n. 选举
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- question
- (问题)
- yes yes absolutely
- 当然
- of course when I have to see what the economic news brings
- 我一直都会跟进经济方面的新闻
- I did read that the prominent Republican talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is already blaming the economic crisis on Obama
- 我曾听过一个着名的共和党电台主持林博已经将金融危机归咎于奥巴马
- that was sort of anticipation of an Obama victory
- 似乎他当时已默认奥巴马会赢得大选
- and well we did see after the election the stock market fell again
- 的确 奥巴马当选后 股票立刻暴跌
- so Limbaugh that's yet more evidence this is one of the big factors behind it
- 虽然林博所说的没有太多证据 但这的确是一个重要的原因
- I should note that a number of other very right-wing conservative radio hosts
- 我还发现很多其他的右翼保守派电台主持人
- actually after the election has some pretty kind words to say for Obama, but not Rush
- 都在大选后 说过一些奥巴马的好话 林博除外
- yes
- 请提问
- question is on controversies over voting irregularity
- 他的问题人们对于投票的无规律性的讨论
- at the county level there are some
- 从县级数据上投票规律的确较弱
- and if you look at 5 38 for example where you get this real heavy statistical analysis
- 你可以在5 38上找到一些例子 你在那个网站上可以找到深入的数据分析
- here you look at some counties where the return is just bizarre
- 用这些数据和一些县的实际情况对比 你会发现一些奇怪的情形
- they just don't seem in line with what they should be
- 实际的投票结果和分析的并不一致
- and simply from a statistical vantage point
- 仅从数据的不一致上来分析
- he's able to say it looks like something fuzzy is going on it
- 这有可能是由一些不可知的因素导致的
- but these are small and isolated incidents
- 但这都是些低概率的独立事件
- certainly whenever you're gonna have a razor-thin margin
- 这种不一致性常常发生在支持率相差无几的选举中
- as you did in 2000
- 例如2000年的大选
- you're gonna have controversies like that
- 这种选举结果当然更具争议性
- where you have that what was a 60% or so margin
- 而如果一方以60%以上的支持率获胜
- that's big enough, it's really not an issue
- 不一致性导致的差异可以被忽略
- it'll be interesting to see with the Minnesota Senatorial Race
- 我们可以关注一下 明尼苏达的参议员选举
- because it is statistically speaking a tight race
- 从数据来看 双方目前不相上下
- and it'll be interesting to see how that plays itself out
- 我们可以对最后的结果 拭目以待

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这一集仔细分析了08年美国总统大选的选情,从教育程度、宗教、人种、郊县的发展趋势等各方面阐述了奥巴马获胜的原因,以及民主党08年支持率上升的具体趋势。亮点:是投给民主党还是共和党呢?这里面的奥妙特别多。跟性别、年龄、受教育程度、富裕程度、人种、宗教都有关系。80多岁老人可能更倾向于民主党,因为奥巴马对经济危机的乐观态度和许以民众的美好未来,让他们想起了罗斯福在面临大萧条时的英雄形象,对此,他们常怀感激。

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