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William Jennings Bryan anyone know else he is famous for besides running for president three times
布萊恩除了因為三次競選總統而出名
The Scopes trial. the so called monkey trial
還因斯科普斯審判出名。這次審判還被稱為猴子審判
In Tennessee in the 1920s, when their teachers were tried for teach evolution
發生在20世紀20年代的田納西，一名老師因教進化論而被起訴
and Clarence Darrow defended the teacher
卡拉倫斯達洛為老師辯護
and William Jennings Bryan was the prosecuting attorney trying to get him convicted for that
而布萊恩是該場審訊的檢察官，他認為老師應被判刑
So this was the time when the democratic party was the party of religious fundamentalism
在這次審判中民主黨人是維護原教旨主義的一方
and republican party wasn't. So interesting shifts
共和黨則相反，這是個有趣的轉折
and turns more in that nature of the parties is in the way the nature of the regions
比政黨的性質更頑固的是一個地區的特性
One thing we'll find Minnesota, South Carolina almost always vote for different parties
我們會發現明尼蘇達和南加州幾乎不會同時支持同一政黨
Only one it's a blow-out election
除了在一些壓倒性勝利的大選中
like 1972 when Nixon destroyed McGovern or 1936 when F.D.R destroyed Alfred Landon
如1972年尼克松大勝麥戈文或1936年羅斯福大勝蘭登
It about the only times those two states ever vote the same way
只有僅僅幾次這兩個州站在同一邊
Yeah question? in the back
有問題嗎? 后排的同學
the question is the election anti-Darwinian sentiment in the south parts of the mid-west as well
他的問題是分布在中西地區的南部盛行的反達爾文主義對這場大選有何影響
You know, undoubtedly, it did but that was somewhat later issue
是的，這在當時的確有些影響，但這在當時還不太受關注
It wasn't such a burning issue at that time
這在當時并不是迫在眉睫的問題
That came more in the 1910s and 1920s was sort of more front-edge issue then
1910至20年間它才逐漸受到關注，才成為一個熱議話題
At this point it was really about monetary policy above all
1896年時最重要的還是貨幣政策
I mean of course other issues were involved
其他問題的影響都較為次要
It's interesting silver mining states like Montana and Idaho, Colorado love Bryan
有趣的是，一些銀礦產區如蒙大拿，愛達荷和科羅拉多州都擁戴布萊
Because his policy was coinage in silver which would really help the silver mines
因為他提倡的政策是銀幣自由鑄造，這無疑有助于振興銀礦產業
So that's a little bit have added fillup to his vote
這也為他的競選贏得一些籌碼
We'll talk about all this in great length as we go through in the course
我們在以后的課程中還會詳細講解
Like I say we'll focus on the current period
我們除了關注近幾屆大選外
but we're gonna explore these earlier periods as well
也會研究更早時候的大選
I only have a few more maps because I do want to open it up to more general discussion
只剩下幾幅地圖要講了，因為我想給些時間讓你們自由討論
but let's look at where things are trending right now
現在來關注一下當下正在發生的事情
