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yes
请提问
just a question about Arkansas
我要问一个关于阿肯色的问题
was it the number of Democratic people down and that's why it was redder
是因为支持民主党的人减少了 导致它向红偏移
or did the people switch over Republican that was a red state
还是真的有更多人支持共和党比较它是个泛红州
anyway or did the Democrats sort of aggravation
又或者是更多支持民主党的群众
just not vote
放弃了投票权?
yes the question
好的 她的问题是
Arkansas how much was the people changing their vote
在阿肯色有多少人改变了他们的支持对象
how much was the people not voting
有多少人没有参加投票

I was looking at figures of voting levels
我看过今年投票情况的数据
where percentage of the registered of eligible voters
注册选民占合格选民比例
voters of Arkansas is pretty low
在阿肯色是挺低的
Minnesota again came in at the top
明尼苏达仍是参与率最高的州
so it may well have been that
所以这可能的确有关系
I have to look at more data to know that better
我要再多看一些数据才能进一步了解
does anyone have any idea on that?
有人对这个有什么别的想法吗?
you can bring that up in the discussion forum
你们可以在论坛上提出来
I could look into it and see if I could give you an answer
回去我会研究一下这个问题 看能不能给你们个答案
Minnesota was 77% of eligible voters
明尼苏达有77%符合条件的公民投票
and low states
投票率低的州里
I don't think Arkansas was the lowest
我想阿肯色应该不是最低的
Nevada is always very low
内华达州投票率一向较低
Texas is fairly low
德州也挺低的
I have to look that up but about 55%
我要回去查一查 大概在55%左右
so it's about 20% difference
投票率差了有20%左右

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。