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if we go into Mark Newman's amazing cartograms
來看馬克紐曼處理的變形圖
where we're distorting for population size
根據各州人口數量對其面積進行變形
you can see a new view of the US
你會看到一幅煥然一新的版圖
before it was pretty much evenly split, red and blue by population
上一屆的變形圖中紅藍 幾乎是平分秋色的
now you can see as reflected in the electoral college vote
而今年的變形圖 從選舉人團投票情況來看
a much larger blue area of the country
藍色的區域要大得多
bluing of the US if you will
整個美國大部分地區都是藍色的
then we get into the county maps showing blue, red and purple
再來看縣級地圖 由藍色 紅色 紫色組成
I'll show you later on this map juxtaposed with the 2000 map
稍后我會把這幅地圖和2000年的放在一起比較
so you can see how the patterns change
你會看出選情發生了怎樣的變化
overall the basic pattern didn't change all that much
總體而言 基本的選情模式仍然沒變
the same area is blue same area is red with some important differences
紅藍色的主要分布還是差不多 但是有幾個明顯的變化
we can see the west coast bluer than it had been
西岸的藍色比以前更深了
without a doubt
毫無疑問
real increase in Democratic voting in California
加州對民主黨的支持率增加了不少
we can see that in Colorado
還有科羅拉多州
a big expansion of the blue
被紅色包圍著的一大片藍色
we can see a number of our counties that had not been blue before
我們還發現一些過去并不泛藍的縣（如今也泛藍了）
actually two Utah counties went Democratic
這次選舉中再猶他州有兩個泛藍縣
before there were none
對比以前 是一個都沒有的
Summit County where Park City is and the city is Moab
分別是帕克城所在的森米特縣以及摩押市所在的縣
Anyone know the county?
有人記得是哪個縣嗎?
I can't remember the name of the county
我忘記那個縣的名字了
in eastern Utah a place where a national parks and a lot of our recreation in that area
是在猶他東部的那附近有個國家公園 還有一些悠閑度假的地方
we see a big red zone in the central south, central part of the country
在中南部我們看到一大片紅色區域 在地圖的中部
but some interesting exceptions
有趣的是 其中也有一些例外
that county there is in the air
那個縣的名字我不知道
I'm gonna have to check that
我還沒有查
but that shouldn't be there
不太確定
but that county is in Dallas
這個縣是達拉斯縣
Dallas went Democratic this time
這次達拉斯縣支持民主黨
the county did not entire Metro area
并不是整個縣都在達拉斯都市區
but that's unusual
它泛藍不常見
that hasn't happened for some time
已經有一段時間沒支持民主黨了
