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How about Kentucky, well, Kentucky very strongly Republican, you can see Louisville voting for Kerry
来看肯塔基的情况，肯塔基是明显倾向共和党的，但路易维尔是支持克里的
not so Covington in the Cincinnati suburbs, not so Lexington in the Bluegrass Area, that's Republican voting
而位于辛辛那提城郊的卡温顿以及位于牧草区域的勒星顿都是支持共和党的
You get into Appalachia and you get some again really bizarre patterns where we can go from a couple of counties here
在阿巴拉契亚山脉地区，你会再次发现这种奇怪的现象，来看一些县的选情
Elliott County I've mentioned and I've shown here and Jackson County
如图中的埃利奥特县以及杰克逊先
Let's just look at let's compare them, let's jump ahead
让我们来对比这两个县的情况，来看这个幻灯片
So here is Elliott County here Jackson County here
这里是两个县的对比
Elliott County which voted 70% for Kerry and Jackson County that voted 84% for Bush
埃利奥特县以70%的票数倾向克里，而杰克逊县则以84%的支持率倾向布什，而它们的人口结构几乎相同

and they look just exactly the same: small population, all white virtually, poor, very poor, fundamentalist but low religious adherence rate
人口少，居民全为白人，非常贫困，主流宗教倾向原教主义，但从教率低
Lots of Appalachia actually has low religious adherence rate which I think
阿巴拉契亚附近很多区域的从教率都不高，可能
surprise a lot of people. Many of these areas people who do go to church, go to Pentecostal of fundamentalist churches, but many don't go to church at all
不少的人会为之惊讶。这些地区的确有些人会去做礼拜，参加圣灵教会或原旨式教会的礼拜，但很多人根本不去教堂
Yes, I think it could well edge with legacy of fielding
是的，我认为这是棒球中的守场动作的产物
Because this is an area, that is the most famous for fields in the United States, settled by Scotts-Irish-border Scotts. They had a very
因为这个地区在美国以数量众多的棒球场着称，居住了很多阿尔斯特苏格兰裔。虽然他们有着
sort of politically egalitarian culture, but also high levels of isolation that topographers had credibly recorded
一种人人平等的政治文化，但他们很大程度上与外界隔离，地形学家对此做了可信的相关记载
and often you had virtual wars between counties, that may have something to do with
再加上县和县之间常有摩擦，因而导致了这种投票倾向的差异

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这一集讲述了1972-2004年总统大选的历史与过程,介绍了近几届以来红蓝阵营的地理分布变化以及变化原因，对1972-2000年的总统选举进行了简略解释并非常详细地分析了2004年大选，对于全美大部分州的选情都进行了详尽的分析，可以阐述了08年大选前民调的趋势，可以从中瞥见近几年美国总统选举的发展变化。