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They were aided by a financial panic happened in 1873
1873年的金融恐慌恰好幫了民主黨一把
This was actually an international financial panic. Here's a image of a bank run at the time
這是一場席卷全球的金融恐慌，這是當然銀行出現(xiàn)擠兌的情形
that led the Democrats to regain the house of representatives
這場恐慌使民主黨重獲了不少眾議員席位
and that led to one of the most interesting and problematic elections in U.S. history which is the election of 1876
這也催生了美國歷史上最荒唐、也最不正當?shù)目偨y(tǒng)選舉——這就是1876年的大選
The Republicans choose a somewhat dull attorney Rutherford B. Hayes
共和黨人選了一個古板的律師拉瑟福德·海斯，做候選人
And the Democrats go for quite the opposite Samuel Tilden, an extremely wealthy man
民主黨人的選擇則相反，他們選了極為富有狄而登做候選人
who became a district attorney and was a crusader against corruption
他曾任州檢察官，是位倡導打擊腐敗的改革者
Samuel Tilden was famous the man who sent "Boss" Tweed of the famous Tammany ring in New York city to prison
他做過最出名的事就是把坦慕尼協(xié)會的老大，催德送進了監(jiān)獄
So he was a reformer, New Yorker
他是個改革者，是個紐約客
look like the Democrats were going to be able to come back and win. The Republican were running scared
他這架勢看起來好像民主黨有望重奪政權了。共和黨人被嚇到了
And if you look at the election return, you can see something very interesting. You can see Samuel Tilden in the popular vote getting 51%
看看當時的選情，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)一些有趣的現(xiàn)象，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)狄而登獲得了51%的選民投票
So he certainly won when he came to actual votes but the electoral college was uncertain
單看選民投票他是獲勝的，但選舉人票的情況則不那么明朗
The uncercainty had to do with three southern states that were still occupied by federal troops as part of reconstruction
有三個南部的州選情無法確定，這些州當時仍被聯(lián)合軍隊控制，重建工作仍在進行
