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One thing that Roosevelt in the New Deal, a lot of money was pumped into the far western states dams building, electrification and so on
罗斯福在新政中往远西地区的州投入了大量的资金，用于建设大坝，供电设施，诸如此类
Making Roosevelt pretty popular in the far west as well as in the south and a lot of urban support as well
这使得罗斯福在西部非常受欢迎，在南部和很多城市地区也是如此
New Deal coalition bringing together farmers workers, people in much of the country
新政期间的一系列政策把农民、工人和美国的很多人团结在了一起
So he created a new kind of coalition that hadn't really been seen before
因此罗斯福创造了一种新的联盟，这是前所未有的
where the farmers and the industrial workers are brought together
在这种新的联系中，农民和工人被团结在了一起
In 1944 the United States is at war at this time
1944年时，美国正身陷二战
Dewey nominated by the Republicans, Again he is a reformer had been an opponent to political corruption, a crusading attorney
共和党提名杜威为候选人，他是一名改革者，反对政治腐败，一位充满改革理想的律师

Got more support certainly than the other opponents of Franklin Roosevelt, did pick up a few more states
他所受到的支持在卢瑟福的对手中是最多的，他也确实赢得了一些州的支持
You can see 46% to 53%, it's much closer than the earlier elections had been
可以看到46%比53%，与之前的选举相比，差距大大缩小
He was a moderate as well
他同时也是个温和的改革者
He advocated keeping much of the New Deal, but making it more efficient
他主张保留新政的大部分内容，但是要让它更有效率
Reducing some of what he considered to be the more overreaching aspects of the New Deal
减少了新政当中被他认为做过了头的一些方面
But again you have Roosevelt, but he died shortly after this election
罗斯福也再次参选，而他在大选后不久就去世了
and his vice president Harry Truman comes in which leads up to another fascinating year 1948
他的副总统杜鲁门继承总统之位，这使得1948年成为了又一个万众瞩目的年份

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。