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Washington County where Hillsboro is Clatsop County with Astoria
希尔斯伯勒市所在的华盛顿县，阿斯托利亚市所在的柯莱特索普县
certainly these are Democratic voting counties, but you go into the southern suburbs of Portland
都是支持民主党的，但是在波特兰的南部城郊
place like Oregon City, you will get into Republican voting areas as true
如俄勒冈市等的地方则呈现出倾向共和党的选情
And say let me go down to Albany Linn County, I believe that's actually heavily Republican voting
现在来看看奥尔伯尼所在的林县，我认为这里应该是极为倾向共和党的
You know Oregon from its very beginning has had this real sort of political duality
俄勒冈从一开始就具有政治双重性的特征
There were streams of migrants who came in from New England, who were originally associated with Republicans
这里有很多来自新英格兰的移民，他们原本就与共和党有所联系
And migrants from the south who were associated with Democrats
这里也有来自南部的移民与民主党有些渊源
There has been a switch, but you can still see some of the patterns that may go back to early settlement
虽然情况已发生了转变，但你还是能发现一些从殖民早期遗留下来的现象

With Linn County here we have Eugene, University of Oregon
林县是尤金市所在地，这有俄勒冈大学
Benton County over here we have Corvallis, Oregon States
宾顿县坐落着科瓦利斯，有俄勒冈州立大学
So again we see the university towns pretty strongly voting for the Democratic Party
我们再次看到大学城有着很浓重的民主党偏好
Fast growing cities like Bend, places like Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass
快速崛起的城市如宾德，还有阿什兰，麦得福特，格兰茨帕什等地
Down here a lot of people cashing out from California, selling their houses in the Bay Area, moving up into these areas
有很多来自加州的居民，他们卖掉在旧金山湾的房子，移居到这些地区
so they're especially Bend growing very very fast
促进了这些地区，尤其是宾德的疾速发展
The counties where Bend is here and Ashland
宾德所在的县在这，还有阿什兰
not as deeply red as a lot of the other ones in Oregon, but still in the Republican category
它们的红色比俄勒冈的其他地区要浅，但仍属共和党阵营

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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。