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Big population gains in the suburban areas around Dallas and Houston, San Antonio
同時一些城市郊區(qū)的人口增長，如達拉斯，休斯頓，圣安東尼奧
Atlanta, Charlotte these other areas even Nashville, even Louisville, Kentucky, Indianapolis
亞特蘭大，夏洛特，包括納什維爾，肯塔基州的路易斯維爾，印第安納波利
That certainly helped the Republicans decline in the Black Belt
大大抵消了沃土地帶人口下降對共和黨的影響
And inland delta in the Mississippi and the Black Belt of Alabama and the heavily African American areas in this part of North Carolina
在密西西比的內(nèi)陸三角洲，阿拉巴馬的沃土地帶以及北卡羅來納的黑人聚集區(qū)
so you've seen decline there
都出現(xiàn)了人口下降
What's going on here? well that's post Katrina, from New Orleans from Beaumont to other areas that just has massive massive decline
來看這個地區(qū)附近的情況，從新奧爾良到博蒙特再到其他地區(qū)人口下降極為嚴重
but the plains is notable, I mean a lot of the counties here is there going to be anyone left
再注意到大平原地區(qū)，這里的很多縣很可能會變得空無一人
Here we're talking about 19% decline
這里人口的下降達到19%
So I've given you the population decline from 2000 to 2006
了解了人口下降的情況以后，再來看看2000到2006年
These are counties in Nebraska and South Dakota and then their percentage vote for George Bush, so you can see
這里有一些內(nèi)布拉斯加和南達科他各縣在大選中喬治·布什的支持率，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)
these are some of the most heavily Republican voting areas, over 90% in some of these areas
這些縣大部分都是極度傾向共和黨的，有些地區(qū)的共和黨支持率超過90%
but there was not many people there and there just wonder is there going to be anyone left in some of these places, yes
但這些地方人口稀少而且在未來，這些地方的人甚至可能變得無人居住，請?zhí)釂?/div>
That's a great point right, the point being made is that low population states have sort of an inordinate weight to their vote
這是個很重要的問題，他說人口少的地區(qū)享有的選票與他們?nèi)丝诘臄?shù)量是不平衡、被放大的
Because of the electoral college
由于選舉人團制度
Because a state like North Dakota South Dakota
像南達科他北達科他這樣的州
they have 600,000 or 700,000 people, that means they have one member of the House of Representatives
大約有60到70萬人口，這意味著他們在能夠擁有一名眾議院議員
