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Vocab: American Presidential Election Flashcards

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Præsident

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President

Definition: The highest elected politician of a modern republic

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Valg

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Election

Definition: A vote to fill a political position

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Valgkamp

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Election Campaign

Definition: Organized effort to influence voters to vote for at particular party

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Parti

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Party

Definition: Political group organized to promote certain principles and support their candidate

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Repræsentant

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Representative

Definition: A politician who has been elected to a certain position by democratic vote

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Stemmeseddel

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Ballot

Definition: Where you indicate who you will vote for

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Udenrigsminister

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Secretary of State

Definition: The president’s chief advisor in foreign policies

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Meningsmåling

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Opinion pole

Definition: When you ask for public opinions about a given candidate

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Primærvalg

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Primary election

Definition: preliminary election to select the candidates for a presidential election

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Opstillingsmøde

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Caucus

Definition: A meeting of local members of a political party who gathers to vote for their favorite candidate

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Vælger

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Voter

Definition: Someone who has registered to vote

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Partimedlem

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Party member

Definition: a member of a political party

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Super tirsdag

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Super Tuesday
Definition: A Tuesday early in the election process where the greatest number of US states vote for presidential candidate

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National konvent

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National Convention

Definition: the biggest meeting of the two parties where each party officially nominate their candidate

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Super delegerede

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Super delegate
Definition: Someone who takes part in the national convention of one of the two parties, but does not have to support any particular candidate

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P.O.T.U.S

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President of the United States of America

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Fremtidig vicepræsident

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Running mate

Definition: A candidate each presidential candidate chooses as a vice president

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Senator

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Senator

Definition: A member of US senate who has been elected to represent his or her state (each state has 2)

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Guvenør

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Govenor

Definition: The highest ranking position in each state - the “president” of each state

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Sving stat

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Swing state

Definition: A state where no single party has the majority of support from the voters

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