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She talked about Republican voting areas and she included Iron Range of northern Minnesota
她谈到了支持共和党的地区，她认为明尼苏达州北部的铁矿区
is very Democratic voting area and has been for quite a while
长期以来是一个强烈支持民主党的地区
this was the most socialist part of the United States back in this early period
但是在早期，他曾是美国社会主义最集中的地区
but socialism is pretty other than that well the socialists got 10% in San Francisco, 10% in New York, they had a few areas
但社会主义的势力远不止这些，社会主义者在旧金山获得了10%的支持，在纽约也有10%的支持，他们有不少支持他们的地方
but basically, World War I, the Palmer Raids and then prosperity in the 1920s
但经过了一战，帕默突击，以及1920年代的繁荣
The prosperous period that pretty much deadened the socialist, They continued to run candidates but not much
繁荣时期的到来强烈地削弱了社会主义的实力，他们依然参加竞选，但已为数不多
1924 the Democrats nominee even more conservative, John Davis from west Virginia, Republicans Calvin Coolidge
1924年的民主党候选人更加保守，他是来自弗吉尼亚州西部的戴维斯，共和党候选人是柯立芝
Both very conservative were again in a very very conservative period here in the United States
他们两人都非常保守，同时出现在美国的又一个非常保守的时期

The Progressives well was left and bolted
过去那个进步党已经解散了
Robert La Follette of Wisconsin formed another Progressive Party, only won Wisconsin, but you can see did get 16% of the vote
威斯康辛州的福莱特成立了另一个进步党，它只赢得了威斯康辛州，但它得到了16%的民众选票
Trying to recreate a movement of Teddy Roosevelt
它试图再度推行西奥多的进步运动
Wanting more government regulation
渴望更多的政府管治
Wanting more democracy
渴望更多的民主
Wanting a better break for workers
希望为工人争取更多的休息时间
Particularly it create of some sort of Wisconsin system
特别是，它创造了一种威斯康辛体系
where the state government was very close to the University of Wisconsin
州政府与威斯康辛大学挨得非常近
for public health measures and sort of basic public benefit
这是出于对公共卫生法令和基本公众利益的考虑

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。