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There is a lot, these two men went against each other in 1952 and in 1956 again
当时有很多，这两个候选人在1952年针锋相对并在1956年再次角逐总统
and in 1952 Eisenhower just crushes Stevenson
在1952年艾森豪威尔彻底击败史蒂文森
I had a very interesting and intellectually oriented Democrat
我认为很有趣的是理智导向的民主党
winning in the south again, winning big cities in the north-east
再一次获得南部和东北部大城市的支持
but elsewhere in the country not doing very well at all against the amiable general
但与和蔼可亲的五星上将相比，他们在其他地区表现得并不好
and moderate which is something that I think is important to understand from today
温和派，我认为从今天的角度去了解它是非常重要的
Here's a quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower, I'll read it out loud
下面一段话引自艾森豪威尔，我将大声地朗读
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance
如果一个政党试图废除社会保障和失业保险

and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, You would not hear of that party, again in our political history
取消劳工法和农业项目，它会消失在我们的政治史中
There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things
相反恰有一些小派别认为做这些事情是应该的
among them are H.L.Hunt...a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas
他们之中有H.L.亨特……一些其他德州的石油大亨，以及还有一些政治家，或其他领域的商人
Their number is negligible and they are stupid
但他们的数量是微不足道的，他们是愚蠢的
I haven't actually verified this quote, it's from a Democratic website but that is certainly how this report it
我没去验证这段话的真实性，这段话摘自一个共和党的网站，但它就是这么说的
Another interesting thing to look at is the Top Marginal Income Tax Rate
另一个值得注意的东西是最高边际所得税税率
Alittle bit of history there
这里有些历史数据
7% was the top rate when Wilson came in, it reached up to 77% in the war, war sure expensive
威尔森上任时，最高税率是7%，在一战的时候达到了77%，战争中的税无疑会很高
in the conservative 1920s, it was pushed down to 25%
在保守的1920年代，它降到了25%

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。