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Another 4 candidate race
另一場四名候選人的較量
We have Dewey running again for the Republicans
其中包括杜威，他再次代表共和黨參選
We have president Harry Truman running
還有在位總統杜魯門
We have Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Henry Wallace who had been F.D.R.'s vice president in his third term
來自南卡羅來納州的瑟蒙德以及亨利·華萊士，華萊士是羅斯福擔任第三屆總統時的副總統
Here you have the Democratic Party splitting in 3
這樣民主黨就分成了三股勢力
You have a right wing of the Democratic Party represented by Thurmond
有以瑟蒙德為代表的民主黨右翼
The south forming the Dixiecrat Party
南部各州形成了南方民主黨
and the Dixiecrats were furious, because the Truman administration was finally starting to say something about civil rights
南方民主黨人十分憤怒，因為杜魯門政府在執政最后階段開始將公民權的問題擺上桌面
This is something the Democrats always wanted to ignore, because they figure that they'll lose the south if they pushed it
這一直是一個民主黨刻意回避的問題，因為他們認為公民權的推行會導致他們失去南方的支持
but Truman integrated the army and thanks largely to a politician from Minnesota named Hubert Humphrey
但是杜魯門整合了軍隊，并且多虧了一名來自明尼蘇達州名叫漢佛萊的政治家
the Democratic platform called for civil rights at this time, so the southerners the Dixiecrats pull out
民主黨才不得不在這個時候將公民權寫入政綱，自此南方民主黨人得以擺脫困境
Wallace represented Democrats who thought Truman was pushing too hard of a line against the Soviet Union
以華萊士為代表的那部分，民主黨人認為杜魯門推行的對抗蘇聯的政策過于強硬
who did not want the Cold War
他們不想冷戰繼續
who did not want sort of global confrontation, so he's opting out from the left
不希望發生世界性的沖突，因此華萊士選擇從左翼中退出
and everybody then was sure, of course that Dewey was going to win
這時候所有人都認為杜威將會理所應當地獲勝
and probably the most famous political photograph in American history
這有可能是美國歷史上最出名的政治照片
is newspapers being so confident that Dewey would win that they print it up headlines
出現在一個對杜威獲勝充滿信心的報紙上，并把它作為頭條新聞
and there's Truman who know here that won by that time
在座的應該知道最終獲勝的是杜魯門
