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The Democrats are gaining in the Pacific North-west, still not taking California, they do have New York this time
但这次民主党人获得了太平洋西北部州区的支持，虽然仍没有拿下加州，但他们在纽约取胜
Most of New England is still Republican territory
但大部分新英格兰地区仍是共和党人的天下
Democrats still have west Virginia, but not much else, so the Democrats are so floundering
民主党人还守住了西弗吉尼亚的选票，在别处几乎完败，可见民主党人仍在失败中挣扎
What they do in the next election is go back to the moderate southerner
在此后的一届大选中他们提名了温和派来自南方
Bill Clinton from Arkansas to try to regain southern territory in the election
阿肯色州的比尔·克林顿参选总统收复了南部的失地
and as you can see quite successful running again against Bush
你也看到，民主党在与老布什的第二场对决中获得成功
This was an election where the economy was the big focus recession year and Clinton pushed heavily on that
在这次大选中连年的经济衰退成为最大焦点，克林顿也一直强调这个问题
You can see the results taking a swath of states to the central part of the country from Louisiana all the way up to Minnesota
你能看到这次大选中，中部连续的蓝色州区，从路易斯安那一直绵延到明尼苏达
Taking most of the North-east and the Great Lake States with the exception of Republican Indiana
并延续覆盖了大部分的东北部州区和大湖州区，除了印第安纳支持共和党以外

Not getting all the south by any means, for getting about half of the southern states and taking half of the western states as well
反而南部却没完全拿下，只赢得了大概一半的南部州以及一半的西部州
so it seemed like a pretty good strategy
可见民主党的竞选战术非常奏效
This was an interesting election, because it' was another one of these 3 way elections
这是一场有趣的大选，因为这又是一场三方参选的选举
with Ross Perot who ran very heavily on the deficit issue
第三方参选者是重债缠身的珀罗
I know some of you can remember Perot with his flip charts in his half-hour infomercial which was actually very detailed
也许有些同学仍然记得珀罗在电视节目中向观众展示了非常详细的浏览图表
so you see Clinton was far from getting the majority, with 43% of the vote
克林顿虽获胜，但支持率远没有过半，仅赢得了43%的选民票
Perot didn't take any state, He's pretty erratic
珀罗没有赢得任何州的支持，他是个摇摆不定的人
He was in the campaign, He was out of the campaign
一开始他宣布参选，而后又决定退选
He went into the campaign as well again but with almost 19% of the vote did quite well
最后又再次宣布参选，但仍然获得了19%的支持，不错的战绩

视频及简介

这一集讲述了1972-2004年总统大选的历史与过程,介绍了近几届以来红蓝阵营的地理分布变化以及变化原因，对1972-2000年的总统选举进行了简略解释并非常详细地分析了2004年大选，对于全美大部分州的选情都进行了详尽的分析，可以阐述了08年大选前民调的趋势，可以从中瞥见近几年美国总统选举的发展变化。