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Or even equally interesting 1924
同样耐人寻味的一场大选是1924年
Calvin Coolidge and John Davis. running against him both very conservative
卡尔文柯立芝和约翰戴维斯间的角逐。这两位都是保守派人士
Democrats were not necessarily liberal this time at all
当时的民主党人思想并不开放
Generally were not in favor of big business
虽然他们普遍排斥大财阀
but on issues like race, they were usually the more conservative party at this point
但他们在种族等问题上态度甚至比共和党还要保守
And Robert LaFollette had been a republican
罗伯特.拉福莱特曾是一名共和党人
a governor of Wisconsin discussed by both parties ,bucked,
曾任威斯康星州长，但他遭到两党的议论和反对，
form a public opponent another new progressive party. That wants government ownership of railroad and electric utilities
自行建立了一个新的进步党。该党主张铁路和电力产业为政府所有
outlawing child labors, stronger laws to helps labor unions more protective. You know, very liberal
立法制止童工并为工会提供更强大的法律援助。这些都是些带有自由主义色彩的主张
Patterns what we see
我们再次发现北部地区左倾的规律
He won Wisconsin came very close to win in Minnesoda North Dakota indeed
他赢得了威斯康星州的选票甚至差点在明尼苏达和北达科他州获胜
The map again, the colors fade out
还是老问题，地图颜色有点失真了
And did very well in the West and North-West
拉福莱特在西部和西北部战绩也不错
Did not do well at all in the south and much of the sort of eastern mid-West, if you will
在南部和中西部、中东部则一败涂地
So again, we can see some of these continuing patterns
这再次应验了之前所说的规律
But as a little sort of warning
但在这我要提醒你们
Just because Montana has two Democratic senators and a Democratic governor doesn't mean they're liberal Democrats
前面虽提到蒙大拿有两位民主党参议员和一位民主党州长，但这并不意外着他们都是自由派民主党人
And here we have the term the blue dog conservative Democratic cockers as we know It's a familiar term
让我跟你们介绍一个新名称：蓝狗保守派明主党人，这个名字并不陌生
the blue dog Democrats it have their own group in the house of representatives
蓝狗在众议院形成了自己的群体
There's actually a pretty substantial group
且这是个规模不小的群体
Interesting, where this term came from. Anyone know where the term Blue Dog Democrat comes from?
这个名字的由来很有意思。有人知道“蓝狗”民主党这个名字的由来么?

It started with the Yellow Dog Democrat
它是由黄狗民主党派得名的
Yellow Dog Democrat was a southerner back in the days when the south was a one-party region
黄狗民主党派由南方人组建，那时南部一边倒地支持民主党
And their line was I'd vote for any one Even a yellow dog as long as it's a Democrat
他们的信条是将选票投给任何民主党人即使只是黄狗，只要是民主党的狗，也得投
So there's a Yellow Dog Democrat
黄狗民主党派由此诞生
Then a Blue Dog Democrat came about in the 1970s and said these northern and western liberals
蓝狗民主党派诞生于20世纪70年代，他们声称受不了北部和西部的民主党人
They are pushing the party in such liberal direction. That's enough to choke a yellow dog blue
民主党推行的自由主义思想，黄狗会被这种思想窒息成脸发青的蓝狗
So therefore you have the Blue Dogs. That's their unofficial mascot
蓝狗从而得名，蓝狗也成了该组织的非正式代言
Anyone want to guess what state has the largest number of blue dog Democrats in the house?
有没有人愿意猜猜众议院中哪个州的蓝狗成员最多?
California
加利福尼亚州
There're seven in California
加州有七位众议员是蓝狗成员
So actually it's a pretty substantial group
这是一个庞大的团体
So in general Blue Dog Democrat tend to oppose to Republican efforts to deregulate
总体而言，蓝狗民主党反对共和党人解除管制的提议
Oppose Republican efforts to reduce taxes especially on the more affluent
以及其减税，尤其是对富人减税的提议
They're suspicious of big business having too much power
蓝狗认为大企业，财阀不该拥有过多的权力
They tend to be centrist on hot butter issue suck like abortion
在堕胎等热议话题上他们的意见较为中立
Some of them are actually quite pro-life
其中一部分人是持反堕胎意见的

视频及简介

本课程结合大量地图，探索了美国总统大选（包括过去和现在）中的地理学，并且对仅仅简单把美国分为红州（共和党）和蓝州（民主党）这一说法提出挑战。现实中，美国社会两党的情况，远比这种简单的两分法要复杂。