Vokabelliste: US Wahl

englisch	deutsch	Beispiel
ambassador	Botschafter	Ronald Weise is the ambassador of the USA in Slovakia.
blanket primary	Vorwahl (Wahlmöglichkeit für beide Parteien)	3 States presently have blanket primaries, while an additional 21 States have open primaries and 8 States have semi-closed primaries.
campaign	Kampagne	He took a campaign tour of West Michigan last week.
candidate	Kandidat/in	The party has put up a candidate .
caucus	Vorwahl (in 3 Stufen)	Caucuses are held in New Mexico and North Dakota.
citizen	Bürger	She's a citizen of the USA.
closed primary	Vorwahl (nur für Parteimitglieder)	3 States presently have blanket primaries, while an additional 21 States have open primaries and 8 States have semi-closed primaries.
to contest election	an einer Wahl teilnehmen	In every southern state the Democrats contested elections.
debate	Debatte	There's a debate about the political development.
delegate	Delegierter	Delegates are to be elected.
election	Wahl	Any person qualified to vote may run for election.
electoral register	Wählerverzeichnis	In the USA election in 2000, many voters were removed from the electoral register in Florida.
electoral system	Wahlsystem	Can you explain how the electoral system really works?
electorate	Wählerschaft	Only 60% of the electorate voted in the last election.
electors	Wahlmänner	The electors can vote for any person at all and are not bound to their party.
eligible	berechtigt	The elections process is provided to all eligible citizens.
embassy	Botschaft	In Slovakia you can find the embassy of the USA in Bratislava.
federal	föderalistisch	What are federal regulations?
general election	Parlamentswahlen	The General Election took place on 15th October 1964.
government, the Administration	Regierung	The first White House Web Site was developed during the Clinton Administration.
impeachment	Amtsenthebungsverfahren	Clinton's impeachment was over before it began.
inaugural address	Amtseinführungsrede	The inaugural address is the statement of the beginning of a political administration.
majority	Mehrheit	She is elected by a majority of two hundred votes.
minority	Minderheit	Most of the ethnic minorities did not have a written language.
national convention	Nationalverammlung	The candidate is formally nominated at the national convention.
open primary	Vorwahl (offen auch für Nichtparteimitglieder)	3 States presently have blanket primaries, while an additional 21 States have open primaries and 8 States have semi-closed primaries.
opinion poll	Meinunsumfrage	They've organised an opinion poll.
party in government	Regierungspartei	He led the party in government from 1994 to 1997 .
party leader	Parteivorsitzender	The election of the new party leader was connected with a number of scandals.
party member	Parteimitglied	Many local party members are optimistic about the campaign.
policy	politisches Ziel	We talked about the policy on education.
politician	Politiker	Politicians are our servants not our masters.
politics	Politik	I told her I was going into politics.
presidential candidate	Präsidentschaftskandidat	The Presidential candidate that gets more than half of the votes wins the election.
primary	Vorwahl (meistens für Parteimitglieder)	Primaries are held in South Carolina, Arizona, Missouri, Delaware and Oklahoma.
progress	Fortschritt	The government has made progress in controlling mismanagement.
public office	öffentliches Amt	Cleveland's motto was: "a public office is a public trust".
regulations	Vorschriften	This guide covers the rules and regulations.
speech	Rede	He made the announcement in a speech on the radio.
suffrage	Stimmrecht, Wahlrecht	The Fifth Amendment aimed to protect black suffrage.
summit	Gipfel(treffen)	The Genoa G8 summit was held in July.
supporter	Anhänger	He was a Kennedy supporter.
the Electoral College	Wahlversammlung, um den Präsidenten und Vizepräsidenten zu wählen	The electoral college plays a huge role in the election process.
the political process	das politische Geschehen	The political process has reached a critical phase.
to cast a vote	eine Stimme abgeben	They cast a vote for the first time.
to defeat	besiegen	In 2000 Bush defeated Gore.
to nominate	nominieren	The candidate is formally nominated at the national convention.
to run	kanditieren	Bill Clinton ran a second time in 1996.
to support so.	jemanden unterstützen	They support the two-party system.
to vote	wählen	They have the right to vote.
turnout	Wahlbeteiligung	There was an article about the poor turnout for elections.
two-party system	Zweiparteiensystem	The two-party system is often criticised.
voter	Wähler	Now the voters can decide.