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美国总统选举中的地理学(MP3+双语字幕) 第226期:2008美国总统大选(29)

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should we look at a few states

我们来具体看几个州的选情
I got all the states here
我有所有州的选情地图
I'm not gonna try to go through them one by one
但我不会每个都讲
what I'll do is talk about a few of them
我会先挑几个来讲解
and then ask if you want to see any others or we just want to have general discussion
再问问你们有哪些其他想了解的州 或者我们直接进入讨论环节
certainly California we can see the big change was southern California
对比中看到 加州南部发生了明显的变化
really only Orange County now
只剩橙县仍然
Republican conservative bastion
坚守在保守的共和党阵营
remaining as such Riverside, San Bernardino
其余转蓝的 河畔县 圣布纳迪诺县
these are real foreclosure zones
都是由于楼市危机
very hard hit by the housing crisis
抵押品赎回权丧失严重的地区
and a major switch there
这里发生了很大的转变

2008美国总统大选(29)

I was surprised to see San Diego switching in this direction

我对圣地亚哥转向民主党阵营感到惊讶
again the northern San Joaquin area, San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, that's Modesto, Merced, shifting
在圣华金地区北部 圣华金县 斯坦尼斯劳斯县 莫德斯托市所在的美熹县 都在转蓝
some rural counties like Trinity, very small population
这里的农村地区如赤尼迪 人口非常少
here's Butte County with Chico State
这是加州州立大学所在的布特县
many thousands of college students there
聚集了成千上万的大学生
this is Nevada County, Grass Valley area, hadn't gone Democratic since 1964 I believe
这是内华达县 格拉斯瓦利地区 1964年以后就没选过民主党
it's been changing in a minute rural, sort of our natural amenity zone
是农村地区的选票发生了变化 因为这些地方自然风景宜人
people have moved to that area and that has changed the voting patterns there as well
很多人因此移入定居 导致了该地区投票倾向的变化
certainly we can see the entire Bay Area as a very dark blue
显而易见 整个旧金山湾区是一片深蓝
you could see that better on the map on my computer screen
你们看我电脑上的地图颜色会区分地更明显
there're still very red zones of California, Modoc Lassen County, up in the Great Basin
加州也仍然有深红的区域 如默多克所在的雷森县 以及靠近大盆地地区的县
it's still solidly Republican
仍然极度支持共和党
as would be the southern San Joaquin although there was a big blue shift here, shift in the Democratic direction
在圣华金南部地区也是如此 虽然他们很大程度上已向蓝偏转 向民主党靠拢
not enough to change the...
但总体上仍是倾向共和党
so Mono County here Alpine County which had been Democratic before
所以这里的莫诺县阿尔派县现在都转而支持民主党
very small populations
人口数量非常小
a number of people who've moved there for the natural amenities, mountain climbers
但有不少人移居到这 因为这里自然环境优雅 吸引了登山者
it's a real natural beauty zone, that's attracted people. so that...
这里的自然风光的确很吸引人 所以...
and I think 2004 may have been...
我记得04年(它们好像还是泛红的)
maybe 2000 but they certainly were Republican back in the days when they were predominantly ranching counties as they have been
又或者是2000年 总之以前它们的确是倾向共和党的 在它们还是主要以牧场经济为生的年代 它们的确是倾向共和党
but when you have such a small population base
但考虑到该地区人口基数小
it's not hard to switch it
要转变它的选情不难

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foreclosure [fɔ:'kləuʒə]

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n. 丧失抵押品赎回权

 
shifting [ʃiftiŋ]

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n. 转移 adj. 不断改换的 动词shift的现在分

 
rural ['ru:rəl]

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adj. 农村的

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democratic [.demə'krætik]

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adj. 民主的,大众的,平等的

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voting ['vəutiŋ]

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n. 投票 动词vote的现在分词形式

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switch [switʃ]

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n. 开关,转换,鞭子
v. 转换,改变,交换

 
screen [skri:n]

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n. 屏,幕,银幕,屏风
v. 放映,选拔,掩

 
population [.pɔpju'leiʃən]

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n. 人口 ,(全体)居民,人数

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base [beis]

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n. 基底,基础,底部,基线,基数,(棒球)垒,[化]碱

 
shift [ʃift]

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n. 交换,变化,移动,接班者
v. 更替,移

 

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