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What they did in the next election was to turn to a southerner
在后一屆大選中他們挑選了一名來自南方的候選人
a southern moderate Jimmy Carter from Georgia try to reclaim that lost geographical landscape of the south
卡特，來自喬治亞的溫和派以試圖收復(fù)民主黨在南方的失地
and you can see so they did so quite successfully, the Republicans had been embarrassed by the Watergate scandal
從選情來看，卡特的大選非常成功，共和黨身陷水門事件的丑聞當(dāng)中
Gerald Ford had made some flubs in the debates and Carter went on to a very very narrow victory
候選人福特在辯論中口誤連連使卡特得以憑微弱優(yōu)勢贏得大選
You can see with just a couple of percent his points in the popular election
在選民投票中民主黨僅領(lǐng)先一點(diǎn)幾個(gè)百分點(diǎn)
and the Democrats did very poorly in the west, the Pacific coast and the interior west
民主黨在西部的戰(zhàn)績慘不忍睹，包括太平洋沿岸和西部內(nèi)陸地區(qū)
but really had pretty much gone back to getting almost the entire south except Virginia
但民主黨幾乎重獲了除了弗吉尼亞以外的整個(gè)南部的支持
In California if you look at it at that same election you can see a continuation of those earlier patterns
這場大選中，加州的選情延續(xù)了早前的地理模式
Well yes the Democrats Jimmy Carter takes San Francisco, take Alameda with Oakland in Berkeley
民主黨人，吉米·卡特拿下了三藩市縣及伯克利和奧克蘭所在的阿拉曼達(dá)縣
but the rest of the Bay Area pretty much going to Gerald Ford
而舊金山灣的剩余區(qū)域大部分都選了福特
and with the Democrats having still strong strength in rural farm counties in San Joaquin Valley
民主黨人在圣華金山谷，周邊的農(nóng)村區(qū)域仍有較高支持率
Even up in Lassen County which today votes for Republicans by about 80% or 85%
即使是如今80%-85%傾向共和黨的拉森縣，當(dāng)時(shí)也支持民主黨
so you hadn't gone yet through this transformation
可見在這場地理格局的漸變中
at which California is one of the first states where the suburbs start to win in the Democratic direction
加州率先出現(xiàn)郊區(qū)轉(zhuǎn)而支持民主黨的現(xiàn)象
The next election 1980 was another disaster for the Democrats
1980年的大選對民主黨又是一次災(zāi)難性的打擊
