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I couldn't get the same measurement
我找不到加州家庭收入的数据
but this was the data that I was able to easily find
这个人均收入的数据比较容易找
So we can see Marin county, $45,000 per person per year, the richest county
我们看到Marin县，每人年均收入为45000美元，这是加州最富裕的县
73% voting for John Kerry
其中73%的选民支持约翰克里
San Francisco 83%, it's one of the highest in the country
而克里在三藩市的支持率高达83%，是全国范围内克里支持率最高的县之一
San Mateo Santa Clara close to home, pretty clear margin victory by Kerry
他在圣马特奥和圣塔克拉拉的支持率很差不多，都远远领先共和党候选人
And then Contra Costa county 62%
他在Contra Costa县的得票率为62%
One southern California county on this list is the one voted for George Bush
数据中出现的位于加州南部的县都将选票投给了布什
California does have a pretty clear north-south divide
可见加州的南北分化非常明显
which I'll talk about later on
这个我们稍后会谈到
Here are the poor counties
接下来是较穷的数据及其选情
Imperial in the far south east, the poorest
位于加州东南角的Imperial是最穷的县
and it voted for John , it's voted for Kerry
它将选票投给了克里
but all the other poor counties
但其他所有的贫困县
These are San Joaquin valleys, Sacramento valley
位于圣华金和萨克拉门托山谷
Sacramento,San Joaquin and very far north west
及西北地区的县

all voting quite clearly for George Bush, So again
全都以高支持率倾向布什，我们再次看到了这样一种现象
A good correlation here between the wealthier areas voting for the Democratic candidate
相对富有的地区倾向于支持民主党候选人
and poor areas voting for the Republicans
贫困的地区则倾向于共和党人
So just give you a idea where these counties are if you don't know it
我给你们大概指一下这些县在哪里，你们有的人可能不太清楚
Tulare counties here, Imperial down there
这个是Tulare县，Imperial县在这儿
what do we have, Merced county, and we have Glenn county and Yuba county
接着是Merced县，还有Glenn县 Yuba县
Del Norte county over there, here be Ventura county
以及Del Norte县，这里是Ventura县
and then bay area counties
这边是旧金山湾沿岸的县
It's paradoxical though
但也有与这个规律相悖的情况出现
Oh, it's paradoxical for a couple of reasons
之所以发生这种矛盾有好几个原因
one is if we look at a qunti-centrally red state and a relatively poor state
如果我们看一个红色州且它是一个贫穷的红色州
What do we see?
我们会发现什么?
We see the exact opposite pattern, at the county level
我们在县级数据上看到与加州完全相反的情况
And Alabama shows it too clear
阿拉巴马就是个明显的例子
We see, back to median household income, percent voting for Bush
表中数据分别为家庭收入中数以及布什的支持率
So the wealthiest county in Alabama
阿拉巴马最富裕的县
which counts as one of the countries top 100 at least wealthy county
名列美国最富裕100县之一
I'm not sure if it makes the top 50
我不确定它是否能排前50
80% voting for George Bush
该县有80%的选民支持布什
Madison county, actually this is a more purple than most of the other counties
Madison县，事实上是这些县之中最摇摆不定的一个
This is Huntsville, big NASA installation, large number of engineers
亨茨维尔市位于该县，它是巨大的NASA航空器集装地，大量工程师云集于此
one of the largest in the country
人数之多可为美国之最
So it's a little bit closer but it's still voting for Bush
因此双方在该县支持率较为接近，但最后是布什赢得了选票
This would be, actually it's wealthy suburb of Baldwin
下一个，鲍德温县的城郊区都较为富裕
This is a relatively well to do area in the Gulf coast
这是墨西哥湾沿岸一个较为发达的区域
This is Baldwin, it's south
该县位于阿拉巴马州南部
Actually when we get to Montgomery
当我们顺着往下看到蒙哥马利县时
the only relatively wealthy(poor) Alabama county
会发现阿拉巴马州只有相对贫穷的人
that voted for Kerry（should be bush)
才会支持克里
it's also more than 50% African-American
而且这些地区还有50%的非洲裔美国人
and there's real close correlation here
而种族与投票倾向有着密切的关系
And I'll show you maps later on, between race, income and voting
稍后会给你们看一些地图来表现人种和收入与选民投票间的关系
With white population in Alabama being overwhelmingly Republican
阿拉巴马的白人人口众多使它成为一个极度倾向于共和党的州
So actually it's income comes in here
收入的确对选民的投票倾向有影响
but racial has more something to do with it
但人种的影响则更为重大
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。