特朗普喊话阿拉斯加：11月公投废除排序投票制，为沙利文助选造势
美国总统特朗普10月8日（周四）在Truth Social发文，呼吁阿拉斯加选民在11月投票废除排序投票制（ranked-choice voting），并批评该州今年出现“三位共和党人对阵一位民主党人”的州长四人竞选格局。
特朗普在帖文中质问道：“我们怎么会蠢到搞这一套？”他将矛头指向阿拉斯加现行的无党派前四初选加排序投票制，称这是一个他希望选民抛弃的腐败制度。他在同一篇帖文中背书了共和党参议员丹·沙利文（Dan S. Sullivan）和共和党众议员尼克·贝吉奇（Nick Begich），称两人是“梦幻组合”，并敦促阿拉斯加选民在10月19日提前投票开始后尽早投票。
这一表态距离特朗普亲赴阿拉斯加为沙利文助选仅有数日。据报道，特朗普此行将在瓦西拉（Wasilla）举行集会。沙利文正面临民主党玛丽·佩尔托拉（Mary Peltola）的强力挑战，保住这一参议院席位对共和党在中期选举中维持参议院控制权至关重要。选举预测机构Decision Desk HQ的模型截至10月8日看好佩尔托拉，给予其63%的胜率；《纽约时报》10月1日结束的一项民调显示佩尔托拉领先7个百分点。佩尔托拉2022年成为首位当选国会议员的阿拉斯加原住民，2024年将众议院席位输给贝吉奇后，于2026年1月宣布竞选参议员。
阿拉斯加的排序投票制由选民在2020年通过：初选中得票前四的候选人晋级大选；若无人获得过半首选票，则淘汰末位候选人并重新分配其选票上的第二选择，直至有人突破50%。2024年，一项废除该制度的努力曾以仅737票之差功败垂成。今年11月3日，选民将再次就其存废投票表决；若废除案通过，还将一并取消该州的开放初选和更严格的竞选财务披露规则。
州长选战方面，民主党人乔纳森·克雷斯-汤姆金斯（Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins）将对阵三位共和党人——戴夫·布朗森（Dave Bronson）、特雷格·泰勒（Treg Taylor）和伯纳黛特·威尔逊（Bernadette Wilson），胜者将接替任期届满的共和党州长迈克·邓利维（Mike Dunleavy）。值得注意的是，特朗普此次并未背书任何州长候选人。
与此同时，阿拉斯加参议院选战的火药味也在升级。保守派监督组织“美国问责基金会”本周向阿拉斯加联邦检察官办公室提交了一份114页的材料，要求司法部调查支持佩尔托拉阵营的团体可能存在的竞选财务违规行为。举报的焦点之一是与现任参议员同名的共和党候选人丹·J·沙利文（Dan J. Sullivan），共和党方面指责他参选是为了混淆选民、分流选票，而他本人否认自己是“搅局者”。
（消息来源：综合报道）
Trump Urges Alaskans to Repeal Ranked-Choice Voting, Rallies Behind Sullivan
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday, October 8, urging Alaskans to repeal ranked-choice voting in November and criticizing the state's four-way governor's race featuring "three Republicans running against one Democrat."
"How stupid are we to do this?" Trump asked in the post, taking aim at Alaska's nonpartisan top-four primary and ranked-choice general election system, which he called a corrupt system he hopes voters will scrap. In the same post, he endorsed Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich, calling the pair "a fantastic team," and urged Alaskans to cast early ballots when voting opens on October 19.
The message came just days before Trump's planned trip to Alaska to campaign for Sullivan, reportedly including a rally in Wasilla. Sullivan faces a strong challenge from Democrat Mary Peltola, and holding the seat is critical to Republicans' bid to keep control of the U.S. Senate in the midterms. Election forecaster Decision Desk HQ's model favored Peltola with a 63% win probability as of October 8, and a New York Times poll concluded October 1 placed her ahead by 7 points. Peltola became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress in 2022, lost her House seat to Begich in 2024, and launched her Senate bid in January 2026.
Alaska's ranked-choice system was adopted by voters in 2020: the top four primary finishers advance to the general election, and if no candidate wins a majority of first-choice votes, the lowest finisher is eliminated and second-choice votes are redistributed until someone surpasses 50%. A 2024 effort to repeal the system failed by just 737 votes. On November 3, voters will decide its fate again; if approved, the initiative would also eliminate the state's open primaries and tougher campaign finance disclosure rules.
In the governor's race, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins faces Republicans Dave Bronson, Treg Taylor and Bernadette Wilson, competing to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Notably, Trump did not endorse a gubernatorial candidate in his post.
The Senate race is also heating up off the ballot. The conservative watchdog American Accountability Foundation submitted a 114-page referral to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska this week, asking the Justice Department to investigate possible campaign finance violations by groups aligned against the incumbent. At the center is Republican candidate Dan J. Sullivan, who shares the incumbent's name; Republicans accuse him of running to confuse voters and siphon support, a charge he denies.
(Source: compiled reports)
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