democracy suite Flashcards by Valérie Rbr Lebeau

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une campagne

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a campaign

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un programme

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a platform

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la majorité électorale

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voting age

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le droit de vote

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the right to vote = franchise (prononcé aiz)

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le suffrage universel

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universal franchise

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accorder le droit de vote à qqun

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to enfranchise sb

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une élection partielle

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a by-election

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l’électorat

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the electorate

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s’abstenir

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to abstain

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un abstentionniste

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an abstainer = a non-voter

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un sondage

une élection

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a poll

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obtenir les voix

compter les voix

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to poll

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le scrutin

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polling

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le jour de élections

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the polling date / day

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un bureau de vote

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a polling station

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un isoloir

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a polling booth

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le scrutin

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ballot

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une urne

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a ballot box

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un bulletin de vote

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a ballot paper

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le taux de participation

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the turnout

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le dépouillement

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the counting of the votes

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démissionner, la démission

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to resign (accentué sur ain), resignation (on dit i et accentué sur ein)

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remanier

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to reshuffle

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un remaniement ministériel

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a cabinet reshuffle

se désister

to step down

perdre son siège

to be unseated

le charcutage électoral

gerrymandering (on dit dje et on accentue sur man)

faire un découpage électoral

to redistrict (accentué sur la fin)

ratifier une constitution

to ratify a constitution

fonder un parti

to found a party

le parti au pouvoir

the party in power = the ruling party

se lancer en politique

to engage in politics, to go into politics

faire de la politique (métier)

to be in politics

faire un peu de politique

to dabble in politics

se mêler de politique

to be involved in politics

parler de politique

to talk politics

la politique politicienne

party politics = politicking

la politique de clocher (de village)

parish-pump politics

la science politique

political science

stabilité politique

political stability

un adversaire po

a political opponent

un commentateur po

a political analyst = a political commentator

une campagne

a campaign

un dirigeant

a leader

un discours

a speech

les droits

rights

les libertés

liberties

une politique à courte vue

a short-sighted policy

une politique globale

a comprehensive policy

une politique différente

an alternative policy

une politique à risque

a risky policy

peu judicieuse

misguided