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Why Idaho Nevada Colorado
它們為何支持平民黨
Silver mines that was what really the economy of those states, were all about in those states
他們有銀礦，銀礦是這幾個州的經濟支柱，占了很大份額
it wasn't much in Nevada but silver mines that was the game in town
在內華達州較少，但仍能帶來不少利益
and of course if the US would move to silvers, a standard of the free coinage of silver
顯然，如果美國真的實行了銀幣的自由鑄造
would be tremendously beneficial for silver miners, so silver miners pushed it a lot
銀礦生產區將獲得巨大的利益，因而銀礦礦工們對此極力推行
They got some support in the south
他們在南方也得到了一下支持
and that's actually interesting, you can see Alabama shaded in
很有意思，可以看到阿拉巴馬州顏色較深
The colors were a bit washed out, Actually in North Carolina they didn't do too bad
你們看到的圖顏色偏淺，事實上他們在北卡也獲得不少支持
And in fact in North Carolina the populist started making interesting arrangement, say ally themselves with the Republicans
且平民黨在北卡做出了一個有趣的決定，即宣布與共和黨人結成聯盟
They form what they called the fusion party
他們共同組成了一個融合黨
They didn't agree on a lot of issues but they agreed that they did not like the Democratic party which
縱然他們在諸多問題上都有分歧，但他們都不愿讓民主黨得道
was becoming more and more the party of white supremacy in the south
因為民主黨正日漸發展成一個推崇白人至上的南方政黨
and this populist Republican fusion party in North Carolina,
而這由平民黨和共和黨組成的新政黨
was a sort of last stand for African-American enfranchisement in the south
對于北卡的黑人而言，是他們在南方爭取選舉權的最后一戰
They were actually voting, highly engaged in this
他們積極地參加到投票等活動當中，
and the white backlash against that fusion movement, pretty much kill the populist party in the south, particularly in North Carolina
融合運動收到當地白人的嚴酷鎮壓，殺害了很多南方的平民主義者，北卡的情況尤為慘烈
So what else can you see in this map? You see
從這幅地圖還能看出什么？你看到
Not doing well in the northeast
平民黨在東北部出師不利
Not doing well in the new industrial cities
在新興工業城市支持甚少
Not doing well among the laboring classes
也沒有得到勞工階級的青睞
