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Then there are times, when that pattern disappears all together
有时，这些格局又会不见踪影
and if you just look at maps of states, you don't see any geography at all
有时你从州级地图上看不出任何地理分布的规律
but if you go and look at the maps of counties then you can see patterns that are very clear and often very persistent
但如果你看看县级地图，你却会发现明显而持久的分布规律
For example, there much of American electoral history Tennessee was a democratic voting state
例如，在美国大选历史上有很长一段时间，田纳西都是支持民主党的
Now today it's a republican voting state but through most of the history voting for the democratic party
虽然如今它是个共和党支持者，但在历史上更长的时间里它都倾向民主党
Eastern Tennessee on the other hand very strongly republican voting
相反，田纳西的东部则一直忠实地倾向共和党
From the civil war and before that, actually voting for the Whig party. It's sort of the predecessor of the republican party
在南北战争甚至之前，该地区就倾向辉格党，它算是共和党的前身

That's a pattern persist to these days
他们这种倾向一直延续至今
much stronger republican voting in eastern Tennessee
田纳西东部对共和党的支持忠实的多
and there're other patterns go on for a long time and then boom, suddenly disappear
还有很多其他的格局延续多年而后壮大，消失
A lot of very strong patterns that existed in many mid-western states disappeared in the 1980s with the election of president Ronald Regan
一些非常稳定的格局曾出现在很多中西部的州，20世纪80年代时在里根获胜的那场大选中瓦解
And we'll look at some of these as we go through the course patterns
我们在课程中还会遇到很多这样的情况
Elazar, political scientist another who tries to make sense of some of this
丹尼尔埃拉扎尔，政治学家曾试图将美国分为几个部分
Daniel Elazar, generation of XXX, a fairly influential book
他写过一本很有影响力的书
where he divided states even below the level of state, regions of the country into moralistic, individualistic and traditionalistic regions
在书中他把各州甚至州以下的县和地区分为道德主义，个人主义和传统主义三个区域
linking the original Puritan settlers in New England as well as Scandinavian settlers
早期清教徒殖民的新英格兰地区被斯堪的纳维亚（北欧）人殖民的
in places like Minnesota, Wisconsin and later other places of west with a moralistic political philosophy
明尼苏达，威斯康星等地区以及后来西部的一些地区都崇尚道德为上的政治理论
that emphasis good government reform community, ethos, in the contrast with that individualistic
强调一个好的政府需要改革，团结，和道德风尚，与之相反的是个人主义

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。