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It has voted more Democratic than a lot of other southern states
阿肯色比其他的南部州更為傾向民主黨
It has an interesting geography, the most Republican area is up here Benton County
它的選情地理分布很有趣，本頓縣的共和黨支持率最高
Anyone know what's going on up there
你們知道這個(gè)縣有什么特別的嗎?
That's Wal-Mart country, that's where Wal-Mart is headquartered
該縣是沃爾瑪總部的所在地
Fort Smith pretty Republican as well, Pulaski County Little Rock has been voting for Democrats
史密斯堡也非常傾向共和黨，普瓦斯基縣的小巖城則支持民主黨
Most of these counties over here predominantly African American, so I can explain it
這里的大部分縣都以非洲裔居民為主，傾向民主黨很正常
But I get up to a county like that Clay County and I don't understand what's going on here
但繼續(xù)來看克萊縣的情況我就感到不解了
Rural county 17,000 people, 98% white, dry county no alcohol here
位于農(nóng)村一個(gè)擁有17000人口的縣，98%是白人實(shí)施禁酒政策
Medium household income 25,000 that's about half of the nation's average
家庭收入中位數(shù)為25000美金，僅為全國(guó)平均水平的一半
Two leading churches: Southern Baptists and Church of Christ, both fundamentalist evangelical churches has 60% religious adherence rate
有兩個(gè)主流教會(huì)：南方浸禮會(huì)以及基督教會(huì)，都是崇尚原旨教義的福音教會(huì)，宗教依從率60%
which is pretty typical and voted 54% for Kerry
該地區(qū)很典型的縣 54%的票投向克里
And now a number of counties in this general area
這個(gè)地區(qū)的幾個(gè)縣與其他州相似的縣選情不同
...to go a place like this, I try to understand why is it so different from other states? With the same demographic features
是什么導(dǎo)致了這種差異？他們有著相似的人口結(jié)構(gòu)
they vote a very different way. I don't know
投票情況卻很不一樣，我也不知道為什么
So could just be the local Democratic central committee in that county has tied organization
這也許與當(dāng)?shù)氐拿裰鼽h中央委員會(huì)有關(guān)，他們有著緊密團(tuán)結(jié)的組織
That's a holdover from the days when all of Arkansas was Democratic voting
是阿肯色全民支持民主的時(shí)期，產(chǎn)生并延續(xù)至今的產(chǎn)物
And in some counties counties mean a lot, we often in metropolitan areas we don't see how important they can be in rural areas
在有些地區(qū)，一個(gè)縣的選情舉足輕重，在都市區(qū)域我們感覺不到，農(nóng)村區(qū)域的縣級(jí)選情有多重要
but yeah I think that's a great point, it could well be something like that
但它的確起著重要的作用，會(huì)導(dǎo)致這種情況的出現(xiàn)
