听力文本
ok, yes
请提问
question
（问题）
geographical yes
地理上
counties to me it's a...
我认为最重要的县...
the big story at a fine scale geographical analysis is suburban Denver, suburban Washington D.C.
从地理上来看这次大选中最关键的变化在 丹佛郊县 华盛顿特区郊县
and Orlando and Tampa Bay in Florida
奥兰多 和佛罗里达的坦帕湾
those areas were enough really to shift the election
这些区域足以扭转这次大选的结果
if you take those as a whole
如果你将这些区域的变化看作整体
with Virginia, with Colorado and Florida going in the Democratic campaign
他们使弗吉尼亚 科罗拉多和佛州 被民主党收入囊中

so I think that's key
我认为是非常关键的
most interesting to me is Indiana
对我而言最有趣的州是印第安纳
I'll say Indianan on the one side
除了印第安纳州
and Arkansas and Tennessee on the other
还有阿肯色和田纳西的选情
that is just sort of the most compelling issue
他们的选情对我来说非常吸引
one I would like to look at more
我很想深入的了解
figure out why, why this has happened in Indiana
找出到底为什么 为什么印第安纳的选情会出现这样的变化
I don't think anyone is gonna do it
可能没人会去研究其中的原因
no one really does this kind of research
没人做过相关的研究
a kind of research that involves knowing a state at a real personal level
深入的研究 把一个州的选情和它自身的特殊性结合起来
knowing the culture, knowing the different cities
了解它的文化 以及不同城市的情况
it's not much that anyone really does
很少人会做这项工作
there are some political geographers, some political scientists
虽然有很多政治地理学家 政治科学家
but not usually that level of analysis
但他们都没进行过这个层次的研究
it just hasn't done not as much
相关的研究非常少
that's what I'd like to know more about
但我对此很想有更深入的了解
is there question in the front?
前面的同学还有问题吗?
that is a great comment
你说的很好
noting the use by the Obama campaign of Facebook, other Internet sites
我们注意到奥巴马在竞选中运用了脸书和网站等网络工具
contrasting that the McCain campaign were certainly
对比之下麦凯恩阵营
suggests were made that John McCain didn't really pretty include
很多人都认为 他没有运用好这些工具
there's a lot of jokes made about that
有很多关于这个问题的笑话在流传
one interesting thing I found is sort of the spontaneous YouTube videos
我注意到一个有趣的事情是 YouTube上有些网友自制的视频
they are not made by the campaigns
不是由竞选阵营制作的助选视频
they are made by individuals
通常是个人自发制作的
but they circulate very rapidly
但是流传得非常快
I don't know how much of an impact that had
我不知道这些视频会不会起到一些作用
but this is something new under the sun
但这是世界范围内掀起的新浪潮
something that sort of viral campaigning if you will at a very grassroot level
通过网络的方式来达到竞选的目的受众都是很平民的阶层
both sides use it
两党都用了这种手段
but certainly most analysts would say it was the Democratic side
但很多分析者都认为民主党从中（受益更多）
and of course young people are so much more savvy and sophisticated than people of my generation on these sort of issues
年轻人显然对网络运用比我这代的人更为娴熟和精明 尤其是这些新事物上

视频及简介
这一集仔细分析了08年美国总统大选的选情，从教育程度、宗教、人种、郊县的发展趋势等各方面阐述了奥巴马获胜的原因，以及民主党08年支持率上升的具体趋势。亮点：是投给民主党还是共和党呢？这里面的奥妙特别多。跟性别、年龄、受教育程度、富裕程度、人种、宗教都有关系。80多岁老人可能更倾向于民主党，因为奥巴马对经济危机的乐观态度和许以民众的美好未来，让他们想起了罗斯福在面临大萧条时的英雄形象，对此，他们常怀感激。