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Both of these Swedish and Norwegian were big supporters of prohibition
因為瑞典人和挪威人都大力支持禁酒制度
Prohibition party did better off in this area than any other part of the country when it was forced
推行禁酒制的政黨在這個區域得到的支持是最為明顯的
And then we can compare to a German speaking areas, here we can see in Wisconsin
與德語區相比，例如威斯康辛州
definitely in the eastern part of the state that was in the gilded age the Democratic voting part
該州東部很顯然在鍍金時期是傾向民主黨的
Now it's completely reversed
而現在的情況已完全相反了
Now this part of eastern Wisconsin is more Republican and the west is more Democratic voting
現在威斯康辛州東部變得傾向共和黨，西部卻變得傾向民主黨
I find that a pretty interesting split
十分有趣的逆轉現象
but as German population grew up
但隨著德裔居民人口增長
actually Wisconsin in 1892 voted for the Democratic Party which was a total change, It had been solidly Republican
威斯康辛在1892大選中民主黨支持率超過了共和黨，使該州傾向發生巨大變化，它曾是個堅定的共和黨州
but as the German population built up the state did indeed in that year go for the Democrats
但德裔選民的急劇增加使它在1896這年搖身變為了民主黨州
As I lived in Madison, Wisconsin for a year
我曾在威斯康辛首府麥迪遜住過一年
and I had a very interesting experience in a small town, not too far from Madison walking around and
在離麥迪遜不遠的一個小鎮散步時曾有過一次有趣的經歷
my friend dash me the ribs, He said count the businesses in this little town
我的朋友戳了戳我說，不如我們來數數，這個小鎮里
How many of our bars are taverns
有多少小店是酒館
and we did we counted them up, it's about 40%
我們數了一下，大概有40%
So there's still a real sort of German derived culture of taverns,
可見德國的酒館文化對這個地區影響深遠
if you will, you can find that very very clearly, Germans are more complicated though
你很容易就能夠發現，德國人的投票傾向沒那么簡單
