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a waverer

Unentschlossene/r, Zauderer

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first-past-the-post system

Mehrheitswahlsystem

Wiki: First past the post voting is a generic term referring to an election determined by the highest polling candidate(s).

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House of Commons

The House of Commons is the name of the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada

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House of Lords

The House of Lords (commonly referred to as "the Lords" and also known as House of Peers for ceremonial purposes) is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

upper house: 736 members
lower house: 650 seats

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ballot (sub.); to ballot

Wahl, Abstimmung

wählen, abstimmen (= to vote)

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House of Representatives

US: lower house

The Senate: upper house

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Parliament (UK)

= a bicameral system

Upper house: House of Lords (Lords Spiritual & Lords Temporal, elected by Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister)

Lower house: House of Commons (democratically elected, at least every 5 years)

head: Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II

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Links-/ Rechtsruck

a shift/ swing to the left/ right

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Stammwähler

party faithful
stalwarts (getreuer Anhänger)

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Sperrminorität

blocking minority

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Nachwahl

by-election (rather British)

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congress (no article!!!)

Kongress

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öffentliche Verschuldung

public dept

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Amtszeit

term in office
administration

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Manifest

manifesto

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abgewählt werden

to be voted out (of office)

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herbe Verluste einstecken (erleiden)

to suffer severe losses

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Gewinne verbuchen

to make significant gains
to register gains

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Kommunalwahl

local/ regional government elections

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Proporzwahl

proportional representation

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dark-horse (candidate)

Aussenseiterkandidat

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to pounce on sth

sich auf etw. stürzen,
auf etw. stossen

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perennial

ewig, mehrjährig (perennial loser),
ausdauernd,
beständig,
konstant

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upset (e. g. victory)

1) Sensation (überraschend),
2) überraschende Niederlage,
3) Überraschungserfolg

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incumbent (sub.; adj.)

Amtsinhaber; amtierend

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to leapfrog sth

etw. überspringen

(to leapfrog: Bock springen)

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to run neck and neck

ein Kopf and Kopf Rennen

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stodgy

schwerfällig; schwerverdaulich

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a runoff

Entscheidungslauf

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a ragbag

buntes Durcheinander

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a hot-botton (issue)

controversial concern, usually social or political

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Wahlmänner-Gremium (US)

Electoral College

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Wahlmann (US)

Elector (winner takes all system)

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Vorwahlen (US)

primaries

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Wechselwähler

swing voter

(Wechselstaaten: swing states)

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Überparteilichkeit

non-partisanship

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Meinungsumfragen; Meinungsforscher

opinion polls; pollster

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Umfragewerte

approval ratings; poll results

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an die Urne gehen

to got to the polls

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unklare Mehrheitsverhältnisse/ Parlament ohne klare Mehrheit (GB)

a hung parliament

=a hung parliament occurs when no single party has more than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons.

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deadlock

Blockierung, Sperrung, Stillstand

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Minderheitsregierung

minority government

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Königsmacher sein

to be king-makers

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Wahlkreis

BE: constituency
AE: electoral ward/district

Wahlkreis mit knappem Ausgang: marginal constituency

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Hochburg der Liberalen

a Liberal stronghold

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(in einem Wahlkreis) kandidieren

to run/stand for Parliament
to fight a seat (=Mandat)

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das Parlament auflösen

to dissolve Parliament (or parliament)

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to upend

kippen, umstülpen

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centre stage (BE)

das Podium

to take centre stage: im Mittelpunkt stehen

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the electorate

Wähler(schaft)

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Author: kitty

Main topic: Politics

Topic: Politics

Published: 10.05.2010

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