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you can see the black population
從對照圖中看到黑人密集的地方
you can see the Democratic voting areas
與支持民主黨的縣
very very close correlation
有著很緊密的對應關系
the one gain for Obama was East Baton Rouge Parish
奧巴馬新獲得了巴吞魯日東部一個區的支持
that's where the city of Baton Rouge
這是巴吞魯日所在地縣
that's Louisiana State University
也是路易安娜州立大學所在地
so again Obama did very well in college areas
可見奧巴馬在大學選民中很得人心
so that's one county he gained
這是它新拿下的一個縣
a parish I should say
或者說一個教區
they don't have counties there
那里還不算是一個縣
Tennessee big losses for the Democrats
民主黨人在田納西也損失慘重
again here were... here like Arkansas
我們又看到了與阿肯色相似的情況
white, poor, heavily religious counties
貧窮 信教 以白人為主的縣中
there's only a couple
只剩下
this is Nashville
納什維爾
this is Memphis
和孟菲斯
but these counties here are the last remainders of rural, white, poor Evangelical counties
這最后幾個縣支持民主黨 這些貧窮的農村以皈依福音教的白人為主
that actually still went for the Democratic candidate
雖然他們仍然將選票投給民主黨候選人
but there was major erosion
但選票已有大量的流失
somebody did want to see Delaware
有人想看德拉華州的選情
here's a point I want to make here
這里我想說的是
Maryland and Delaware the state level look like New England
都是典型才新英格蘭州 馬里蘭州和德拉華州在州級選情上
very heavy Democratic voting
極為傾向民主黨
at the county level they don't at all
而在縣級選情上則不然
Maryland it's a swath through the center
在馬里蘭州只有中心地帶的縣泛藍
suburban D.C.
包括華盛頓特區城郊
particularly Prince George's County
尤其是喬治王子縣
African American middle-class suburban county
還有聚集了黑人中產階級的郊縣
Baltimore City Baltimore County
如巴爾的摩所在的巴爾的摩縣
Montgomery County
蒙哥馬利縣
the rest Republican
其余的都支持共和黨
now show you a map of New England
現在給你們看一幅新英格蘭的地圖
this is gonna look very surprising it's because the colors are inverted
你們一開始看到可能會驚訝 因為圖中紅色是民主黨 藍色是共和黨
this is how Dave Leip's does his Atlas Dave
Leip制圖時就是這樣用色的
I didn't change them because I couldn't fit them together in the little jigsaw puzzle
我沒有改過來 因為圖中的拼圖形狀顏色很難改過來
at last I left them as they were
所以你們看到是原圖
so here red is Democratic voting
所以紅色代表支持民主黨
you can see one county which has
你看到只有一個縣（支持共和黨）
Piscataquis County if I'm saying it right?
皮斯卡塔丘斯縣 名字沒記錯吧?
only has 17,000 people
這個縣只有17000人
that's the only county that McCain took in all of New England
這是麥凱恩在新英格蘭唯一獲勝的縣
so that's why a lot of people are saying this area is pretty much a loss to the Republicans
所以很多人都認為共和黨人在新英格蘭是一敗涂地
