来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第6集 第6集》
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It was a close election.这是一场势均力敌的选举 -
Polk won by only about 36,000 votes,伯克仅仅胜出了三万六千余票 -
out of about 2.8 million cast.总票数是280万 -
He barely won New York state, a Democratic stronghold,在纽约州他略占优势 那是民主的大本营 -
in part because of immigration to New York,一部分是因为纽约的移民 -
and he carried, therefore, New York's 36 electoral votes他获得了纽约州的36张选票 -
and was elected.并成功当选 -
The Liberty Party of James G. Birney自由党人詹姆斯·伯尼在1844年大选 -
got 16,000 votes in 1844,仅得1万6千余票 -
most of them in about three counties in upstate New York.其中大部分选票来自纽约上部的3个县 -
They didn't cause a lot of ruckus,他们并没有造成多大的影响 -
but they existed.但是他们确实存在