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Having different voting patterns that just wasn't an issue back then
进而认为他们具有不同的投倾向，在当时这还算不上一个问题
Yeah I think there's a question here first
应该是这位女士先举的手
Yeah it's the less the people and the parties the regions versus the parties
有时政党的矛盾并不在个人与个人间，而是产生在地区与地区之间
Yeah there is a lot of evidence that would support that
没错，很多证据都能支持这个观点
You look at the progressive Republicans like Theodore Roosevelt to be much more
像西奥多·罗斯福这样的进步共和党人
in line with the Democratic Party, except when it comes to the issue of military imperialism
就与民主党的政见较为一致，除了在军事帝国主义这种问题之外
So sometimes you got to look at the issue basis, but in general
所以有时候我们要看到事情本身，但总体而言

we could say certainly in an election like 1904
我们可以说，像1904年的那次大选当中
Definitely I mean the Democrat was far more conservative than the Republican overall
民主党人就比共和党人更偏向于保守
When you had in the 1950s, you basically have four groups
在1950年代，形成了4大群体
you have the conservative Democrats, the liberal Democrats, the conservative Republicans and the liberal Republicans
分别为保守派民主党、自由派民主党、保守派共和党和自由派共和党
You have something like called conservative coalition
于是形成了一种称为保守派同盟的关系
which was Democrats from the south and the conservative Republicans that emerged in the late 1940s to fight against Franklin Roosevelt
它是由南部的民主党和在1940年代出现的保守派共和党组成的共同对抗富兰克林·罗斯福
and that persisted through the 1950s, so we really sort of a four way divide partly it depends on the issues
这种状况持续了整个1950年代，像这种四分法多多少少是由具体的问题出发的

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。