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The only other areas in Texas where in 2004 Democrats won Travis County Austin, university, state capital
民主党04年在德州除了南部的县以外，还赢得了奥斯丁所在的特拉维斯县，奥斯丁又是大学城，又是德州首府
I can't remember the county, but that's Beaumont industrial city lots of oil refining as well
还有一个忘记名字的县是博蒙特市的所在地，那是个工业城市，炼油业发达
And it's interesting because Texas had been a real bulwark of Democratic Party
有趣的是德州曾经是民主党的坚定后盾
If we could go back, if you remember Carter won it in 1976
回顾过去的大选，如果你还记得卡特76年那场的选
but it's pretty much gone and seen huge growth in the suburbs around Dallas and Huston, San Antonio to some degree
如今这种坚定早已消失，郊区在达拉斯，休斯顿和圣安东尼奥周围迅速崛起
and those suburban areas very very heavily Republican voting
这些郊区都有着极大的共和党倾向
Now it's interesting what would happen in... oh sorry wrong way
有趣的是在……抱歉，翻错方向了

You can see even in Kansas in south-western Kansas a lot of Hispanics, people have moved there, you might think what they are doing
你会发现在堪萨斯西南部也有大量西班牙裔，你也许会好奇他们为什么移居到那里
I have to check I don't know the name of that county, but there's a meat packing plant there
我没查过那个县的名字，但那是因为那里有一个肉类包装厂
Because that's generally is a sort of thing is going to attract Hispanic labors, but again their recent immigrants they are not voting
这种工作常常会吸引很多西班牙裔的劳工，但同样，刚移入的居民是没有投票权的
How would these areas be voting 20 years from now, well, we don't know, but it would be an interesting thing to watch
但此后20年那里的选情会如何发展，那就不得而知了，但这是个很值得注意的情况
Yeah, the question is about these very established Hispanic areas in northern New Mexico
他的问题是关于新墨西哥北部这些传统的西班牙裔聚居区的
Overall the per capita medium household income is still very low
总体上他们的家庭人均收入水平是非常低的
You would have places like say Las Vegas, New Mexico where most people are Hispanic, yes they will be the business owners
虽然在有些地方例如新墨西哥的拉斯维加斯，大部分的西班牙裔都是一些企业家

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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。