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Carter year saws stagflation and the problem such as the Iranians taking hostages in the American Embassy in Tehran
卡特執(zhí)政期間經(jīng)濟(jì)出現(xiàn)滯漲，還出現(xiàn)諸如美國(guó)駐德黑蘭大使館遭伊朗人襲擊劫持等事件
Many people saw Carter as a fairly ineffectual leader and in that election the Democrats are reduced to Carter's home state in Georgia
很多群眾認(rèn)為卡特政府不作為導(dǎo)致這場(chǎng)大選中，民主黨僅贏得了卡特的家鄉(xiāng)喬治亞州
West Virginia mining stronghold heavily unionized Maryland Rhode Island and Minnesota which had a very strong Democratic Party
西弗吉尼亞，一個(gè)高度工會(huì)化的要塞以及馬里蘭，羅德島和明尼蘇達(dá)，它們都極度傾向民主黨
Actually Minnesota is not the Democratic Party it's what they call the farmer labor Democratic Party
確切的說(shuō)，明尼蘇達(dá)支持的并非民主黨而是之前被稱為農(nóng)民勞工民主黨的政黨
It's a young joint party that actually goes to some extent back to the populist period
它是一個(gè)新興的聯(lián)合政黨某個(gè)程度上與過(guò)去的平民黨較為相似
Minnesota is a very strong Democratic establishment at that time
當(dāng)時(shí)的明尼蘇達(dá)是民主黨強(qiáng)大的后盾
4 years later, with Walter Mondale from Minnesota running against Ronald Reagan
4年后，在那場(chǎng)來(lái)自明尼蘇達(dá)的孟德爾與里根的角逐中
We go back down to one state and the District of Columbia
民主黨再次僅贏得了一個(gè)州和哥倫比亞特區(qū)的支持
so the Democrats again are back where they were in 1972 without any sort of electoral foundation to build upon
民主黨人再次回到1972年不堪的慘狀已沒(méi)有任何能夠依靠的選票來(lái)源
What are they going to do
他們應(yīng)如何走出困境呢
Well the next election see some gains in 1988 with Michael Dukakis from Massachusetts
在1988年的大選中情況有所回轉(zhuǎn)，這次民主黨人選了來(lái)自馬薩諸塞州的杜卡基斯作為總統(tǒng)候選人
the Democrats are seeking someone who is well known as a sort of modern politician
他是公認(rèn)的現(xiàn)代派的政治家
He made efficiency the core of his campaign
他在競(jìng)選中強(qiáng)調(diào)“效率”的重要性
Running against the George Bush the Senior again closer this time
在與老布什的對(duì)決中離勝利又近了
You can see the popular vote 53% to 45%, not a close election
選民投票的結(jié)果是53%比45%，并不是非常接近
