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we can pick out our skiing resorts again
我们再次从图中认出一些滑雪胜地
places like Blaine County, Idaho that's Sun Valley
如爱达荷州的布雷恩县 那是太阳谷的所在地
Teton County that's Jackson Hole
特顿县是杰克逊洞山的所在地
you can see those really making this shift in the Democratic direction
你会发现这些地区的支持率都在明显地向民主党偏移
I was really intrigued by this county in southern Utah
我一直被犹他州南部的这个县所吸引
it doesn't show up on the other maps
在其他地图中我很少注意到它
it shows up as a heavily Republican voting state which it still is but not like it used to be
它有很高的共和党支持率 虽然现在还是 但已有所下滑
does anyone know this place?
有人知道这是什么县吗?
that's in the area Kanab is the city
城市的名字是卡纳布

I can guess Kane County only has 6,000 people
我想应该是凯恩县只有6000常住居民
a lot of National parks around there
那附近有很多国家公园
it's a famous county for filming of westerns huge number of..."Little Hollywood" they call it because so many westerns were filmed in this area
该县以制造西部特色的电影闻名生产了大量电影 人们称它"小好莱坞" 因为很多西部片都是在这拍摄的
so that's showing up
图中蓝色的还有
we can see a number again the suburban areas
一些城郊地区
sort of the greater suburban Chicago
例如芝加哥的城郊地区
strong strong blue shift here
出现了超大幅度的偏蓝转移
Indiana we see Indianapolis and even some of the suburban counties
印第安纳州首府及其城郊的一些县也有转蓝趋势
again the suburban counties are still Republican voting but not like they used to be
不过这些郊县现在仍然支持共和党 只是支持率有所下降
I've paid a lot of attention to Indiana
我曾着重讲过印第安纳州
one thing is real is Indiana is becoming in a way more like its neighbors
其中一个事实是 印第安纳州的选情与它的邻州变得日趋相似
almost all...we've talked about this in the class
我们在课堂上讲到过这个
why Indiana so much more Republican than Ohio
为什么印第安纳的共和党支持率高出俄亥俄那么多
a neighboring state which shares so many demographic characteristics
它们不仅相邻 而且还有很多相似的人口构成
now Indiana for the first time in the long time it did vote pretty much exactly like Ohio did
这次大选中 长久以来的第一次它的选情和俄亥俄终于相近了
so you can almost see
由此可见
you can see states in a way going back to their regional framework
属于同一地理区划的州 它们的变化常常是趋同的
Arkansas and Louisiana were surprisingly Democratic voting states in the Clinton era
阿肯色和路易安娜州在克林顿时代曾是令人惊讶的泛蓝州
now they look more like their southern neighbors
如今它们向他们南部的邻居看齐（转红）
Virginia looks more likeits Mid-Atlantic neighbors
弗吉尼亚也与大西洋中部的州趋同（转蓝）
so we can see this sort of regional realignments in the area
我们由此会发现地区的同一化趋势

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。