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Pennsylvania some of you want to see it
夕法尼亞 有人想聽它的選情
so we can talk about Pennsylvania
所以我們來講講它的情況
Philadelphia a city as well as a county very blue
費城及其所在縣泛深藍色
western Pennsylvania
賓夕法尼亞西部
excuse me, south-western Pennsylvania
抱歉 應該說是賓夕法尼亞西南部的
Pittsburgh suburbs has long been a real Democratic stronghold
匹茲堡及其城郊一直以來都是民主黨最堅固的票倉
a lot of heavy industry, unionized labor, declining industry
這里有很多重工業 工會化的勞工 日落西山的工業
although Pittsburgh is sort of successfully reinventing itself
雖然匹茲堡是工業區重振的典范
Carnegie Mellon and other important universities have helped build up a kind of high-tech center
卡耐基梅隴等一流的大學致力于將工業區打造成高科技中心
but the overall area is in decline
但仍無法逆轉整個地區的衰落
and this is well in the last phases of the campaign
在選舉的最后沖刺階段
what has the McCain campaign done
麥凱恩陣營做了些什么?
focus on Pennsylvania
把中心放在賓夕法尼亞
figuring that especially these areas of western Pennsylvania
尤其是在賓夕法尼亞西部的地區
with a lot of blue-collar workers
這里有很多藍領工人
a lot of unemployment, population decline
很多失業工人 同時人口在下降
a lot of heavy Catholic areas
這里還有很多天主教徒
a lot of anti-abortion politics
人們持反墮胎的政治立場
figuring that the McCain campaign might be on to pick off Pennsylvania
可以看出麥凱恩陣營有希望拿下賓夕法尼亞
latest polls I've seen showed that actually McCain has gained a lot of ground
我看到最新的民調顯示 麥凱恩在賓州支持已大幅上升
dropped Obama's lead from about 12% to about 6% but it still seems pretty solid
使奧巴馬領先優勢從12%降到6% 但奧巴馬仍有絕對優勢
this is an interesting part of Pennsylvania right here
賓夕法尼亞一個比較有趣的地方是
it's the anthracite Coal Belt Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
它有一條無煙煤帶位于斯克蘭頓 威爾克斯-巴里地區
actually what is this Luzerne County as I think the highest Polish background of any county in the country
我想應該是位于盧塞恩縣 這里聚集的波蘭裔為全美之最
this is the heavy coal mining area
這里是煤礦生產區
in industrial decline Joe Biden's background
工業面臨下滑 也是拜登的老家(奧巴馬的副總統搭檔)
you have Philadelphia some are the rich suburbs what is this Montgomery County Bucks County
費城周邊的富裕城郊區域 如蒙哥馬利縣和巴克斯縣
recently shifting into the Democratic category, very recently
在僅僅逐漸轉入民主黨陣營 非常近期的事情
this used to be solidly Republican
這里過去屬于堅定的共和黨陣營
Philadelphia didn't even have a Democratic mayor choice
費城1952年前幾乎沒有過一個民主黨市長
I think 1952 Philadelphia was of all the big cities
我想1952年費城在所有大城市中
the most Republican probably
是最支持共和黨的一個
certainly Philadelphia now heavily Democratic voting
當然 如今的費城已轉為一個極為傾向民主黨的地方
but then go to places like York County, Lancaster County rapidly growing
但在其他地方 如約克縣 蘭卡斯特縣 都是發展迅猛的縣
York County here, here you have the Baltimore suburbs
約克縣在這 這里快到巴爾的摩城郊啦
but that has been very Republican
但都是非常支持共和黨的
here's State College
這里是這里大學
even in the university town here Republican voting
盡管在大學城 也還是傾向共和黨
Altoona Republican voting
艾爾土納 傾向共和黨
so you have this
還有這里
this is the fast growing area and it's Republican here
這是一個增長迅猛的地區 也是泛紅的
and then this is an area in decline, population decline
而這里是經濟下滑 人口也隨著下滑的地區
sort of divided Republican and Democratic zones
似乎成了紅藍陣營支持者的分割線
