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Boulder County deep deep blue, University of Colorado, no surprise
博尔德县，是极深的蓝色，因为情理之中，这里有科罗拉多大学
The Denver suburb, here's Denver, it's a separate county
再看丹佛城郊，丹佛在这里，这些县的倾向并不一致
Adams County Democratic voting, Arapahoe County Republican, Jefferson county Republican
亚当斯县支持民主党，阿拉帕霍县倾向共和党，杰斐逊县也倾向共和党
but the wealthier suburbs of Denver, you had were Republican voting
但丹佛周边较富裕的郊区过去属于共和党阵营的
but again it looks like there's gonna be a shift in this election
这次选举中也出现了转向民主党的趋势
If the polls can be trusted, a lot these red counties here are going to turn blue
如果民调结果可信的话，图中红色县将会在这次大选中转蓝
And that could have major consequences for the election
这将对这届大选的结果起到重要影响

Yes! Okay, so Ben Nighthorse Campbell who had shifted parties. Can you go back a little bit more about what...
请提问！好，本·奈特赫斯·坎贝尔曾改变过党籍，你能再重复一遍……
Was the other way around, yes and he has a partly native American in background
（离开民主党后）他加入了共和党，是的，他有一部分印第安血统
Colorado just does not have a very large native American population
科罗拉多并没有居住很多美洲印第安人口
Unlike a lot of nearby states, certainly New Mexico, Arizona have very large native American population
不像它附近的新墨西哥和亚利桑那有那么多美洲印第安土着
but again Colorado it's distinctive because of its high levels of education
但科罗拉多确有其独特之处，因为那里的受教育程度极高
but it also has something of this western more libertarian twist I suppose so anti-tax issues had been pretty big in Colorado in years past
同时我认为它也是在西部自由主义趋势明显的代表，当地的反税情绪非常高涨，在过去年都是如此
but certainly the McCain-Palin campaign hasn't been doing very well
但麦凯恩-佩林阵营在科罗拉多的成绩并不理想
They don't even... McCain really has not seemingly been contesting Colorado all that much. I mean trips that he made
麦凯恩似乎都没考虑过在科罗拉多拉票，我指的是他的竞选日程没包括

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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。