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It was another very very close election and it may well have been decided in NY city
这又是一次结果不相上下的大选，纽约在这场大选中起了决定性作用
By the large Irish population of the city
纽约有着大量爱尔兰移民
When Samuel Burchard, the Presbyterian Minister said at a Blaine rally in New York City
而纽约的长老会牧师，伯查德却在布莱恩的纽约竞选活动上说
We are Republicans and don't propose to leave our party
“我们真正的共和党人永远不会企图叛离自己的政党"
and other Republicans had been leaving it
这是在讽刺那些脱离了共和党的人
To leave our party and identify ourselves with the party whose antecedents have been Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion
“不会叛离自己的政党并让自己和那些酗酒者，天主教徒和反叛分子同流合污”
So another was Catholicism alcoholic consumption remember
这里提到了天主教和出售酒的问题，我说过
The Bourbon Democrats particularly were soft on issues like alcohol
波旁派民主党人在酒的问题是态度尤为开放
Where the Republican party at this time had a very strong prohibitionist strict within it
而这时共和党人则提议严格执行禁酒制度

And of course Rebellion going back to the Civil War
所谓反叛分子则是在翻南北战争的旧账
This was enough tip the scales among the Irish populations in New York
但这句话却足以扭转纽约爱尔兰人支持共和党的立场
Blain lost New York State by a few thousand vote and by doing so lost the election
布莱恩以千票之差失意纽约，也因此输掉了大选
So you can see how a very very small slip could perhaps throw the election
可见有时一些微小的纰漏可能毁掉整个大选
one way or the other and you have this kind of knife-edge voting tallies
以各种方式发挥作用，所以才会有了这些胜负一线间的大选
Then, yeah, no surprise that sort of thing gonna happen
但竞选本身就充满了意料中的“意外”
So 1884, here's just the votes
这里是1884年的投票情况
You can see New York going to Cleveland almost all the counties in upstate New York voted for Blane
你们看的纽约支持的是克里弗兰,虽然几乎所有纽约州北部的县都支持布莱恩
but there was enough Cleveland vote here
但仍敌不过克里弗兰获得的选票

视频及简介

这一集大致讲述了1920－1972年总统大选的历史与过程，主要以一战、1929大萧条、二战、美苏冷战为历史背景，穿插了西奥多罗斯福，富兰克林罗斯福，杜鲁门，肯尼迪等几位著名美国总统的竞选和执政经历。