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But let's just take this map as given
不过，现在我们先假设这幅地图是可信的
showing the least religious areas of the country at the Pacific ocean, New England and New York
可以看到，宗教虔诚度最低的区域包括太平洋沿岸，新英格兰地区和纽约
basically two pretty solid blocks
两个坚定的泛蓝区
Nevada which has actually lower attendance rates of church is not a blue state,
内华达州民众的礼拜次数也相对较低，它并不是一个蓝色州
but a purple state, a swing state
而是紫色州，即摇摆州
It went for George Bush in the most recent election
在最近一次竞选中它把票投给了布什
it's tending for Barack Obama right now
现在的竞选中，它更倾向于支持奥巴马
But it's certainly would be classified by anyone as a purple state
无论是谁都会很干脆地把它归为一个紫色州
And we have a few other oddities
还有一些值得注意的比较特别的现象
we find that the inter mountain west tends to not be very religious except Utah and Idaho
我们发现洛基山脉西部的区域，信教虔诚度都不高，但犹他州和爱达荷州是两个例外

This would be the Mormon culture block which has very high rates of religious attendance
因为这两个州属于摩门教文化盛行的区域，摩门教徒参加宗教仪式的次数都非常高
The Wyoming which is a very heavily Republican voting state
怀俄明州是一个共和党支持率非常高的地方
actually fairly low rates of church attendance
但当地民主的礼拜次数却偏低
And we find in part of the upper great lakes states like Minnesota,
我们看到部分大湖区域的州如明尼苏达州，
which is actually has been the most reliably Democratic voting state over the last 50 years
在过去50年中一直是民主党最依赖的"票仓"
hasn't gone Republican since 1972 has actually much higher rates of religious attendance than many other states
1972年后就没有把票投给过共和党，但明尼苏达的宗教活动参加次数比其他州高很多
You can see fairly high in Pennsylvania
宾夕法尼亚州参加活动频率也很高
So yeah, the basic pattern religious south parts of the great plains Utah heavily Republican voting
所以大致规律如下，虔诚度较高的大平原南部以及犹他州，都是明显的亲共和党州
Any more secular of north east and west coast.
东北部和西部海岸较为世俗，则亲民主党。
So the pattern holds. But not perfectly as we look at this.
基本的模式就是这样的，但它并不是完全绝对的
What are the some of the other factors that often associate with the red states versus the blue states
还有什么其他因素经常会影响一个州的红蓝倾向呢?
One would be, another one well it's not a great map again, I'm pretty exciting that people would laugh at it
还有一种因素就是，这不是幅好地图，你们看到地图又笑了
This is the map of Starbucks per capita WalMart's per capita
这幅图反映的是星巴克和沃尔玛人均消费水平
It is very common on the Internet
这幅地图在网上非常流行
It's been comment on vary but actually it doesn't work that well
人们对它议论纷纷，但其实它并没有很好地反映真实情况
If you look at it what is this map is really showing
如果你仔细地看这幅地图，会发现这幅地图表现出的
as much anything else as what the geographer would called diffusional patterns
是一种被地理学家称为"扩散"的地理现象
Starbucks started in the north west and diffused outwards
星巴克在西北部起家，并向外围扩散
so we can see a lot of coverage in states like Arizona
所以它在亚利桑那这种地区覆盖范围很广
Arizona hasn gone for, went for Clinton in 1996 other then hasn't gone for Democrat candidate since 1964
亚利桑那州1996年支持的是克林顿，是该州在1964年后唯一支持的民主党人
All that other thing to is a lot of western cowboy culture
另外一个影响因素是当地的西部牛仔文化
They are into coffee that's something you would notice very clearly.
他们非常热爱喝咖啡，你们都知道
So that has something do with it
星巴克该地区人均消费高和这也有点关系

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。