Politics Flashcards

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1
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A voter

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Un électeur

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an elector

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un grand électeur

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a constituent

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un électeur

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a voting card

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une carte d’électeur

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a ballot

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un bulletin de vote

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a ballot box

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une urne

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to go to the polls

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aller aux urnes, aller voter

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the political turnout

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la participation électorale

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a polling booth

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un isoloir

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a polling station

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un bureau de vote

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to run a second ballot

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être en ballotage

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to canvas, canvassing (door-to-door canvassing)

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faire campagne / rencontrer les électeurs

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an election campaign

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une campagne électorale

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local elections

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les élections municipales

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general elections

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les legislatives

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presidential elections

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les présidentielles

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17
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a by-election

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une élection partielle

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to run for candidate, to run for an election, to stand for election

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se porter candidat

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to run for office

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poser sa candidature

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a constituency

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une circonscription electorale

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a candidate / a fellow candidate

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un candidat / un colistier

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22
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gerrymandering

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le charcutage électoral

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23
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a platform

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un programme électoral

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24
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Counting the votes

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Le dépouillement

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25
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The outcome of a vote

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Le résultat d’une élection

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A landslide victory

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Une victoire écrasante, un raz-de-marée

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27
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The outgoing government

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Le gouvernement sortant

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28
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Electoral pledges

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Des promesses électorales

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29
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(Pork-barrel politics)

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(L’électoralisme)

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30
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The election was rigged

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L’élection était truquée

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31
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A politician

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Un (homme) politique

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32
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Politics

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La politique

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33
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A policy

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Une politique

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34
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A political pundit

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un politologue

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35
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A think-tank

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Un groupe de réflexion

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36
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A spokesman / a spokeswoman / a spokesperson

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un porte parole

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37
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the party executives

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la direction du parti, les états majors

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the party conference

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le congrès du parti, les assises du parti

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a caucus

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un comité de parti (pour décider de la oigne à suivre ou pour choisir un candidat)

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a hardliner

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un ultra, un partisan de la ligne dure, un pur et dur

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an activist

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un militant

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a spin doctor

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un conseiller en communication

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a rainbow alliance

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une coalition plurielle

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a rift

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un clivage

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to cross the floor / to switch sides

A

changer de camp

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to take the floor

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prendre la parole

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to sit on the fence

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refuser de prendre position, rester neutre

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to make a U-turn

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faire un virage à 180 degrés, faire volte-face

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to take sides with

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prendre parti pour

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a political ally

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un allié politique

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a political foe

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un ennemi politique

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a multi-party system

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le multipartisme

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a single-party system

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le système du parti unique

54
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the winner-take-all

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scrutin majoritaire

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first-past-the-post

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scrutin majoritaire

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a two-stage/tier/round election/ballot/system

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scrutin à deux tours

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to take an oath/ to take the pledge/ to be sworn-in

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prêter serment

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to come into office, to come to power

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arriver au pouvoir

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the incumbent

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le président sortant

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the president elect

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le nouveau président

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governance

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la gouvernance, la gestion des affaires de l’état

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the agenda

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les priorités, l’ordre du jour

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to endorse

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cautionner

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to rule out

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rejeter (une proposition de loi)

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to outvote the government

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mettre le gouvernement en minorité

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a package

A

un ensemble de réformes

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devolution

A

la décentralisation

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a proponent

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un partisan

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a billboard

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un panneau d’affichage

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an opinion poll

A

un sondage

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a respondent

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une personne sondée

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a population sample

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un échantillon de la population, un panel

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political cant

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la langue de bois

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political savvy

A

le bon sens politique

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to advocate, to stand up for

A

défendre, prôner, plaider en faveur de

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to outline

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tracer les grandes lignes

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to dodge an issue

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éluder un problème

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to water down

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edulcorer

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to back pedal

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faire marche arrière

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to be outspoken

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avoir son franc parler, être franc, direct, aller droit zu but

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to be plain-speaking

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avoir son franc parler, être franc, direct, aller droit zu but

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to beat about the bush

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tourner autour du pot

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insight

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perspicacité, discernement

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to suffer a setback

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essuyer un revers

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a bone of contention

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une pomme de discorde

86
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to slander

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calomnier

87
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to libel

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diffamer

88
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to go down the gutter (cf. the gutter press)

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être traîné dans la boue (la presse à scandales)

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scathing

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acerbe, au vitriol

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dogged

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opiniâtre, tenace, obstiné

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to antagonize

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se mettre à dos, s’aliéner, mécontenter

92
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parliamentary report

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l’actualité parlementaire

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the silly season

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les vacances parlementaires

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on the record / off the record

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officiel / officieux