Vocabulary: Elections in the USA

ambassador	Ronald Weise is the ambassador of the USA in Slovakia.
blanket primary	3 States presently have blanket primaries, while an additional 21 States have open primaries and 8 States have semi-closed primaries.
campaign	He took a campaign tour of West Michigan last week.
candidate	The party has put up a candidate .
caucus	Caucuses are held in New Mexico and North Dakota.
citizen	She's a citizen of the USA.
closed primary	3 States presently have blanket primaries, while an additional 21 States have open primaries and 8 States have semi-closed primaries.
to contest election	In every southern state the Democrats contested elections.
debate	There's a debate about the political development.
delegate	Delegates are to be elected.
election	Any person qualified to vote may run for election.
electoral register	In the USA election in 2000, many voters were removed from the electoral register in Florida.
electoral system	Can you explain how the electoral system really works?
electorate	Only 60% of the electorate voted in the last election.
electors	The electors can vote for any person at all and are not bound to their party.
eligible	The elections process is provided to all eligible citizens.
embassy	In Slovakia you can find the embassy of the USA in Bratislava.
federal	What are federal regulations?
general election	The General Election took place on 15th October 1964.
government, the Administration	The first White House Web Site was developed during the Clinton Administration.
impeachment	Clinton's impeachment was over before it began.
inaugural address	The inaugural address is the statement of the beginning of a political administration.
majority	She is elected by a majority of two hundred votes.
minority	Most of the ethnic minorities did not have a written language.
national convention	The candidate is formally nominated at the national convention.
open primary	3 States presently have blanket primaries, while an additional 21 States have open primaries and 8 States have semi-closed primaries.
opinion poll	They've organised an opinion poll.
party in government	He led the party in government from 1994 to 1997 .
party leader	The election of the new party leader was connected with a number of scandals.
party member	Many local party members are optimistic about the campaign.
policy	We talked about the policy on education.
politician	Politicians are our servants not our masters.
politics	I told her I was going into politics.
presidential candidate	The Presidential candidate that gets more than half of the votes wins the election.
primary	Primaries are held in South Carolina, Arizona, Missouri, Delaware and Oklahoma.
progress	The government has made progress in controlling mismanagement.
public office	Cleveland's motto was: "a public office is a public trust".
regulations	This guide covers the rules and regulations.
speech	He made the announcement in a speech on the radio.
suffrage	The Fifth Amendment aimed to protect black suffrage.
summit	The Genoa G8 summit was held in July.
supporter	He was a Kennedy supporter.
the Electoral College	The electoral college plays a huge role in the election process.
the political process	The political process has reached a critical phase.
to cast a vote	They cast a vote for the first time.
to defeat	In 2000 Bush defeated Gore.
to nominate	The candidate is formally nominated at the national convention.
to run	Bill Clinton ran a second time in 1996.
to support so.	They support the two-party system.
to vote	They have the right to vote.
turnout	There was an article about the poor turnout for elections.
two-party system	The two-party system is often criticised.
voter	Now the voters can decide.