as polls suggest his party may be in for a tough night.
周一下午，特朗普在林肯纪念堂倒影池发表了选举日前的最后一场演讲，该倒影池近期因翻修工程出现问题而备受关注。他在演讲中宣扬了本届政府的政绩，同时称民主党人“极端且危险”。他说：“不管是什么原因，现任总统往往赢不了中期选举，而我们这次已经非常努力了。”
Trump gave a final speech ahead of Election Day on Monday afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the source of a recent troubled renovation, in which his Administration’s achievements while calling Democrats “extreme and dangerous.”“For whatever reason, the sitting president doesn’t win the midterms, and we gave this a very strong shot,” he said.
总统周一的日程还包括至少参加九场线上远程集会，为全国各地的共和党候选人助选。这是特朗普数周竞选活动的收官之举。仅在10月，他就出席并在我27场竞选集会上发表了讲话。
The President’s schedule on Monday also had him attending at least nine virtual tele-rallies to stump for Republican candidates across the country. It was the capstone to weeks of campaigning by Trump. Just in October, he attended and spoke at 27 campaign rallies.
据一名白宫官员透露，周二，随着全国各地开始统计选举结果，总统将留在白宫直到傍晚。选举之夜预计将持续到凌晨，首批投票站将于周二东部时间下午6点关闭，阿拉斯加的最后一批投票站将于周三东部时间凌晨1点关闭。
On Tuesday, the President is set to remain at the White House into the evenign as states from coast to coast tabulate the election results, according to a White House official. Election night is expected to to stretch into the early hours, with the first polls closing at 6 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday and the last in Alaska at 1 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday.
两周前，总统与第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普在佛罗里达州西棕榈滩提前亲自投票，当天特朗普随后在佐治亚州的一场集会上发表了讲话。特朗普表示，他把票投给了所有共和党人。
The president, along with First Lady Melania Trump, cast their ballots early in person in West Palm Beach, Florida, two weeks ago, before Trump spoke at a rally in Georgia that same day. Trump said he voted for all Republicans.
共和党人希望打破民调预期。总统一直鼓励支持者像对待有他名字出现在选票上的选举一样去投票，因为共和党人担心其支持者的投票率会低于民主党支持者。周一发布的最新《纽约时报》/锡耶纳民调显示，民主党在密歇根、得克萨斯、俄亥俄和堪萨斯等关键参议院战场州领先。
Republicans Hope to Defy the Polls The President has been encouraging his supporters to vote as if his name is on the ballot, as Republicans fear a lower turnout from their supporters than those of Democrats. The latest New York Times/Siena poll on Monday showed Democrats leading in key Senate battlegrounds including Michigan, Texas, Ohio, and Kansas.
“民主党人正在积极投票，他们斗志昂扬。他们恨、恨、恨唐纳德·特朗普，”得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹周五在他的播客中说。
“Democrats are showing up, they're energized. They hate, hate, hate Donald Trump,” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, said Friday on his podcast.
克鲁兹警告说：“如果选举今天结束，如果只统计到目前为止投出的提前选票，共和党将惨败。”
“If the election were over today, if just the early votes that have been cast so far were counted, Republicans would lose massively,” Cruz warned.
关键选举结果可能会因特朗普政府对各州如何管理选举的持续调查而推迟。司法部周日请求一家联邦上诉法院推翻一项裁决，该裁决驳回了司法部试图以丹尼尔·J·沙利文的候选人资格为由阻止认证阿拉斯加州美国参议院选举结果的请求，丹尼尔·J·沙利文与现任共和党参议员丹·S·沙利文出现在同一张选票上。
Key election results could be delayed by the Trump administration’s ongoing investigations into how states administer elections. The Department of Justice on Sunday asked a federal appeals Court to overturn a ruling that dismissed the department’s bid to potentially block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate election over the candidacy of Daniel J Sullivan, who is appearing on the same ballot as incumbent Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan.
司法部周一还请求最高法院搁置2万张邮寄选票，声称这些选票被提供给了非公民。下级法院的联邦法官都驳回了司法部的这一请求。
The Department has also asked the Supreme Court on Monday to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots that the administration claims have been provided to noncitizens. Federal judges in the lower courts have all rejected the DOJ’s request to do so.
数月来，特朗普似乎一直在为一种说法铺路，即如果共和党人在中期选举中表现不佳，就说明发生了选民欺诈，尽管选民欺诈的实例极其罕见。上周，他在Truth Social的一篇帖子中声称，联邦政府正在密切关注明尼苏达州任何选民欺诈的迹象，并称共和党参议院候选人输掉的唯一可能就是“在选票上做手脚”。
For months, Trump has appeared to lay the groundwork to claim that voter fraud took place if Republicans perform poorly in the midterms, despite the fact that instances of voter fraud are exceedingly rare. Last week, he claimed in a Truth Social post that the federal government is closely watching for any sign of voter fraud in Minnesota, and that the only way that the Republican candidate for the Senate will lose is through “playing games with the [B]allots.”
当被问及是否会尊重中期选举结果时，特朗普上周二告诉记者，他会的，“如果选举是诚实的”。
Asked if he will respect the midterm election results, Trump told reporters last Tuesday that he will “if they are honest elections.”