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Counties heavily settled by people from the Netherlands Dutch counties
這些縣都聚居著大量來自荷蘭的居民
You know the Netherlands is one of the most liberal countries in the world
眾所周知，荷蘭是世界上最為開放的國家之一
Dutch areas in America tend to be very Republican and I think it's connected with the Dutch Reformed Church
荷蘭人聚居的區域常極度傾向共和黨，我想這與荷蘭歸正教會的影響有關
and a certain brand of sort of Calvinist Christianity
該教會有著濃烈的加爾文主義色彩
These counties here oh this part of Michigan, if we have time we will see that, very heavily Republican voting
這些縣以及密歇根部分地區，時間允許我們等會會看，都是極為傾向共和黨的
So there is some correlation here
可見這其中有一些聯系
Oh yes, Iowa ethanol, I should brought that up, thank you
對，愛荷華的乙醇制造業，我忘記說了，謝謝補充
In Iowa ethanol subsidies will convert them in what way
乙醇生產津貼如何轉變愛荷華的選情
Yeah well, John McCain did not make the ethanol pledge right? and Obama did
麥凱恩沒有作出鼓勵乙醇生產的承諾，而奧巴馬作了
And that really cost McCain's support in Iowa, so Iowa went in the last election for Bush
這導致麥凱恩在愛荷華失寵，雖然上屆大選愛荷華支持布什
Right now Obama has a commanding lead in Iowa and there's probably a connection there
而今奧巴馬卻在愛荷華一馬當先，這很可能和這個原因有關
But it's interesting you can go from this Sioux County, economically they look just the same
有意思的是，從蘇縣到其他縣區，他們的經濟情況幾乎相似
Corn and soy beans, but yet they can vote very differently
依靠谷物及黃豆種植，但他們的選情卻大相徑庭
I don't want to say this is the explanation, I'm just trying to find any sort of correlation I can
不能斷定乙醇就是造成差異的原因，但我在嘗試尋找其中的聯系
Let's move into the south Arkansas it's interesting, it has a
來看南部的州，阿肯色是個有趣的州，它有一名
Democratic governor, I think it has two Democratic senators, although very blue dog Democrats, very sort of conservative Democrats
民主黨州長及兩名民主黨參議員，但他們都是藍狗陣營的民主黨人是非常保守的民主黨人
