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You can see on the Republican side, even some of the more urban areas like Spokane voting for George Bush
在支持共和党的东部，即使是在斯波坎这样的城市区域都支持布什
Certainly the Tri-Cities area Kennewick, Pasco a zone there's a big atomic energy facility here, tends to be a very conservative country
在肯纳维克及帕斯科的三核都市区有一个很大的原子能工作站，却是一个非常保守的区域
Again the colors of some are washed out, but if you could see on my own computer
虽然颜色有点失真，但如果你看我电脑显示的颜色
You'll see these counties here much darker red than say Spokane County over there
会看到这些县的红色非常深，比斯波坎县要深得多
The west largely Democratic many areas like King County or Seattle is very heavily Democratic
西部的县大多倾向民主党，很多地区，如国王县或西雅图都十分倾向民主党
Interesting to compare Seattle here with Tacoma here
对比西雅图和塔科马的情况十分有趣
So there is Tacoma here is Seattle that used to be that Tacoma which is the more blue color industrial town
这里是塔科马，这里是西雅图，过去塔科马是一个深蓝的工业城镇

that used to be the more Democratic voting areas, Seattle was leaning Democratic but not as strongly
过去它对民主党的支持比西雅图高得多，过去西雅图也倾向民主党，但优势不明显
Now it's reversed, they still both vote for the Democratic presidential candidates
如今情况反过来，他们仍然支持民主党的总统候选人
but Seattle now much more than Tacoma which is interesting
但西雅图的支持率远高于塔科马，这是个有趣的现象
There are a few exceptions in the west tend to be more rural counties Skagit County here, Lewis County Centralia
西部有一些县例外地泛红，这是些较乡村县，如斯卡基县，路易斯县的森特勒利亚
I don't really understand, why its voting pattern is more like eastern Washington than western Washington
我也想不明白为什么这些县的选情反而与华盛顿东部更相似
but what I can talk about with a little more detail is Clark County down here
但我可以为你更详细地解释一下克拉克县的情况
which is a city of Vancouver, Vancouver Washington, suburb of Seattle essentially
它是温哥华城所在地，华盛顿州的温哥华，西雅图的重要城郊
Uh, yeah Portland sorry thank you for that a suburb of Portland which is right down here no more county just to the south
哦，我说错了，是波特兰，波特兰的城郊，从克拉克县一路向南延伸

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。