Running for president of the US Flashcards by Gauthier Martins-Salgado

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le parti au pouvoir

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the party in power

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un galas à argent

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a fund-raiser

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se battre pour les élections / pour être président

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to run for president / for office

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le couple président-vice-président

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the ticket

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le président titulaire

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the incumbent president

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un colistier

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a running-mate

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être éligible pour

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to be eligible for

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a mandat de 4 ans

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a four-year term

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lancer une campagne

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to lauch a campaign

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les gros organismes de récoltes d’argent

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the super PACs

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mener une campagne

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to run a campaign

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un candidat / une personne menant une campagne

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a campaigner

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les potes

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the cronies

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un rallye

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a rally

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le fait de se lancer de la boue à la figure

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mudslinging

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un débat télévisé

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a TV debate

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une betise

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a blunder

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se battre pour récolter des votes

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to stump for votes

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amasser des fonds

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to raise money

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distribuer des tracts

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to hand out leaflets

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le droit de vote

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the right to vote

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un électeur

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a voter

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aller aux urnes électorales

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to go to the polls

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le taux de participation électorale

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the electoral turnout

le jour des élections

election day

un bureau de vote

a polling station

un bulletin de vote

a ballot slip

sécuriser 50% des votes

to secure 50% of the vote

une majorité absolue

an absolute majority

un tour

a round of voting

un électeur indécis

a voter swing

états indécis

the swing states

le favoris (en tête)

the front-runner

marquer des points

to score points

gagner haut la main

to win handily

une victoire

a victory

écrasant

stunning / overwhelming

une écrasante élection

a landslide election

comptabiliser les votes

to tally the votes

l'opprimé

the underdog

un cheval noir

a dark horse

fraude electorale

electoral (ou ballot) fraud

perdre du terrain

to lose ground

prendre du retard

to fall behind

perdre une élection

to lose an election

souffrir d'une déroute

to suffer a rout

l'inauguration

the inauguration

prêter serment

to be sworn in

cérémonie d'investiture

the swearing-in ceremony