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It has voted more Democratic than a lot of other southern states
阿肯色比其他的南部州更为倾向民主党
It has an interesting geography, the most Republican area is up here Benton County
它的选情地理分布很有趣，本顿县的共和党支持率最高
Anyone know what's going on up there
你们知道这个县有什么特别的吗?
That's Wal-Mart country, that's where Wal-Mart is headquartered
该县是沃尔玛总部的所在地
Fort Smith pretty Republican as well, Pulaski County Little Rock has been voting for Democrats
史密斯堡也非常倾向共和党，普瓦斯基县的小岩城则支持民主党
Most of these counties over here predominantly African American, so I can explain it
这里的大部分县都以非洲裔居民为主，倾向民主党很正常
But I get up to a county like that Clay County and I don't understand what's going on here
但继续来看克莱县的情况我就感到不解了
Rural county 17,000 people, 98% white, dry county no alcohol here
位于农村一个拥有17000人口的县，98%是白人实施禁酒政策
Medium household income 25,000 that's about half of the nation's average
家庭收入中位数为25000美金，仅为全国平均水平的一半

Two leading churches: Southern Baptists and Church of Christ, both fundamentalist evangelical churches has 60% religious adherence rate
有两个主流教会：南方浸礼会以及基督教会，都是崇尚原旨教义的福音教会，宗教依从率60%
which is pretty typical and voted 54% for Kerry
该地区很典型的县 54%的票投向克里
And now a number of counties in this general area
这个地区的几个县与其他州相似的县选情不同
...to go a place like this, I try to understand why is it so different from other states? With the same demographic features
是什么导致了这种差异？他们有着相似的人口结构
they vote a very different way. I don't know
投票情况却很不一样，我也不知道为什么
So could just be the local Democratic central committee in that county has tied organization
这也许与当地的民主党中央委员会有关，他们有着紧密团结的组织
That's a holdover from the days when all of Arkansas was Democratic voting
是阿肯色全民支持民主的时期，产生并延续至今的产物
And in some counties counties mean a lot, we often in metropolitan areas we don't see how important they can be in rural areas
在有些地区，一个县的选情举足轻重，在都市区域我们感觉不到，农村区域的县级选情有多重要
but yeah I think that's a great point, it could well be something like that
但它的确起着重要的作用，会导致这种情况的出现

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。