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What if we just look at, find out, look at states where the vast majority of people were graduated from high school
如果我們只觀察那些大部分居民都擁有高中學歷的州
Not talking about people with higher levels of education
不考慮人們是否具有更高的學歷
but just looking at those where just about anyone is high school degree
只考慮那些居民大部分達到高中學歷
Not many high school drop-outs so people have attended high school
高中輟學率低，大部分居民都上過高中的州
And by this measure, Minnesota is the most educated state
依照這種衡量方法，明尼蘇達州是教育水平最高的
which voted for Kerry but not by a huge margin
而它將選票投給了克里，但他獲勝的優(yōu)勢很小
Then we got Montana
第二名的是蒙大拿州
Wyoming one of the most Republican voting state, 29% for Kerry
其后是懷俄明州，共和黨支持率最高的州之一，克里在該州只獲得了29%的選票
Nebraska, Utah very heavily Republican voting states
內(nèi)布拉斯加州和猶他州都是共和黨支持率非常高的州
And again New Hampshire coming in
我們又看見新罕布什爾州榜上有名
So for the states where everyone is educated to the high school level it just about everyone is a mixed bag
可見，當我們關(guān)注高中學歷人口比率較高的州時似乎原來的規(guī)律被打亂了
And actually lots of these states were heavily Republican voting
而且事實上很多這樣的州都是忠實支持共和黨的
States where they have a lot of people who have not completed high school with Texas being at the bottom
相反，在那些未達到高中學歷的人較多的州中德州的高中畢業(yè)率最低
All except when we get to Rhode island which actually I was very surprised to see voting for Republican party
讓我驚訝的是這些右邊的這列州中，除了羅德島州，其他州都將選票投給了共和黨
What's interesting actually you don't have to go many more steps down to find California
如我們所料，即使不看這些數(shù)據(jù)，我們也能知道加州的情況
As a high percentage of people who have not completed high school
加州作為一個高中輟學率極高的州
as well as high percentage of people who have advanced degrees
同時也是高學歷人口比例很高的州
California, a very bifurcated state on income, on education, on other sorts of issues
加州的兩極分化情況極為嚴重，無論是收入，教育程度還是其它方面
This map aren't particularly good
這幅地圖可能看的不清楚
but it's showing county level data showing percentage of population without a high school degree
它是一幅縣級地圖，反映了各州無高中學位人口的比例
So the white counties are the ones where virtually everybody has a high school degree or better
白色表示該縣幾乎所有人口都有高中或以上學歷
The dark red area is substantial percentage of people who don't
深紅色的縣則有很多無高中學位的人口
And you can see very clear pattern what's some exceptions
地圖的顏色分布規(guī)律非常明顯，除了一些比較例外的情況
The exceptions here are generally American Indian reservations
所謂例外包括印第安人保護區(qū)
We'll talking about those later
我們稍后會詳細講
but we can see these areas in the north, central part of the country
這些保護區(qū)主要分布在美國的中北部地區(qū)
Some Democratic voting states like Minnesota some Republican states like Nebraska or Kansas
如支持民主黨的明尼蘇達州以及支持共和黨的內(nèi)布拉斯加和堪薩斯州
So it's original pattern doesn't correlate that well with voting patterns
這些區(qū)域的教育水平和選舉傾向可能沒什么關(guān)系
New England fairly well educated
新英格蘭地區(qū)教育水平很高
Or the opposite maps here, just percentage of population with bachelor's degree or higher
來看一另一幅的地圖，反映的是本科及以上學位的人口比例
Again we can see some other similar pattern
我們再次看到一些類似的規(guī)律
Actually high levels of education from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana as well as the plain states
一些州教育水平很高，如科羅拉多，懷俄明，蒙大拿，以及一些分布在大平原地區(qū)的州
Much lower in the south and actually fairly low in the good part of the middle west
南部的高等教育水平明顯低得多，中西部的不少地區(qū)水平也較低
So at this level the educational pattern doesn't fit quite so well
從這個角度觀察教育水平對投票傾向的影響并不明顯
