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Republicans go for James Garfield, Boatman Jim he was called, From this Western Reserved Area of Ohio that we talked about before,
共和黨人提名了加菲爾德，他有個別名叫Boatman Jim，因在西部保留區(qū)的運(yùn)河工作過而得名，保留區(qū)位于俄亥俄，之前我講到過，
very Republican oriented part of the state, Garfield was a reformer
該區(qū)域的共和黨支持率極高，加菲爾德是個改革者
So he was part of the half-breed movement but as today you need to balance the party, oh, excuse me, balance the ticket
他是共和黨改革運(yùn)動的一員，但共和黨需要平衡黨內(nèi)分歧以獲得更多選票
So Chester Arthur a half-breed（stalwart) was chosen to be his vice president
所以選擇了守舊派（口誤）的亞瑟作為副總統(tǒng)候選人
Arthur was from New York, often considered to have some shady connections with organized politics in that part of the country
亞瑟來自紐約，他也被認(rèn)為與一些政治集團(tuán)有著不干不凈的聯(lián)系
As you can see the election here at the state level, pretty much entirely split on the north south lines, We do have New Jersy
從州級選情審視這場大選，選情幾乎是以南北分割線為界的，新澤西州，
which is an important swing state in that period going for the Democrats, But we also have California going for the Democrats which is unusual in those days
當(dāng)時一個重要的搖擺州，支持民主黨，加州也將選票投給了民主黨，這在當(dāng)時算是比較反常的
So there's a very close election
兩黨幾乎平分秋色
As the electors were split to some extent
選民分裂為兩派
We really see this north south division at the time but again,very close popular vote, 48.3% 48.2%
當(dāng)時的選民明顯有南北對峙的傾向，民眾選票非常接近，48.3% 48.2%
So just these knife-edged election as characterized this period
是這個時期典型的勢均力敵的大選結(jié)果
What happened to Garfield? He was in office not very long and was assassinated was shot
后來加菲爾德怎么了？他上任不久便遭遇了暗殺
Was shot be a frustrated office-seeker which brought up the issue of corruption
殺手是一個沮喪的失業(yè)者，這也引發(fā)人們對選舉中腐敗行為的關(guān)注
