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Indiana remember
印第安納州 還記得么
all the counties here did a blue shift
這里的所有縣出現了向藍偏轉
we still have most counties voting Republican
不過大部分的縣仍支持共和黨
we have Indianapolis going Democratic
印第安納波利斯市區支持民主黨
all the suburban counties voting Republican
但它周圍的郊縣都支持共和黨
but not as much as they used to
但支持率已有所下降
what I found interesting is smaller cities here
一些較小型城市的情況引人注目
like Terre Haute, Lafayette, Kokomo, Muncie
如特雷霍特 拉法葉 科科莫 曼西
no not Kokomo, but Muncie yes
科科莫不是 但曼西是的
South Bend up here
還有南本德
Evansville down there
以及埃文斯維爾
lots of these sort of mid-size cities in Indiana that had been Republican voting
印第安納州很多這類中型城市過去是支持共和黨的
now shifted in the Democratic direction
現在都在像民主黨靠攏
this is the biggest surprise of any state
這是所有選情中最讓我驚訝的
I really can't explain it
我也不知道怎么解釋
I'd love to find somebody who really knows Indiana upside down
我很想找一個對印第安納州的情況了如指掌的人
and can sort of explain why had been so Republican
解釋一下為什么過去堅定支持共和黨
and now it looks just like Ohio
的印第安納現在和俄亥俄一樣（搖擺）
which makes sense but it didn't use to
和過去大不相同
if we go back in earlier history it did was much like Ohio
過去印第安納曾經跟俄亥俄一樣
both were more swing states
是一個較為搖擺的州
but then in the post-war period
不過在二戰之后
it moved very much in the Republican direction
它逐漸成為了堅定的共和黨支持州
and now swinging back
而現在它又有向民主黨搖擺的趨勢
Montana was another huge swing
蒙大拿州也發生了大規模向藍偏轉
McCain won it by 3 points but it had been Bush country by, I don't know, 15 points something on that orders
麥凱恩以3個百分點的優勢獲勝 但在布什當選時 我不確定 可能有15%的優勢 就在那左右
a major shift
因此轉變很大
with Obama picking up
奧巴馬拿下了
Gallatin County that's Bozeman
加勒廷縣 波茲曼所在地
Montana state
蒙大拿州立坐落于此
no surprise there but also picking up Helena, Great Falls, some of the urban areas
泛藍算是意料之中 他還拿下了海倫娜 大瀑布城等一些城市地區的選票
well urban from Montana perspective
相對蒙大拿而言的"城市地區"
not Billings
它沒有拿下比利斯
Billings didn't go in that direction
比利斯沒有向藍靠攏
not the Kalispell Area
卡里斯貝爾地區也沒有
so it's still particular on the county-by-county basis
可見縣與縣之間的選情還是很不同的
