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Minnesota in general no but the north-western part of Minnesota yes
虽然明尼苏达整体支持率没变 但西北部有转蓝趋势
if you... the eastern part of South Dakota, eastern part of Nebraska, part of eastern, excuse me western Idaho and northern
南达科他东部 内布拉斯加东部 爱达荷北部
excuse me Iowa northern Iowa also had a very significant split and I don't know how much it correlates
抱歉 应该是爱荷华北部均有明显的转蓝趋势 我不知道这是否与宗教有关
but we can certainly see this is the most heavily Lutheran part of the country
但我们看到这些都是路德教徒聚集度最高的地区
North Dakota particularly
尤其是北达科塔
all those counties with dot of more than 50% Lutheran
标有点的县代表信众率达到50%以上
if you have this sort of yellow indicates Lutherans, the black dot indicates more than 50%
黄色则表示信奉的是路德教 黑点表示50%以上
and a lot of these counties have some of the biggest changes
很多黄色带点的县都是转蓝变化最大的县

and again I don't know if religion is causal here
我不确定这和宗教是否真的有因果关系
but it's an interesting correlation to point out
但看起来的确有着有趣的联系
in North Dakota the Red River runs along the border
红河流过北达科他州州界
yes the Missouri River absolutely
对 它实际上是密苏里河的支流
so the Missouri River runs from the central part into the west
密苏里河穿过中部流向西部
much lower population density
西部人口密度很低
you don't have enough rainfall for agriculture so it's ranching
因为没有足够的降水来支持农业 因此只能发展牧场
and a ranching culture tends to be more Republican than farming country
经营牧场的地方常比发展种植业的地方更倾向共和党
but it varies from state to state as well
不过不同的州情况也不同
you can see the Southern Baptist zone
你看到美南浸信会的覆盖的大片区域
like I say it, this zone from this southern part of West Virginia through Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma
我刚才说过 这个区域从西弗吉尼亚南部覆盖至田纳西 阿肯色 俄克拉荷马州
you can see the same thing in Missouri
以及密苏里州

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。