听力文本

if we go into Mark Newman's amazing cartograms
来看马克纽曼处理的变形图
where we're distorting for population size
根据各州人口数量对其面积进行变形
you can see a new view of the US
你会看到一幅焕然一新的版图
before it was pretty much evenly split, red and blue by population
上一届的变形图中红蓝 几乎是平分秋色的
now you can see as reflected in the electoral college vote
而今年的变形图 从选举人团投票情况来看
a much larger blue area of the country
蓝色的区域要大得多
bluing of the US if you will
整个美国大部分地区都是蓝色的
then we get into the county maps showing blue, red and purple
再来看县级地图 由蓝色 红色 紫色组成
I'll show you later on this map juxtaposed with the 2000 map
稍后我会把这幅地图和2000年的放在一起比较
so you can see how the patterns change
你会看出选情发生了怎样的变化

overall the basic pattern didn't change all that much
总体而言 基本的选情模式仍然没变
the same area is blue same area is red with some important differences
红蓝色的主要分布还是差不多 但是有几个明显的变化
we can see the west coast bluer than it had been
西岸的蓝色比以前更深了
without a doubt
毫无疑问
real increase in Democratic voting in California
加州对民主党的支持率增加了不少
we can see that in Colorado
还有科罗拉多州
a big expansion of the blue
被红色包围着的一大片蓝色
we can see a number of our counties that had not been blue before
我们还发现一些过去并不泛蓝的县（如今也泛蓝了）
actually two Utah counties went Democratic
这次选举中再犹他州有两个泛蓝县
before there were none
对比以前 是一个都没有的
Summit County where Park City is and the city is Moab
分别是帕克城所在的森米特县以及摩押市所在的县
Anyone know the county?
有人记得是哪个县吗?
I can't remember the name of the county
我忘记那个县的名字了
in eastern Utah a place where a national parks and a lot of our recreation in that area
是在犹他东部的那附近有个国家公园 还有一些悠闲度假的地方
we see a big red zone in the central south, central part of the country
在中南部我们看到一大片红色区域 在地图的中部
but some interesting exceptions
有趣的是 其中也有一些例外
that county there is in the air
那个县的名字我不知道
I'm gonna have to check that
我还没有查
but that shouldn't be there
不太确定
but that county is in Dallas
这个县是达拉斯县
Dallas went Democratic this time
这次达拉斯县支持民主党
the county did not entire Metro area
并不是整个县都在达拉斯都市区
but that's unusual
它泛蓝不常见
that hasn't happened for some time
已经有一段时间没支持民主党了

视频及简介
这一集仔细分析了08年美国总统大选的选情，从教育程度、宗教、人种、郊县的发展趋势等各方面阐述了奥巴马获胜的原因，以及民主党08年支持率上升的具体趋势。亮点：是投给民主党还是共和党呢？这里面的奥妙特别多。跟性别、年龄、受教育程度、富裕程度、人种、宗教都有关系。80多岁老人可能更倾向于民主党，因为奥巴马对经济危机的乐观态度和许以民众的美好未来，让他们想起了罗斯福在面临大萧条时的英雄形象，对此，他们常怀感激。