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Rapid City, Sturgis interesting area
拉皮德城，斯特吉斯是个有趣的地方
You know Sturgis is famous for Motorcycle Rallies they held or other motorcycle groups have these huge rallies there
斯特吉斯因当地的摩托车爱好者集会而闻名，很多摩托车团体都在那举行大型集会
That's another sort of growth area, but pretty heavily Republican voting, so you can certainly see that
这也是一个发展迅猛的区域，但它的共和党支持率非常高，你可以清楚地从图中看到
Yeah, ok, the question George McGovern who was one of the most liberal candidates ever to run
他的问题是，乔治·麦戈文作为最崇尚自由主义的总统之一
didn't win South Dakota in the presidential election, won Massachusetts was all
在大选中却没有赢得南达科他，只拿下了马萨诸塞一个州
You know, again, if we go back to the New Deal Era
你知道，如果回到新政时期
Roosevelt certainly won both, he won up until he didn't win in 1940, he won in 1932 and 1936 in South Dakota
罗斯福赢得了1940年以前南达科他的选票，他分别在32年和36年拿下了南达科他
So there was some sort of New Deal Liberalism
可见南达科他支持新政自由主义

Certainly Roosevelt brought benefits to farm areas
罗斯福也的确为农村地区带来很多福利
Earlier there had been some prairie populism here
再之前这里曾流行过草原派平民主义
Teddy Roosevelt did extremely well in South Dakota that was his best state
西奥多在南达科他的支持率也非常高，这是他战绩最好的州
He had spent time there and was sort of a local celebrity
他在那花了很多精力并成为当地名流
but it still it's odd that someone as liberal as McGovern
但也许是麦戈文的主张太过自由
And I suspect and I have to look at this, I suspect that he was a much more liberal presidential candidate than he was a senator
我也不太确定，与其说他是个自由主义的总统候选人，不如说他是一个自由主义的参议员
And he he was probably pretty good at bringing goods from Washington to South Dakota
他也许很擅长从把华盛顿的好处带到南达科他
A supporter of farm bills and farm subsidies alike, I'm just guessing here some of you may know this better
他支持农业法案农业津贴，这只是我的猜测，你们也许更加了解

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。