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Or even equally interesting 1924
同樣耐人尋味的一場大選是1924年
Calvin Coolidge and John Davis. running against him both very conservative
卡爾文柯立芝和約翰戴維斯間的角逐。這兩位都是保守派人士
Democrats were not necessarily liberal this time at all
當時的民主黨人思想并不開放
Generally were not in favor of big business
雖然他們普遍排斥大財閥
but on issues like race, they were usually the more conservative party at this point
但他們在種族等問題上態度甚至比共和黨還要保守
And Robert LaFollette had been a republican
羅伯特.拉福萊特曾是一名共和黨人
a governor of Wisconsin discussed by both parties ,bucked,
曾任威斯康星州長，但他遭到兩黨的議論和反對，
form a public opponent another new progressive party. That wants government ownership of railroad and electric utilities
自行建立了一個新的進步黨。該黨主張鐵路和電力產業為政府所有
outlawing child labors, stronger laws to helps labor unions more protective. You know, very liberal
立法制止童工并為工會提供更強大的法律援助。這些都是些帶有自由主義色彩的主張
Patterns what we see
我們再次發現北部地區左傾的規律
He won Wisconsin came very close to win in Minnesoda North Dakota indeed
他贏得了威斯康星州的選票甚至差點在明尼蘇達和北達科他州獲勝
The map again, the colors fade out
還是老問題，地圖顏色有點失真了
And did very well in the West and North-West
拉福萊特在西部和西北部戰績也不錯
Did not do well at all in the south and much of the sort of eastern mid-West, if you will
在南部和中西部、中東部則一敗涂地
So again, we can see some of these continuing patterns
這再次應驗了之前所說的規律
But as a little sort of warning
但在這我要提醒你們
Just because Montana has two Democratic senators and a Democratic governor doesn't mean they're liberal Democrats
前面雖提到蒙大拿有兩位民主黨參議員和一位民主黨州長，但這并不意外著他們都是自由派民主黨人
And here we have the term the blue dog conservative Democratic cockers as we know It's a familiar term
讓我跟你們介紹一個新名稱：藍狗保守派明主黨人，這個名字并不陌生
the blue dog Democrats it have their own group in the house of representatives
藍狗在眾議院形成了自己的群體
There's actually a pretty substantial group
且這是個規模不小的群體
Interesting, where this term came from. Anyone know where the term Blue Dog Democrat comes from?
這個名字的由來很有意思。有人知道“藍狗”民主黨這個名字的由來么?
It started with the Yellow Dog Democrat
它是由黃狗民主黨派得名的
Yellow Dog Democrat was a southerner back in the days when the south was a one-party region
黃狗民主黨派由南方人組建，那時南部一邊倒地支持民主黨
And their line was I'd vote for any one Even a yellow dog as long as it's a Democrat
他們的信條是將選票投給任何民主黨人即使只是黃狗，只要是民主黨的狗，也得投
So there's a Yellow Dog Democrat
黃狗民主黨派由此誕生
Then a Blue Dog Democrat came about in the 1970s and said these northern and western liberals
藍狗民主黨派誕生于20世紀70年代，他們聲稱受不了北部和西部的民主黨人
They are pushing the party in such liberal direction. That's enough to choke a yellow dog blue
民主黨推行的自由主義思想，黃狗會被這種思想窒息成臉發青的藍狗
So therefore you have the Blue Dogs. That's their unofficial mascot
藍狗從而得名，藍狗也成了該組織的非正式代言
Anyone want to guess what state has the largest number of blue dog Democrats in the house?
有沒有人愿意猜猜眾議院中哪個州的藍狗成員最多?
California
加利福尼亞州
There're seven in California
加州有七位眾議員是藍狗成員
So actually it's a pretty substantial group
這是一個龐大的團體
So in general Blue Dog Democrat tend to oppose to Republican efforts to deregulate
總體而言，藍狗民主黨反對共和黨人解除管制的提議
Oppose Republican efforts to reduce taxes especially on the more affluent
以及其減稅，尤其是對富人減稅的提議
They're suspicious of big business having too much power
藍狗認為大企業，財閥不該擁有過多的權力
They tend to be centrist on hot butter issue suck like abortion
在墮胎等熱議話題上他們的意見較為中立
Some of them are actually quite pro-life
其中一部分人是持反墮胎意見的
