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When Democrats with chant "Blaine, Blaine James G. Blaine continental liar from the state of Maine"
民主党人高唱，布莱恩布莱恩这个骗子来自缅恩
and Republican would follow Grover Cleveland chanting "Ma,ma,where's my Pa?"
共和党人则唱着“妈，妈，我爸在哪儿?”
because Cleveland was paying for child support for child he had out of XXX, may will be his child
用以讽刺克里弗兰在给一个无法确定亲生父亲的孩子交生活费，因为孩子有可能是他的
another take-away message is that through at least since the 1940s parties have often sought a populous message
另外一个重要的信息是，大概从1940年代起，政党开始走群众路线
Regardless of the actual composition of their campaign and their candidate
不管竞选的结构如何，候选人是谁，都是如此
Again, we'll see evidence of this
以后我们会看到一些例证

Both parties have elements of the elites as their leaders
两党的领导层无疑都是精英
but both parties often try to have a common touch if you will and sometimes not in exactly aboveboard manner
但他们都尽量表现得平易近人，有时是通过一些龌龊的方式
So we'll see some examples of that
以后我们会看到一些例子
A few other generality is that the U.S. political system favors a two-party system
美国政治体系另一个特征是其稳定的两党体系
There have been a few periods in U.S history but in their early years when there were not two well identified parties
美国历史上曾有一段时期，在建国不久之时，在没有明确的两党体系下度过
but over time, the two-party system reestablished itself
但随着时间的推移，两党体系逐渐发展起来
We can't see any sort of consistency in the political ideology of two parities
但两党在政治政治意识形态却似乎向来没有一致性
Yes, in general, one party has been more inclined towards business interests
总体而言一个政党更倾向于注重商企的利益
and the other party has been more inclined towards, you might see, the politics of common people
另一个政党则更倾向于改善民生

视频及简介

课程以美国总统大选为主线，详细讲述了从1789美国的第一任总统上任到南北战争时期每次大选的详情。期间穿插了英美战争，美墨战争，1820密西比妥协，南北矛盾的逐步激化等历史事件。