听力文本
Illinois another huge shift and a lot of this has probably affected Obama's from Illinois
伊利诺伊州也明显转蓝 这很有可能与奥巴马曾任伊利诺伊参议员有关
but look at here's Cook County where has been Democratic voting for a long time
这个是库克县 这里过去就一直支持民主党
but look at the outer suburban fringe in Chicago
但在芝加哥的外围城郊
wholesale transition from all those counties voting for Bush to all of those counties voting for Obama
大规模地转蓝 过去支持布什的县 现在都转而支持奥巴马了
generally the upper the northern part of the state
几乎所有伊利诺伊北部的县（都转蓝了）

and again you can correlate this with larger cities
我们可以把这种变化和大城市联系起来
places like Peoria, Springfield, Decatur
像皮奥里亚 斯普林菲尔德和迪凯特
larger urban areas more Democratic voting
几个大城市 都是支持民主党的
the sort of medium-size towns
而那些规模中等的城镇
which often had been Republican voting certainly in Illinois, Indiana
过去虽然常常倾向共和党 如今在伊利诺伊和印第安纳
a real switch to the Democratic direction
也出现了明显地转向民主党的趋势
yes
请提问
the question is there was a huge snowstorm in northern Illinois
他的问题是 伊利诺伊北部遭暴风雪侵袭
and there were again...
那里常常受这种灾害困扰
I've read about this snowstorm but actually I was so fixed on the electoral news
我听说了那里有暴风雪 不过因为我一直在关注选举的消息
I wasn't paying as much attention as the local news so evidently there were problems in prevision of disaster relief in those areas
就没有太留意当地的新闻 不过这场雪灾的防灾减灾工作显然有不足之处
which then sour a certain number of voters on the Republican Party
导致一定数量的选民转而支持民主党
sometimes if you have counties that are fairly narrowly divided
有的时候对于一些两党支持率平分秋色的县
somebody doesn't take much to swing a few voters in the other direction and change the political landscape
候选人只要花一点力气 就能改变小部分支持者的倾向 从而改变整个县的倾向

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。