听力文本

yes
请提问
yes this is one of these Wikipedia population density maps
这是一幅摘自维基百科的人口密度地图
so you have them for every state and these are just great maps
对应每个州都有这样的地图 这些地图非常好用
you can really see the population distribution so clearly here
你能清楚地从中了解人口的分布 非常清晰
so you can see the green as
图中的绿色
the dark green as less than 1 person per square mile
在深绿色地区 每平方英里少于一人
to the dark red over 5,000 people per square mile
在深红地区 每平方英里有超过5000人
so yes this Front Range of Colorado would have over 90% of the population of the state
可见福兰特山脉周边聚集了科罗拉多全州超过90%的人口
from Fort Collins down to Pueblo
从柯林斯堡到普韦布洛

it's that zone right there
这一沿线地带
that's just highly highly concentrated
人口非常高度地集中
and Colorado Springs El Paso County
科罗拉多斯普林斯所在的埃尔帕索县
it's still a very Republican area, airforce academies here
仍然是非常倾向共和党的区域 这里是空军学院所在地
a number of religious institutions
也有不少宗教机构
Focus on the Family for example
如关注家庭协会
center here
总部就在这
so its still Republican voting although not quite as much as it used to be
所以这里仍然非常倾向共和党 虽然支持率已有所下降
and that's also something interesting to note among the Evangelical vote
还有一个值得一提的现象就是 在福音派信徒的选民当中
there was certainly a shift in the blue direction
有明显的向蓝靠拢的倾向
it's still a Republican voting constituency
虽然总体上选民仍支持共和党
but particularly younger Evangelicals many of them migrated to the Democratic Party
但一些信徒 尤其是较年轻的信徒已经转而支持民主党
I think that's something interesting to note
我想这是个很有趣的现象
what we have are Aspen, Telluride
在阿斯本 特拉莱德等地
these very wealthy ski areas had been heavily Democratic voting, still are
这些非常富裕的滑雪胜地过去是极为倾向民主党的 现在仍然是

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。