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Political culture he identified originally with the mid-Atlantic states
他定義的這種政治文化最初源于大西洋中部州區
And later with Irish immigrants, German immigrants to some extent which he said lent itself to much machine politics and a bit more corruption
隨著愛爾蘭和德國遷入者的到來，這些地區出現了黨棍政治和一些腐敗的風氣
and a traditionalistic region in the south which is much more higher rococo and culturally conservative
南方則被歸為傳統主義區域，他們較為呆板守舊，在文化上十分保守
In looking at all these maps of counties and states voting patterns
看了那么多縣和州的選情分布
I'm not so sure how well that holds but that's something interesting to think about
這種分區是否合理仍需考究，但它反映出了一些有用的事實
Certainly as I think I mentioned before states like Vermont have very distinctive voting patterns
例如之前我提到的如佛蒙特是個在投票傾向上與眾不同的州
which we may be able to link to these sort of traditions
這也許和剛才提到的歷史傳統有聯系
I'm not sure. it's something we can talk about and we can certainly bring it up in the discussion forum
我不確定，但我們可以進行一些討論，我們可以在論壇上討論
on the course websites, some of you had very interesting comments on there
在該課程的網頁上，我看到你們一些很有趣的評論
and I would thank you and also hope more people will join in that discussion
很感謝你們，也希望更多的人能加入到討論中來
Well, let's go back now to the history
現在我們繼續介紹大選的歷史
anyone want to interrupt me with questions or comments please feel free at any time
歡迎你們隨時打斷我來進行提問或討論，任何時候我都歡迎
and it is actually the second election and the first was in 1789 but neither of them were significant
1792年其實是第二次大選，第一次是1789年，但這兩次大選意義都不大
in so far as they were none contestant election
因為他們都是無競爭的選舉
George Washington was the only candidate and he received all of the votes
喬治華盛頓是唯一的候選人，并獲得了全部選票
by votes I mean electoral votes, votes in the electoral college
選票我指的是選舉人票即選舉團掌握的選票
