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A lot of these areas have lost population, unless like Santa Fe and Taos they can attract wealthier outsiders
但這些區域的居民數在下降，不像圣大非和陶斯縣能夠吸引以西富裕的外地人
And those wealthier outsiders will tend to be Democratic voting anyway, again people going for the arts and the natural amenities
而這些富裕的外地人常常傾向支持民主黨，還是那個原因，為藝術或自然環境移民的人（傾向支持民主黨）
Culturally they tend to be fairly conservative
但他們在文化上的觀念卻較為保守
Probably even more sort of a lot of other Hispanics, that was one reason why the Republicans thought they would be able to get the Hispanic vote
很多西班牙裔都較為保守，這也是共和黨人認為在西班牙裔中有機可乘的原因
Because a lot Hispanics are fairly conservative on cultural issues, on abortion, on gay rights, and these sort of things
因為很多西班牙裔對待一些文化事件態度都非常保守，如在墮胎，同性戀權益等問題上的態度
But then the big upsurge of anti-immigrant sentiment within the Republican Party, I think was the big break there, turning Hispanic voters away
但后來共和黨涌現出來的反移民態度造成了選民態度的轉折，將西班牙裔的選票拱手相讓
Of course, not all, I think McCain is polling about 33% or so among Hispanic voters
當然，并不是全部，麥凱恩在西班牙裔中的支持率約為33%
And I don't know about these counties here, but I suspect that Barack Obama will do very well in those areas
我不太了解這些縣的民調情況，但我覺得奧巴馬應該會在這個區域取得不錯的成績
It's also very heavily Catholic, yes, yes very heavily Catholic
同時他們是非常信仰天主教的，沒錯，他們非常信仰天主教
Catholics right now, if you take Catholic as a whole very much in the middle,
現在的天主教，如果你縱觀整個中部的情況
Catholic used to be very much identified with the Democratic Party, now it's about 50 50
過去信天主教往往與支持民主黨畫上等號，現在的情況是一半一半
and again a lot of it is going to depend on frequency of a tendence of Mass where the more observant Catholics
而且這常常與做彌撒的頻率有關，那些更嚴格遵守教規的天主教徒
tend to be more Republican voting, now on the less observant Catholics tend to be more Democratic voting
常常更傾向共和黨，而不太注重宗教儀式的天主教徒則更傾向民主黨
I don't know what Mass tendence rates are in that area, that will be an interesting thing to look at
我不知道那里的西班牙裔彌撒頻率如何，這是個值得觀察的規律
