English vocabulary related to Presidential election

Ballot papers: votes

Ballot box: ballot box

Bill: bill

Bipartisan: bipartisan

Caucus: closed meeting

Congress: US Congress

Convention: conference

Delegate: delegation

Leaflet/ Pamphlet: election leaflets

Party political broadcast: election communication, election news

Politician: Politicians

Poll card: opinion poll

Poster: poster

Postal vote: postal voting

Vote: election, vote

Voting booth: polling station, polling station

Labour: Labor party

Liberal Democrats: Liberal Democratic Party

Conservatives: Conservatives

Block vote: proxy voting, a vote in which each candidate's vote controls the proportion of people represented by that candidate.

Absentee ballot: absentee voting

By-election: Midterm elections, elections held because a sitting congressman dies or resigns

Cabinet: cabinet, the group of senior ministers who head the government

Campaign: campaign

Candidate: candidate

Coalition: coalition, when two or more parties run the country together because no one party has the necessary majority of seats.

Constituency: constituencies, each constituency elects one representative to represent it in the National Assembly

Dissolutionof Parliament: Dissolution of the National Assembly, Dissolution of the National Assembly

Elect: vote

Election: election

Election campaign: election campaign

Electoral register: Voter list, listing all voters eligible to vote in an electoral unit

The electoral system: election organization system

Exit poll: exit poll, which is a poll of people to see who they voted for after they leave the polling place

The final push: The final effort to win over voters' emotions before voting time

First past the post: The candidate who wins the most votes compared to other competitors will be the winner

Floating voter: swing voters, voters who are still hesitant about who to vote for

General election: The general election is an election to select all congressmen who will participate in the National Assembly

Hardliners: people who follow a hard line and do not change their views

Hawk: hawk, meaning someone who wants to adopt an aggressive foreign policy

Hung parliament: Hanged parliament, if after the election no party wins the necessary majority of votes to come to power, the parliament will be called “hung”

Government: government

House of Commons: House of Commons

House of Lords: Senate

Incumbent: incumbent, incumbent

Joined-up government: The government coordinates well, and ministries and branches in the government coordinate effectively with each other

Lame duck: lame duck, used to refer to politicians or a president who no longer has any power

Landslide: In a landslide, an overwhelming victory was achieved thanks to the number of votes collected far surpassing that of rival parties

Law: the law

Local elections: local elections

Legislation: legislative

Lobby: lobby

Majority: In most cases, one candidate wins more votes than the other candidates

Manifesto: Platform is a public statement of a party's ideas and policies and is often printed during an election campaign.

Moderate: moderate, moderate way

Notice period: notification period

To outflank someone: attack from the flank, used to refer to winning thanks to wise handling

Proportional representation: Proportionate representation, electoral systems often give each party a presence in Congress proportional to the level of support that voters have for that party

To raise money: Fundraising

Reformer: reformist

Returning officer: election officials in each electoral district

Right winger: right-winger (someone with conservative political views)

To stand down: resign, leave political position

Tactical voting: In tactical voting, voters vote not for the party they actually support but for another party to eliminate opponents they hate more.

Turnout: the number or percentage of voters with the right to vote who actually participate in voting

Uphill battle: difficult situation

Vacancy: empty

Voter participation: voter participation, which is a measure of how many people voted

Watchdog: monitoring agency to detect fraud

Member of Parliament: Congressman

Monarchy: monarchy, monarchy

Nominee: appointee, nominee

Opposition: oppose side

Patriot: Nation lovers

Policy: policy

Poling station: polling station

President: president

Propaganda: media campaign

Queen: queen

Referendum: referendum

Veto: veto