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We can flip through the next year, you can see massive losses for Carter, especially in the west
我们在76和80年间快速转换会发现，80年卡特流失了大量选票，在西部尤为严重
West going very very strongly for Reagan in 1980
西部在1980年极度偏向里根
You can see some very dark counties in Nebraska, Kansas, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah
你看到有很多深红的县分布在东北内布拉斯加，堪萨斯，爱达荷，怀俄明，犹他
In the North-east though the exception of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin just scattered counties
在东北地区，除了明尼苏达北部和威斯康辛一些分散的县泛蓝
Some of the heavy industrial counties in western Pennsylvania, mining counties in west Virginia
宾州西部一些高度工业化的县，西弗吉尼亚依赖矿产的县
Some of the urban counties big cities New York mining counties in that anthracite belt of Pennsylvania
纽约州分布在城市的县及宾州的无烟煤生产带仍支持民主党
but by and large not doing well at all outside a southern base
其他在南部以外的大部分地区民主党选情都不理想

and then with Mondale you can see the Democratic support dropping down
在孟德尔参选那一届民主党支持率更是一落千丈
Losing almost all of the south and the counties that he did win are mostly African-American majority counties here
几乎失守整个南部，而且其大部分获胜的县都是非洲裔居民聚居的地方
The Black Belt along in Mississippi Hispanic majority counties in south Texas and northern New Mexico
如密西西比州的沃土地带以及以西葡居民为主的德州南部和新墨西哥州北部
Just a few counties in California, just a few in Washington
还包括加州一些县，华盛顿州一些县
Some urban and industrial counties in the North-east, a few agricultural counties in Minnesota and Iowa, but not many at all
东北部一些高度工业化的县及明尼苏达和爱荷华少量农业为主的县，总的来说不是很多
1988 with Dukakis who definitely did pick up a vote, very similar patterns
1988年杜卡基斯的支持率有所回升，但选情仍有84年相似
You can see doing much better in Iowa, Iowa is a very interesting state, We'll talk about it later on
民主党在爱荷华的选情进步很大，爱荷华是个很有意思的州，稍后我会详细介绍

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。