Understanding US Elections

Во вторник, 3 ноября, в США проходят президентские выборы. Республиканец и действующий президент Дональд Трамп сражается с демократом и бывшим вице-президентом при администрации Барака Обамы - Джо Байденом.

1. apolitical - not connected to a political party
2. two-party-system - when two parties dominate politics
3. independent - a voter who is not registered with a political party
4. moderate - someone who does not have extreme views
5. primary - when voters chose who will be the candidate for that party
6. cast (one's) ballot - to vote
7. popular vote - the total number of votes a candidate receives
8. Electoral College - a group of people, electors, who cast votes for the election of president
9. winner-take-all - all the votes from one state will go to the candidate who wins
10. partisan - strongly supporting a person or party without considering the matter carefully
11. amend - to change or alter something
12. red state - state that strongly supports Republicans
13. blue state - state that strongly supports Democrats
14. purple state - state with a mix of Democrat and Republican support
15. swing state - state whose votes could go to either the Democrats or Republicans 16. battleground state - means the same as swing state
17. lean left - state that is more likely to vote for the Democrats
18. lean right - state that is more likely to vote for the Republicans
19. fundraise - to collect money for a particular purpose
20. campaign - an organized political group trying to achieve a particular aim
21. PAC / Super PAC - an organization that raises money privately to influence elections (Political Action Committee)
22. civic duty - the responsibilities of citizens of a country
23. civil discourse - conversations concerning ordinary citizens
24. head to the polls - to go vote at a polling location
25. absentee ballot - when someone requests a ballot from election officials and votes by mail
26. mail-in-voting - when election ballots are sent to all registered voters in the state 27. rigged - to dishonestly arrange something to achieve a desired outcome
28. voter suppression - when people are not allowed to vote or discouraged from voting
29. concede - to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true
30. contest an election - when the validity of the results is challenged by the losing candidate

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