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Also some of these northern counties very heavily Democratic voting
还有一些北部的县也极为支持民主党
Taos County up here Santa Fe County, you can see Santa Fe the capital here
如陶斯县和圣大非县，新墨西哥首府圣大非坐落于此
This is Las Vegas the city is Las Vegas, Las Vegas New Mexico over there
这里还有拉斯维加斯市，是新墨西哥州的拉斯维加斯
And to explain that very heavy Democratic voting area, we can look at the Hispanic origin, and you can see
要解释这些地区的高民主党支持率，可以看看这些地区的西班牙裔分布，图中可见
how northern New Mexico and a lot of these counties well over 60%, some up to 80% Hispanic
新墨西哥北部很多县的居民有超过60%，甚至80%是西班牙裔
And this goes back to the late 1600s
这要追溯到17世纪后期

the Spanish thrust up into north America, the major focus was northern New Mexico when the United States took over this in the Mexican War
当时西班牙人大量涌入北美，美国通过墨西哥战争夺取新墨西哥管辖权时，已有大部分西班牙人聚居在新墨西哥北部
There was a very well established Spanish speaking population
可见西语人口在当地的居住历史由来已久
It's quite economically poor, very strongly Democratic voting, you can see the state as a whole
那里经济欠发达且有着很高的民主党支持率，就整个州而言基本都是这样
And certainly George Bush in 2004 and 2000 made a big pitch to Hispanic voters and did pick up some gains
事实上乔治布什在00和04年的竞选中作出了很多拉拢西班牙裔的努力，这为他赢得了一些投票
Right now Hispanics are polling about 2/3 for Barack Obama, so that's something that really explains this shift in New Mexico
当前西班牙裔选民约有2/3的人支持奥巴马，这很好的解释了新墨西哥转向民主党的原因
Las Cruces the Dona Ana County also Democratic voting
唐娜安娜县的拉斯克鲁塞斯市也倾向民主党
One county here that is a very small county here which is interesting
这里有一个很小的县很有意思

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。