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Klamath farms here that's very very Republican. That's an area with big water issues, it's a farming area
卡拉马斯县极为倾向共和党，这个区域有着严重的水资源问题，这是一个农耕种植区
The US government has recently restricted farmers of use of water to save Salmon population
近年来美国政府限制农民用水以保护大马哈鱼的繁殖
That's certainly associated with very strong Republican voting patterns
直接导致了这个地区对共和党的高度支持
so anywhere in eastern Oregon again very Republican, but not many people in eastern Oregon
俄勒冈的东部所有区域都非常倾向共和党，但东部区域人口稀少
as you can see from that map very very strong patterns here
从地图中可以看到，该区域极明显的共和党倾向
I've talked a bit about California before, so I'm not going to belabor it
之前我就讲过一些加州的情况，所以我就不再罗嗦了
Some of the points I will make is the big difference between northern California and southern California
我只打算讲讲南加州和北加州之间的巨大差异
We have Los Angles County and Santa Barbara County voting for Kerry
洛杉矶县和圣塔芭芭拉县支持克里

also Imperial though, this Imperial is very poor, Hispanic definitely majority Hispanic and that would explain that
还有帝国县，帝国县很穷，居住的几乎都是葡西裔的居民，这也许能解释他们的投票倾向
A lot of these counties have large numbers of Hispanics, but a lot of them are fairly recent immigrants who are not voting
这些县里聚居了大量的葡西裔居民，但其中也有很多是刚移民过去，无投票权的居民
but Imperial is, had a Hispanic majority for a long time, so you get heavy Hispanic voting
但帝国县的葡西裔聚居由来已久，所以他们的投票特征也表现明显
but the suburban counties of Los Angles Ventura County, Orange County, the area known as the England Empire in riverside
但洛杉矶城郊的县，如文图拉县和橙县以英国移民的聚居着称
and San Bernardino County, San Diego County still voting Republican, not as quite strongly as they were before
还有圣伯纳的诺县和圣地亚哥县都仍然清晰共和党，尽管支持率已不如以前
Orange County used to have the very heavy Republican voting patterns, it's changing actually
橙县曾经是一个极度倾向共和党的县，但如今真的发生改变
Partly from Hispanic migration again, Santa Ana I believe predominantly are Hispanic, so there have been some shifts
这部分归因于日益增加的葡西居民，圣塔安娜县的葡西人口占了大部分，因此那里的选情也发生了转变

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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。