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Yes, this is the area of large cities and urbanization, but it's really not enough to have a firm base of power
盡管這里大城市密集，城市化迅速，但對于一個穩固的政權而言，這點支持遠遠不夠
So the Republicans in 1868, come up with several strategies in order to maintain power
所以共和黨人在1868年采取了一系列策略來鞏固他們的政權
One is to do everything they can to enfranchise the former slaves, the black in the southern part of the United States
首先是盡最大的努力，使以前在南部的黑奴擁有選舉權
To use federal troops which were certainly necessary to keep former slaves i should say, able to vote
甚至動用聯邦軍隊來為黑奴順利行使選舉權提供必要的安全保障
So that was one main strategy
這是其中一個主要的戰略
Another strategy was to do what the Whigs had done
另一個戰略則是效仿輝格黨人的做法，
at many times which was to find a popular general to run
被多次采用的做法就是找尋受歡迎的將軍做總統候選人
In this case Ulysses S. Grant, the most successful general of the civil war
這次他們選擇了，格蘭特，南北戰爭期間最名聲顯赫的將軍
And finally, the third was to do whatever they could to associate the Democrats with rebellion
最后一個戰略就是鼓吹民主黨人的分裂意圖
Waving the bloody shirt as it was called, Bring up what had been done during the civil war
揮舞著血衣示意民主黨，在南北戰爭期間欠下累累血債
So as you can see at 1868, That was a successful strategy
從1868年最終結果可以看出，這些策略效果顯著
You can see the Republicans wining many southern states
共和黨人贏得了很多南部州的支持
But they did so largely through the votes of the freed former slaves
不過這很大程度上靠的是南部那些被解放的黑奴
You can also see several states which were not yet through reconstruction and were not able to vote
你還會發現有好幾個州仍未從戰爭恢復而未參加投票
So a pretty clear win, now though that they were not winning all of the north at this time
這場勝利是壓倒性的，但這場大選中，共和黨反而沒有贏得所有北部州的支持
and that was largely because of the New York city area and the coastal zone here at the middle Atlantic states
主要是因為紐約地區和大西洋中部州區傾向民主黨
