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If you see his strong area of support in northern and western geography, The map maybe doesn't do it justice
来看支持进步党的区域，主要分布在北部和西部，地图可能没有表示得很清楚
It's interesting looking at our local area
具体来看某一地区的选情也很有趣
Coolidge won most the counties around here
柯立芝赢得了这附近大多数的县
Well look at the Democratic candidate Davis, 6% in San Francisco, 6% in Marin, 5% in San Mateo
看看民主党候选人，戴维斯，在旧金山有6%的支持率，在马林有6%，在圣马特奥 5%
The Democrats were dead in California at this time
这次民主党在加州可谓惨败
No support with a southern party, no support here at all
没人支持一个代表南方利益的政党，完全没有
La Folette definitely second place at this time
拉福莱特这一次位居第二
Maybe I'm jumping ahead a little bit with this but onto the next election
可能我讲得有点超前了，但在下一次大选中
the Democrats again had this crisis while doing so poorly
民主党又一次表现不佳而陷入危机

So the 1928 election, it's battle between the Wets and the Dries
1928年的大选是一场干派和湿派的较量
the prohibitionist and the anti-prohibitionist, this is a day of national prohibition
也就是禁酒主义者和反禁酒主义者的较量，这是一个全国性禁酒的时期
So the Democrats I said a southern party, but in a way I'm misspoke
我之前说过民主党是一个南方政党，但在某种程度这并非觉得
because it was a southern party and large cities of the northeast, New York City, Boston especially
因为这个南方政党也受到了很多东北部大城市的支持，尤其是纽约，波士顿
but other large cities which had very large population at the time compared to other areas that was before massive urbanization
以及其他大城市跟那些尚未开始大规模城市化的地区相比它们拥有非常大的人口规模
and there was this epic battle between the Wets and the Dries
干湿两派之间展开了激烈的斗争
The southern rural eastern urban branches of the Democratic Party that was the Wets who won the nomination
在南部乡村和东部的城市的民主党初选中湿派候选人获得了提名
Al Smith of New York City and this brings up another one of these national contests, this is interesting
他是来自纽约的史密斯，这引发了又一场全国性的竞争，十分有趣

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。