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question		réponse
minimum voting age 18 years old commencer à apprendre		Mindestwahlalter
general election choosing the government commencer à apprendre		Parlamentswahl
to lower sth to reduce sth commencer à apprendre		etwas senken
loan money borrowed, e.g., from a bank commencer à apprendre		Kredit, Darlehen
to raise sth to increase sth commencer à apprendre		etwas (Steuern usw.) anheben
wall e.g., the Berlin Wall commencer à apprendre		Mauer
along e.g., the cars drove along the street commencer à apprendre		entlang
border e.g., the border between Germany and Poland commencer à apprendre		Grenze
to be required to do sth to have to do sth commencer à apprendre		etwas (aufgrund von Vorschriften) tun müssen
measles dangerous childhood illness commencer à apprendre		Masern
to be pro-choice to have the opinion that abortion is OK commencer à apprendre		Abtreibungsbefürworter/in sein
to implement sth to put sth in place, e.g., a new law commencer à apprendre		etwas (Gesetz usw.) einführen, etwas umsetzen
to slow sth down to make sth go slower commencer à apprendre		etwas bremsen, etwas verlangsamen
to limit sth to restrict sth commencer à apprendre		etwas beschränken, etwas einschränken
offshore away from the coast, in the sea commencer à apprendre		vor der Küste, auf dem Meer
oil drilling getting oil from under the earth's surface commencer à apprendre		Ölbohrungen, Ölförderung
to not be allowed to do sth to be forbidden to do sth commencer à apprendre		etwas nicht tun dürfen
party affiliation connection with a political party commencer à apprendre		Parteizugehörigkeit
to side with sb/sth to have the same opinion or beliefs as sb/sth commencer à apprendre		sich hinter jdn/etw stellen, für jdn/etw Partei ergreifen
to believe in sth to be sure about sth commencer à apprendre		an etwas glauben, von etwas überzeugt sein
to tackle sth to deal with sth, to fight sth commencer à apprendre		etwas bekämpfen
social inequality unfairness in society commencer à apprendre		soziale Ungerechtigkeit
social welfare government services that help old/ill people commencer à apprendre		Sozialhilfe
in need needing help commencer à apprendre		bedürftig
with regard to looking at, thinking about commencer à apprendre		hinsichtlich, in puncto
abortion ending a pregnancy commencer à apprendre		Abtreibung
likely probably commencer à apprendre		wahrscheinlich
marriage legal relationship between two adults commencer à apprendre		Ehe
to favour sth to prefer sth commencer à apprendre		etwas favorisieren, für etwas sein
to interfere with sth to leave sth alone commencer à apprendre		sich in etw einmischen
bureaucracy official paperwork commencer à apprendre		Bürokratie
inefficiency doing sth slowly and expensively commencer à apprendre		Ineffizienz, Schlendrian
law and order e.g., the police maintain law and order commencer à apprendre		Recht und Ordnung
to take a tough stance towards sth to take strong action against sth commencer à apprendre		eine harte Haltung gegenüber etw einnehmen
to boo to make a noise to show dislike commencer à apprendre		buhen
citizenship e.g., German, Austrian, British, etc commencer à apprendre		Staatsbürgerschaft
natural-born US citizen sb born in the USA commencer à apprendre		US-Staatsbürger/in von Geburt
extensive far-reaching commencer à apprendre		umfangreich
ceremony special event commencer à apprendre		Feier, Feierlichkeit(en), Zeremonie
office formal position in government commencer à apprendre		Amt
to take office to begin an official job commencer à apprendre		sein/ihr Amt antreten
inauguration the formal beginning commencer à apprendre		Einweihung, Amtseinführung
party convention meeting of a political party commencer à apprendre		Parteitag
representative sb who officially speaks on behalf of a group of people, e.g., in parliament commencer à apprendre		(Parlaments-) Abgeordnete/r
cabinet senior government ministers commencer à apprendre		Kabinett
Senate one of two chambers of the US parliament commencer à apprendre		Senat
House of Commons one of two chambers of the British parliament commencer à apprendre		Unterhaus
first-time voter sb who is over 18 and voting in their first election commencer à apprendre		Erstwähler/in
election process system of choosing persons for the government commencer à apprendre		Wahlverfahren
refresher reminder commencer à apprendre		Auffrischung
voting system process to choose the government commencer à apprendre		Wahlsystem
timeline schedule commencer à apprendre		Zeitplan
primary election to determine the presidential candidate commencer à apprendre		Vorwahl
National Convention event to nominate candidates for president and vice president commencer à apprendre		Nominierungsparteitag
event planned social occasion commencer à apprendre		Ereignis, Veranstaltung
Electoral College group of people who represent the US states in the final presidential vote commencer à apprendre		Wahlmännergremium
swing state US state that has about the same number of supporters for both parties commencer à apprendre		US-Bundesstaat mit hohem Wechselwähleranteil
elector sb who has the right to vote commencer à apprendre		Wahlmann
to cast one's vote to vote in an election commencer à apprendre		seine Stimme abgeben
upcoming soon to happen commencer à apprendre		bevorstehend
ambitious wanting to succeed commencer à apprendre		ehrgeizig
to campaign to try to win the election commencer à apprendre		Wahlkampf machen
funds (pl) money commencer à apprendre		Gelder, (Geld-) Mittel
to raise funds to get money commencer à apprendre		Geld sammeln, Mittel beschaffen
campaign an organized attempt to win an election commencer à apprendre		Wahlkampf
supporter sb who favors a political party commencer à apprendre		Anhänger/in, Unterstützer/in
to select sb/sth to choose sb/sth commencer à apprendre		jemand/etwas auswählen
presidential candidate sb who is campaigning to be president commencer à apprendre		Präsidentschaftskandidat/in
vice president the president's second-in-command commencer à apprendre		Vizepräsident/in
ballot (paper) piece of paper for sb's vote commencer à apprendre		Stimmzettel, Wahlzettel
senator member of the Senate commencer à apprendre		Senator/in
election result outcome of the election process commencer à apprendre		Wahlergebnis
to depend on sth e.g., What you can buy depends on how much money you have. commencer à apprendre		auf etwas angewiesen sein, von etwas abhängen
population number of people living in one place commencer à apprendre		Bevölkerung
populated occupied, inhabited commencer à apprendre		bevölkert
to lean (towards sth) to have a tendency towards sth commencer à apprendre		tendieren (zu etwas)
in order to so that... commencer à apprendre		um ... zu
nomination suggesting someone for a job commencer à apprendre		Nominierung
outcome the end result commencer à apprendre		Ergebnis, Resultat (einer Wahl)
uncertain unclear commencer à apprendre		unsicher
nominee someone who is put forward for a job commencer à apprendre		Kandidat/in
ballot voting secretly commencer à apprendre		Wahl, Abstimmung
convincing(ly) believable(-ly) commencer à apprendre		überzeugend
delegate someone who represents others, e.g., in parliament commencer à apprendre		Delegierte/r
to learn something being told something commencer à apprendre		etwas erfahren
to form something to create something commencer à apprendre		etwas bilden
to appoint someone to give someone a job commencer à apprendre		jemanden ernennen
to outline something to summarize the main points commencer à apprendre		etwas darstellen, etwas skizzieren
despite e.g., I like him despite his shortcomings. commencer à apprendre		trotz
it/that depends e.g., Is the system fair? That depends on who you ask. commencer à apprendre		es/das kommt darauf an
outdated old-fashioned commencer à apprendre		veraltet
on a national level regarding the country as a whole commencer à apprendre		auf nationaler Ebene
national popular vote referendum commencer à apprendre		landesweite Volksabstimmung
to abolish something to formally end something commencer à apprendre		etwas abschaffen
to run for president e.g., In 2008, Barack Obama ran for President and was elected. commencer à apprendre		sich um das Präsidentenamt bewerben
confusing unclear commencer à apprendre		verwirrend
to end up empty-handed to have nothing in the end commencer à apprendre		am Ende mit leeren Händen dastehen
to be on someone's mind to think about something commencer à apprendre		jemanden beschäftigen (Thema, Problem)
competitor someone who takes part in a competition commencer à apprendre		Mitbewerber/in
to elect someone (something) to choose someone for the government commencer à apprendre		jemanden (zu etwas) wählen
voter registration citizens registering to be able to vote commencer à apprendre		Wählerregistrierung
to question something to doubt something, to feel uncertain about something commencer à apprendre		etwas in Frage stellen
to serve a purpose to exist for a reason commencer à apprendre		einen Zweck erfüllen, zweckdienlich sein
legitimate right, acceptable, authorized commencer à apprendre		legitim
binary choice choosing between two possibilities commencer à apprendre		binäre Wahl
appropriate (to someone) correct (for someone) commencer à apprendre		(für jemanden) angemessen, geeignet
executive branch branch of government that deals with law commencer à apprendre		Exekutive
judicial branch branch of government that deals with justice commencer à apprendre		Judikative
judiciary system of law courts commencer à apprendre		Judikative
legislative branch branch of government that makes new laws commencer à apprendre		Legislative
Supreme Court the highest law court in the US commencer à apprendre		Oberster Gerichtshof
branches of government divisions of the government commencer à apprendre		staatliche Gewalten
as opposed to rather than, instead of commencer à apprendre		im Gegensatz zu
constitution central legal document of a country commencer à apprendre		Verfassung
to adopt something to take something on commencer à apprendre		etwas übernehmen, etwas annehmen
power influence commencer à apprendre		Macht, Einfluss
to declare something to make something known commencer à apprendre		etwas erklären

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