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and the next election was even more problematic. Again, it goes back to these personality conflicts
而后一次的选举则更加离谱，首先，是候选人之间的私人冲突
but Jefferson ended up getting the same number of electoral votes as his vice presidential running mate Aaron Burr
杰斐逊最终与他的副总统候选人搭档伯尔获得了相同数量的选票
and Aaron Burr refused to step down
伯尔却拒绝放弃总统之位
It had to go to the congress and eventually Hamilton supported Jefferson
这得由国会投票决定谁当总统，最后杰斐逊在汉密尔顿帮助下当选
That was one of the things that let Hamilton and Burr to their famous duel where Alexander Hamilton was killed by Aaron Burr
这也导致了后来汉密尔顿和伯尔之间的决斗，汉密尔顿在决斗中被伯尔杀死
One of the things you can see comparing this map to the previous one if we go back
你会发现将这幅地图与上次大选的地图相比，回顾上一次的选情
we can see the extension of Jefferesonian support
杰斐逊派的支持范围扩大了

and definitely in this early period that Jefferesonias, the Democratic Republicans if you will,
这说明在早期杰斐逊派，即民主共和党
are doing well gaining some support in the mid-Atlantic states particularly in New York,
表现是十分令人满意的，在大西洋中部州区赢得了不少支持，尤其是在纽约，
you can see Virginia at this time had more electoral votes than any other state but New York had quite a fewand that was a key
你会发现这次大选中弗吉尼亚的选举人票最多，纽约也有很多，这对杰斐逊获胜很关键
Otherwise the geographical patterns pretty similar
除此之外两次选情的地理格局是非常相似的
New England strongly federalist as well as the more coastal areas at the mid-Atlantic states
新英格兰地区忠实支持联邦党，大西洋沿岸的中部州区也是如此
and then the interior, and the far south much more Jeffersonian although South Carolina also had quite a bitof federal support as well
内陆地区以及最南部各州则倾向杰斐逊派，尽管南卡罗莱纳有不少人倾向联邦党
This was next election like so many of them
这次大选与前一次有很多相同之处
Here is the Federalist Insult of Jefferson a mean-spirited low-lived fellow
这是联邦党人对杰斐逊的辱骂：一个思想败坏出身低贱的家伙
the son of a half-breed Indian squaw sired by a Virginian Mullato father
印第安妇女与白人混血的杂种，由弗吉尼亚的父亲拉扯大

视频及简介

课程以美国总统大选为主线，详细讲述了从1789美国的第一任总统上任到南北战争时期每次大选的详情。期间穿插了英美战争，美墨战争，1820密西比妥协，南北矛盾的逐步激化等历史事件。