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We go from a red map to a blue map
选情地图从一片红变成了一片蓝
We go to one of Herbert Hoover, being reduced to the far northeast
我们看到支持胡佛的地区仅仅剩下最东北部的地区
He won a lot of upstate New York
他获得了纽约州最北部的支持
He won areas in northern Illinois and he won those Republican areas in Tennessee
以及伊利诺伊州北部的支持，他还赢得了田纳西一些共和党的支持区
He won many counties in Utah, but he only took a handful of states
以及犹他州的一些县，但他终究只获得了几个州的支持
Roosevelt coming in overwhelmingly and coming in with a new philosophy of government
罗斯福的出现势不可挡，并且带来了一门新的政治哲学
This really hadn't been done before
他的做法前无古人
when the federal government is going to directly act to regulate many areas of the economy and to offer help to people
即通过联邦政府直接颁布法令来管制经济的多个领域，给人民提供帮助

through things like public works, administration giving jobs
通过提供公共工作，提供政府工作岗位
creating big new government agency, social security social safety net and so forth
成立新的大型政府机构来保障社会安全和稳定，等等
Just about 8 Democrat properly cut off won the election
民主党以差8票就全胜的成绩赢得大选
4 years later Roosevelt does even better
四年之后，罗斯福的表现更为出色
Alf Landon does not win his home state of Kansas
阿尔夫·兰登连自己家乡的州堪萨斯州都输掉了
He picks up a few counties but basically as Republicans are reduced to two states, Maine and Vermont at this time
他只赢得了少数的县，但共和党最终只赢得了两个州，这次是缅因州和佛蒙特州
61% to 36%, one of the biggest blowout elections in the American history
选民投票61%比36%，这成为了美国历史上最大的单方获得压倒性胜利的大选之一
So basically entire country going things had improved from 1932 to 1936, no doubt about it
基本上，全国众望所归，1932年到1936年情况得到了改善，这是毫无疑问的

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。