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The Democrats had a number of splits, actually almost all these states are no primary states, primaries were not very common then
民主党内部也有很多分歧，事实上当时这些州都没有进行初选，初选在当时还没普及到各州
and the primaries were the xxx by a Tennessee Democrat named Estes Kefauver who was interested in civil rights
初选是由田纳西州的民主党人艾斯迪斯，凯弗维尔推广的，他对公民权很感兴趣
not as much as what we consider a liberal position today, but for the time definitely in favor of civil rights
虽然不及今天的自由主义立场的程度，但在当时他是坚决的支持公民权
Adlai Stevenson not running any of these primaries, but he got the north from the Democrats
阿德莱·史蒂文森没参加任何一场初选，但他从共和党人手中赢得了北部的支持
and Stevenson didn't talk about segregation again just keep it off the table to keep the south
史蒂文森从不谈及隔离主义，不去理会它，以保住南部的支持
The Republicans had their own split
共和党也有他们自己的分歧
they ended up going for the moderate of almost unknown political dimensions Dwight D. Eisenhower
最后他们选择支持几乎没有明确政治立场的温和派候选人，艾森豪威尔
again going for the hero general, the Democrats one time interested in Eisenhower too, nobody knew what his party was
再次选了将军这样的英雄人物参选，民主党曾经也对艾森豪威尔感兴趣，没人知道他属于哪个党派

Finally he said I'm a Republican, the Republicans draft him
最后他自己说，我是共和党人，共和党人便把他争取到手
Korea is a big issue, Korean War is going on
当时朝鲜是一个重大的问题，朝鲜战争正在进行
Eisenhower says I will go to Korea and I will make sure that the war is ended honorably that worked very well
艾森豪威尔说，我将亲赴朝鲜，我能保证战争将光荣地结束，这句话深入民心
Stevenson couldn't get traction and down he went
相比之下，史蒂文森没有什么优势，因而他的竞选走上了下坡路
Here is the two candidates
这是两位候选人
It's interesting Adlai Stevenson had the unfortunate majority of term associated with him as egg head
有趣的是，大部分关于史蒂文森比较倒霉，大部分对他的形容都秃头有关
Google Stevenson an egg head was considered over intellectual
谷歌“史蒂文森和秃头”，结果会显示秃头过于书生气
also comments on his looks, although Dwight Eisenhower looks like, his head is egg shape to be right now
对他长相的评论也差不多是这样，不过艾森豪威尔的长相，现在看来他的头也是蛋形的

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。