You know that place
你们知道这个地方吗
It's Los Alamos Republican voting which is
支持共和党的拉斯阿拉莫斯县
one of the few counties that has extremely high levels of education that it is Republican voting
这是全国少有的受教育程度极高却支持共和党的县
Major nuclear research facility may have the highest percentage of PhDs of any county, I have to check that
这里有主要的核能研究机构也许是所有县中博士所占比例最高的,我要查一查
but it's certainly could well be that
那里的教育程度很高是毋庸置疑的
Great Plains counties very Republican voting as well
大平原区域的县也非常青睐共和党
Ok let's let me pass, oh yes question
好吧,继续往下讲,请提问
Yes, Texas is very strongly Republican, although you see a lot of Hispanics, well
是的,德州是极其倾向共和党的,虽然你看到这里西班牙裔比例很高
One thing you got with Hispanic you have to ask how long has its Hispanic population been there
但你必须要考虑到这些西班牙裔在那定居了多久
So many areas in central Texas is fairly recent
很多德州中部的西班牙裔移入时间不长
so people have recently been moving in a lot of them are not citizens, so they are not voters
这些刚搬到德州不久的都还没有成为公民,所以他们无法参加投票
South Texas particularly like northern New Mexico has been Spanish speaking since before the United States was founded
而德州南部与新墨西哥北部极为相似,在美国成立前,西班牙语就已在这里成为第一语言
It's always been predominantly Spanish speaking
且西语的地位一直以来没被动摇过
Some of these counties over 90% Spanish in the home
有些县甚至有超过90%的西裔居民
They are also relatively poor, so that area now is solidly Democratic
但他们较为贫穷,也是极为忠诚的民主党支持者