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I want to tell you all about a piece of American history that is so secret that nobody has done anything about it for 167 years until right now.
(音樂)
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And the way that we're going to uncover this vestigial organ of America past
我想來告訴大家一段美國歷史
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is by asking this question: Why?
因為太不為人知了
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As we all know ...
所以從來沒人研究過它
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(Laughter)
就這樣過了167年
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we're in the middle of yet another presidential election, hotly contested, as you can see.
直到現在
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But what you may not know is that American voter turnout ranks near the bottom of all countries in the entire world, 138th of 172 nations.
而我們用來揭秘這段美國歷史的方法
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This is the world's most famous democracy.
就是問:為什麼?
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So!
我們都知道
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Why do we vote on Tuesday?
(笑聲)
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Does anybody know?
現在又一屆的總統選舉正如火如荼
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And as a matter of fact, Michigan and Arizona are voting today.
如各位所見,煙硝味很重
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Here's the answer:
但大家可能不知道,美國的投票率
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Absolutely no good reason whatsoever.
在世界排名上是墊底的
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I'm not joking.
172國裡排第138
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You will not find the answer in the Declaration of Independence, nor will you find it in the Constitution.
這可是世界第一的民主國家耶
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It is just a stupid law from 1845.
所以
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(Laughter)
到底我們為什麼訂週二為投票日?
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In 1845, Americans traveled by horse and buggy.
有人知道嗎?
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As did I, evidently.
其實密西根和亞利桑那州是今天投票
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It took a day or longer to get to the county seat to vote, a day to get back, and you couldn't travel on the sabbath.
答案是:
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So, Tuesday it was.
沒有為什麼
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I do not often travel by horse and buggy, I would imagine most of you don't either, so when I found out about this, I was fascinated.
我可不是在說笑
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I linked up with a group called -- what else? -- "Why Tuesday?" to go and ask some of our nation's most prominent elected leaders if they knew the answer to the question, "Why do we vote on Tuesday?"
你們找不到答案的
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(Video) Rick Santorum: Anybody know?
獨立宣言裡沒提
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OK, I'm going to be stumped on this. Anybody know why we vote on Tuesdays?
憲法裡也沒說
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Do you happen to know?
這一切只因1845年的一則笨條文
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On Tuesdays?
(笑聲)
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The day after the first Monday in November.
1845年時,美國人交通都靠馬車
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I don't know how that originated.
所以很顯然
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Do you happen to know why we do vote on Tuesday?
去趟省城投票往往得花個一、二天
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No.
而且安息日(週日)又不能遠遊
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No, I don't.
所以就訂週二投票囉
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No.
我不常駕馬車出遊
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No.
我想你們多半也不常吧
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In truth really, I'm not sure why.
所以當我發現這個解釋時,我覺得很妙
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Okay thanks very much!
於是組了個叫「為何是週二」的團體
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These are people that live for election day, yet they don't know why we vote on that very day.
去尋訪一些國內頗有名望的政治人物
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Chris Rock said:
看他們知不知道這個問題的答案:
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"They don't want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn't vote on a Tuesday in November.
「為什麼訂週二為投票日?」
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"Have you ever thrown a party on a Tuesday? No, of course not. Nobody would show up."
(影片)Rick Santorum: 有人知道嗎?
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(Laughter)
好吧,儘管很冒昧:有人知道我們為何選在週二投票嗎?
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Here's the cool part.
您知道嗎?
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Because we asked this question, "Why Tuesday?" there is now this bill, the Weekend Voting Act, in the Congress of the United States of America.
Ron Paul:週二嗎?
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It would move election day from Tuesday to the weekend ...
11月的第一個週二
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So that -- duh -- more people can vote.
我不清楚起源是什麼
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(Applause)
您知道我們為何選在週二投票嗎?
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It has only taken 167 years, but finally we are on the verge of changing American history.
Newt Gingrich: 不知道
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Thank you very much.
Dick Lugar: 不清楚
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(Applause)
Dianne Feinstein: 不知道
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Thanks a lot.
Darrell Issa: 不知道