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West Virginia I won't spend much time here
西弗吉尼亚 我不打算花很多时间在这
but these are heavy coal mining counties
它有很多几乎完全依靠煤矿的县
West Virginia which had been this very Democratic voting state that shifted into the Republican line up
西弗吉尼亚曾经是非常倾向民主党的 但后来它转入共和党阵营
a lot of this has to do with coal
这里面很多因素与煤炭有关
certainly Al Gore was not well liked here strong environmentalist platform doesn't sell very well in coal country
很显然阿尔戈尔充满环境主义色彩的政纲在这并不吃香 在很多产煤地区都是如此
but still a lot of the coal mining counties down here are going for the Democrats went for Kerry
但仍有很多周边的产煤县 在04年的大选中支持民主党的克里
the larger urban areas Charleston places like Huntington and what is that?
在规模较大的首府查尔斯顿城区 亨廷顿 还有这个地方叫什么地方来着?
Parkersburg? you know West Virginia
帕克斯堡？西弗吉尼亚我记不清了
even Wheeling actually going for the Republicans
甚至惠灵，都是支持共和党的
even Morgantown where the university is going for the Republicans
就连大学所在的摩根顿都支持共和党
Fairmont over here a little bit of high-tech there it went Democratic
这里的费尔蒙特 发展了一些高科技产业 则倾向民主党
here is one state that has really shifted from the Democratic to the Republican side
我们再来看一个从民主党阵营 转向了共和党一边的州
Georgia very important state
乔治亚州 一个非常重要的州
because of the vast sprawl of Atlanta you can see Fulton County which is at central Atlanta
由于亚特兰大城区的肆意扩张 你会看到富尔顿县 亚特兰大市中心所在地区
very large African American population Democratic voting
聚集了大量的非洲裔人口 无疑倾向民主党
DeKalb County over here
而迪卡布尔县
there are a few African American suburban middle-class counties that's one of them
这里只有少量的非洲裔 是位于城郊又以中产阶级居民为主的县之一
Prince George's Maryland would be another, they tend to be very Democratic voting
马里兰州的乔治王子县也属于这一类型 这类型的县都极为倾向民主党
these are mostly African American counties here, African American counties over there as well
这里都是一些非洲裔聚居的县 这里也是
what you can't see on this map is how dark red a lot of these suburban fringe counties are
你在这幅图中看不出一些城郊县有着多么深的红色
and if you look at the chart like this, this shows the fastest growing counties since 2000 by percentage, percentage growth and percent Bush vote
来看看这个表 这些县是2000年以来增长率最高的县 还列出了它们对布什的支持率
you can see 4 counties in suburban Atlanta that fill this category Forsyth County north-east of Atlanta 83%
你看到4个亚特兰大周边的郊县都榜上有名 亚特兰大东北部的福赛斯县支持率83%
this tend to be relatively affluent relatively white counties and very very fast growing
这是一个经济较为富裕 白人居多且增长极为迅速的县
