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And one thing that you see with this
现在我们来看
Here we had some county maps with Republicans here in blue unfortunately
一些县级选情地图，蓝色的区域支持共和党
but look at Wisconsin which had gong for the Democratic party in the previous election is entirely going Republican
看看威斯康辛州，在上一届大选中是民主党州，这次几乎所有县都支持共和党
William Jennings Bryan was a teetotaler himself
布莱恩本身就是个滴酒不沾的人
he said that prohibition should be a local issue, eventually he became a national prohibitionist
他认为禁酒制度应推行到每个地方并在全国倡议禁酒制度
but this sort of evangelical creed of William Jennings Bryan did not play well in German areas
但他这种克己禁欲的教条在德国人聚集区是行不通的
and you see,especially in Wisconsin and Minnesota as well a wholesale rejection
可以看出在威斯康辛和明尼苏达对禁酒制度的抵制尤为强烈
Yes, question
请提问
Just a comment, when teen drinking fell across United States, two states didn't follow in California and Wisconsin
我只是想补充一下，当美国开始实行青少年喝酒管制时，有两个州没有跟风——加州和威斯康辛州

Interesting, when teen drinking fell Wisconsin and California not going along with that
这的确是有趣的事情，当时威斯康辛和加州没有实行相关管制
Yeah, I had realized that is quite interesting
这的确是个有趣的现象
Now look at some of these patterns, I mean one thing you can see is
继续来看那年的选情分布，你会发现民主党
how much control the Democratic party had at the state level, In South Carolina
在一些州的支持率有多高，例如，南卡
you could see the states really did matter, compare South Carolina in Geogia, look at Mississippi
有些州的颜色极为突出，南卡和乔治亚颜色对比明显，密西西比也是深黄色
look at how intensly Democratic voting many of these areas were in the south
南部很多州都有着极高的民主党支持率
you can see long standing pattern of Republican support in eastern Tennessee, parts of south and eastern Kentucky as well
同时你也能看到向来支持共和党的田纳西东部地区以及肯塔基东南部部分地区
but look at New England, entirely going for William Mckinley in this election,
现在整个新英格兰地区都在这场大选中支持麦肯利
so again a real clear demographic divide here in this election
这场大选中再次出现明显的南北分化

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。