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One thing I would note in Wisconsin though, again it's not just the suburban areas it's also the Fox River Valley up here
关于威斯康辛我还要提的是，除了在城郊区域，包括这里的佛克斯河谷地区
Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh that area paper industry, toilet paper capital of the country
格林贝，阿普尔顿，奥什科什，都有着发达的造纸业，这是美国的卫生纸制造中心
That was John McCarthy territory in the 1950s, still today very Republican voting. I can't explain it
这片区域在50年代是麦卡锡的天下，如今仍然支持共和党，我也没法解释
Wisconsin has been going Democratic recently but just barely in 2004, it looks a lot more solid now
威斯康辛近年来有倾向民主党的趋势，04年民主党的优势极为微弱，现在优势明显多了
Minnesota used to be probably the most solidly Democratic state
相反，过去明尼苏达可能是对民主党最坚定的一个州了
When Democratic in 1984, when it was the only state that did so
1984年大选中，明尼苏达是唯一一个泛蓝州
Today it's been trending more Republican, popular Republican governor
如今正在向共和党靠拢，因为有位受欢迎的共和党州长

We have a very interesting pattern in the far north up here here's Duluth very heavily Swedish and Finnish
我们看到一个很有趣的分布，在最北部，达鲁斯市，有大量瑞典和芬兰人
Very a lot of labor radicalism here, both in shipping and mining, this is an iron range up here
这里的劳工激进主义盛行，这里有海运和煤矿行业，还有造铁业
That's been left for well over 100 years
这里的左倾主义已持续100多年了
The Twin Cities Minneapolis and Saint Paul that's where Hennepin County and Ramsey County
双子城，也就是明尼阿波利斯和圣保罗市所在的亨内平县和拉姆西县
Those have been Democratic, it used to be st Paul was the more blue color, it was more Democratic
都一直支持民主党，圣保罗的民主党支持率是最高的
but these outer suburbs you can't see it very well, but they are heavily heavily Republican now
然而在这些城郊外围，你们可能看不清，则极度地倾向共和党

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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。