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트럼프, 접전지 된 '레드 스테이트' 알래스카로 5천470㎞ 날아가

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도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령이 알래스카에서 중간선거 지원을 위해 설리번 상원의원 유세를 하고, JD 밴스 부통령은 텍사스에서 공화당 켄 팩스턴 후보를 지원하며 공화당이 선거에서 고전하고 있음을 '물살 거슬러 헤엄'에 비유해 인정했다.

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미국 중간선거는 전통적으로 여당에 불리한 환경으로 알려져 있으며, 공화당은 알래스카와 텍사스 등 전통적 지지 지역에서 민주당 후보와의 접전 양상을 보이고 있다.

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밴스는 텍사스로…"물살 거슬러 헤엄" 공화당 선거 고전 시인

(워싱턴=연합뉴스) 홍정규 특파원 = 도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령이 13일(현지시간) 알래스카주 와실라에서 다음달 3일 중간선거에서 재선에 도전하는 댄 설리번 연방 상원의원 지원 유세를 한다.

트럼프 대통령의 지원 유세는 설리번 의원이 도전자인 민주당 메리 펠톨라 후보를 상대로 박빙 대결을 벌이고 있기 때문이다. 알래스카는 전통적으로 공화당 강세 지역인 '레드 스테이트'로 꼽혔지만, 이번 선거에선 접전지로 분류된다.

워싱턴포스트(WP)는 트럼프 대통령이 설리번 의원을 돕기 위해 워싱턴 DC에서 와실라까지 3천400마일(약 5천472㎞)을 비행기로 이동한다면서 "공화당이 상원 다수당 지위를 유지하기 위해 얼마나 시급하게 핵심 지지층을 결집해야 하는지를 보여준다"고 짚었다.

트럼프 대통령이 연설하는 와실라는 알래스카에서도 보수 성향이 강한 곳이다. 공화당 내 강경 보수 세력인 '티파티'(Tea Party)의 대모를 자처하던 세라 페일린 전 알래스카 주지사의 고향이기도 하다.

공화당은 노스캐롤라이나주와 조지아주 상원의원 선거에선 민주당을 이기기 어렵다고 판단해 사실상 당 차원의 지원을 중단한 상태다. 대신 알래스카와 텍사스 등 민주당 후보가 공화당 후보를 위협하는 기존의 '텃밭' 방어에 주력하는 모습이다.

트럼프 대통령은 최근 한 달 동안 텍사스를 3차례 방문했으며, JD 밴스 부통령도 이날 텍사스를 재차 방문해 민주당 제임스 탈라리코 후보를 상대로 고전하는 공화당 켄 팩스턴 후보를 지원했다.

밴스 부통령은 텍사스로 가는 길에 기자들과 만나 "우리가 물살을 거슬러 헤엄치고 있다는 사실은 알고 있다"고 공화당이 고전하고 있다는 점은 인정하면서도 "우리는 역사적 추세에 맞서고 있다"고 말했다. 역사적으로 미 중간선거는 '여당의 무덤'으로 귀결됐다.

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 트럼프 대통령의 알래스카 유세가 설리번 후보의 재선 가능성을 높일 것

    Possible · Within days

  • 밴스 부통령의 텍사스 지원이 팩스턴 후보의 선거전 향방에 영향을 미칠 것

    Possible · Within days

Open Questions

  • 트럼프 대통령의 유세가 알래스카 유권자들에게 실제적인 영향을 미칠 수 있는 정도
  • 밴스 부통령의 텍사스 방문이 팩스턴 후보의 지지율 반전으로 이어질 가능성
  • 공화당이 다른 경합주에서 지원을 중단한 결정의 장기적 영향

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