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And he lost California according to one view, cause he came to Los Angeles and he was in the same hotel as Hiram Johnson
有种观点认为他之所以失去加州的支持，是因为他去洛杉矶的时候和海拉姆约翰逊同住一个酒店
The very progressive, or we could say, liberal Republican governor of California and Hughes snubbed him
约翰逊是进步主义者，自由主义者,共和党人，加州州长，而休斯却没主动去拜访
and he lost California by a few votes, he lost the election
导致他因几票之差失去了加州，从而输掉了竞选
so you can see again that same basic pattern with New Hampshire being a outlier here
我们再次看到新罕布什尔州又成了新英格兰地区的例外
California almost going for the Republicans, but not quite
共和党差点就能拿下加州，但还是输了
Well, the United States thus go to war despite what Wilson had said
随后美国加入了一战，尽管威尔逊曾承诺不参战
And you can see the votes against World War I
你可以看到反对加入一战的投票

German speaking, German background areas places like Wisconsin, German areas of Missouri and others very much against it
除了德裔聚居地区如威斯康辛州及密苏里州等其他一些州，非常反对参战
Overall the vote was quite clearly in favor of going to war
总体上，投票结果明显是支持参战的
Wilson is well known for his, well, what many people say is naive liberalism
很多人都认为威尔逊是个幼稚的自由主义者
At the end of World War I, Wilson is a moralistic very religious man
在一战的最后时期，威尔逊是个爱说教又迷信宗教的人
Thinking that he could establish a war to end the wars and could remap Europe afterwards to ensure peace
他认为他可以通过发动一场战争来结束一场战争，并且重新绘制欧洲的版图来保障和平
This did not work very well among European diplomats
这在欧洲的外交家当中不受欢迎
This idea for a league of nations was roundly rejected in the United States, so, it didn't seem to work out very well
这种建立国际联盟的主张在美国也被彻底地反对，因此它并没有起什么作用

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。