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William Jennings Bryan anyone know else he is famous for besides running for president three times
布莱恩除了因为三次竞选总统而出名
The Scopes trial. the so called monkey trial
还因斯科普斯审判出名。这次审判还被称为猴子审判
In Tennessee in the 1920s, when their teachers were tried for teach evolution
发生在20世纪20年代的田纳西，一名老师因教进化论而被起诉
and Clarence Darrow defended the teacher
卡拉伦斯达洛为老师辩护
and William Jennings Bryan was the prosecuting attorney trying to get him convicted for that
而布莱恩是该场审讯的检察官，他认为老师应被判刑
So this was the time when the democratic party was the party of religious fundamentalism
在这次审判中民主党人是维护原教旨主义的一方
and republican party wasn't. So interesting shifts
共和党则相反，这是个有趣的转折
and turns more in that nature of the parties is in the way the nature of the regions
比政党的性质更顽固的是一个地区的特性
One thing we'll find Minnesota, South Carolina almost always vote for different parties
我们会发现明尼苏达和南加州几乎不会同时支持同一政党
Only one it's a blow-out election
除了在一些压倒性胜利的大选中

like 1972 when Nixon destroyed McGovern or 1936 when F.D.R destroyed Alfred Landon
如1972年尼克松大胜麦戈文或1936年罗斯福大胜兰登
It about the only times those two states ever vote the same way
只有仅仅几次这两个州站在同一边
Yeah question? in the back
有问题吗? 后排的同学
the question is the election anti-Darwinian sentiment in the south parts of the mid-west as well
他的问题是分布在中西地区的南部盛行的反达尔文主义对这场大选有何影响
You know, undoubtedly, it did but that was somewhat later issue
是的，这在当时的确有些影响，但这在当时还不太受关注
It wasn't such a burning issue at that time
这在当时并不是迫在眉睫的问题
That came more in the 1910s and 1920s was sort of more front-edge issue then
1910至20年间它才逐渐受到关注，才成为一个热议话题
At this point it was really about monetary policy above all
1896年时最重要的还是货币政策
I mean of course other issues were involved
其他问题的影响都较为次要
It's interesting silver mining states like Montana and Idaho, Colorado love Bryan
有趣的是，一些银矿产区如蒙大拿，爱达荷和科罗拉多州都拥戴布莱
Because his policy was coinage in silver which would really help the silver mines
因为他提倡的政策是银币自由铸造，这无疑有助于振兴银矿产业
So that's a little bit have added fillup to his vote
这也为他的竞选赢得一些筹码
We'll talk about all this in great length as we go through in the course
我们在以后的课程中还会详细讲解
Like I say we'll focus on the current period
我们除了关注近几届大选外
but we're gonna explore these earlier periods as well
也会研究更早时候的大选
I only have a few more maps because I do want to open it up to more general discussion
只剩下几幅地图要讲了，因为我想给些时间让你们自由讨论
but let's look at where things are trending right now
现在来关注一下当下正在发生的事情

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。