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Both of these Swedish and Norwegian were big supporters of prohibition
因为瑞典人和挪威人都大力支持禁酒制度
Prohibition party did better off in this area than any other part of the country when it was forced
推行禁酒制的政党在这个区域得到的支持是最为明显的
And then we can compare to a German speaking areas, here we can see in Wisconsin
与德语区相比，例如威斯康辛州
definitely in the eastern part of the state that was in the gilded age the Democratic voting part
该州东部很显然在镀金时期是倾向民主党的
Now it's completely reversed
而现在的情况已完全相反了
Now this part of eastern Wisconsin is more Republican and the west is more Democratic voting
现在威斯康辛州东部变得倾向共和党，西部却变得倾向民主党
I find that a pretty interesting split
十分有趣的逆转现象
but as German population grew up
但随着德裔居民人口增长
actually Wisconsin in 1892 voted for the Democratic Party which was a total change, It had been solidly Republican
威斯康辛在1892大选中民主党支持率超过了共和党，使该州倾向发生巨大变化，它曾是个坚定的共和党州

but as the German population built up the state did indeed in that year go for the Democrats
但德裔选民的急剧增加使它在1896这年摇身变为了民主党州
As I lived in Madison, Wisconsin for a year
我曾在威斯康辛首府麦迪逊住过一年
and I had a very interesting experience in a small town, not too far from Madison walking around and
在离麦迪逊不远的一个小镇散步时曾有过一次有趣的经历
my friend dash me the ribs, He said count the businesses in this little town
我的朋友戳了戳我说，不如我们来数数，这个小镇里
How many of our bars are taverns
有多少小店是酒馆
and we did we counted them up, it's about 40%
我们数了一下，大概有40%
So there's still a real sort of German derived culture of taverns,
可见德国的酒馆文化对这个地区影响深远
if you will, you can find that very very clearly, Germans are more complicated though
你很容易就能够发现，德国人的投票倾向没那么简单

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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。