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we want to get out of the south, here's Prince George's County dark dark blue
讲完南部州区了 你们看到乔治王子县 很深很深的蓝色
African American middle-class county Baltimore City Baltimore County
这些县以中产阶级和非洲裔居民为主 包括巴尔的摩市，巴尔的摩县
Maryland very clearly Democratic voting but it's a real swath here
马里兰很显然是倾向民主党的 你看到狭长的蓝色地带
but let's get out oh here we go
再看下一个州，对了
state in the south it's Florida
南部还有一个佛罗里达没讲
you can see a real difference between the Gulf Coast places like Tampa and the Atlantic Coast Miami
你会发现在墨西哥湾区沿岸地区如坦帕市和大西洋沿岸如迈阿密
Broward County with Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County
如罗德岱堡所在的布劳沃德县以及棕榈滩县
Orlando actually Orange County that went for Kerry
奥兰多所在的橙县都是支持克里的
this is Daytona Beach, Gainesville University, Tallahassee University in state government
还有这里的代托纳比奇市 盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学 塔拉哈希的佛罗里达州立大学

one thing is interesting to note with Palm Beach County Jewish population
值得一提的是棕榈滩县的犹太人口
certainly one of the largest Jewish populations in the United States
这里聚居着全美数量最多的犹太人口
Jewish population I think it's polling about 75% now for Obama
我记得犹太人当中 对奥巴马的支持率约为75%
there was a lot of speculation that there will be a higher vote for McCain having to do with Israel issue that is not happening, fairly elderly population as well
也有一些推测说 麦凯恩的犹太支持率可能会随着以色列问题的激化而上升 这些人口都是年龄较大的人口
but it certainly looks like it's going to go very strongly
但显然他们不可能倾向麦凯恩
and of course Florida is going to be a real key area
佛罗里达州无疑一个非常关键的地方
should I do some more here? What time?
我还有时间解释更多州吗？几点了？
I don't have a watch I'm sorry, so I'm relying on my cell phone here it's 20 more minutes
不好意思，我没带表 我只能用手机来看时间 还有20分钟
I don't want to have time for general conversation of course we've got a lot about the states I haven't talked about
这节课就不花时间做课堂讨论了 因为还有很多州的选情我没介绍完

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。