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Illinois another huge shift and a lot of this has probably affected Obama's from Illinois
伊利諾伊州也明顯轉藍 這很有可能與奧巴馬曾任伊利諾伊參議員有關
but look at here's Cook County where has been Democratic voting for a long time
這個是庫克縣 這里過去就一直支持民主黨
but look at the outer suburban fringe in Chicago
但在芝加哥的外圍城郊
wholesale transition from all those counties voting for Bush to all of those counties voting for Obama
大規模地轉藍 過去支持布什的縣 現在都轉而支持奧巴馬了
generally the upper the northern part of the state
幾乎所有伊利諾伊北部的縣（都轉藍了）
and again you can correlate this with larger cities
我們可以把這種變化和大城市聯系起來
places like Peoria, Springfield, Decatur
像皮奧里亞 斯普林菲爾德和迪凱特
larger urban areas more Democratic voting
幾個大城市 都是支持民主黨的
the sort of medium-size towns
而那些規模中等的城鎮
which often had been Republican voting certainly in Illinois, Indiana
過去雖然常常傾向共和黨 如今在伊利諾伊和印第安納
a real switch to the Democratic direction
也出現了明顯地轉向民主黨的趨勢
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the question is there was a huge snowstorm in northern Illinois
他的問題是 伊利諾伊北部遭暴風雪侵襲
and there were again...
那里常常受這種災害困擾
I've read about this snowstorm but actually I was so fixed on the electoral news
我聽說了那里有暴風雪 不過因為我一直在關注選舉的消息
I wasn't paying as much attention as the local news so evidently there were problems in prevision of disaster relief in those areas
就沒有太留意當地的新聞 不過這場雪災的防災減災工作顯然有不足之處
which then sour a certain number of voters on the Republican Party
導致一定數量的選民轉而支持民主黨
sometimes if you have counties that are fairly narrowly divided
有的時候對于一些兩黨支持率平分秋色的縣
somebody doesn't take much to swing a few voters in the other direction and change the political landscape
候選人只要花一點力氣 就能改變小部分支持者的傾向 從而改變整個縣的傾向
