CoboCards App FAQ & Wishes Feedback
Language: English Language
Sign up for free  Login

Get these flashcards, study & pass exams. For free! Even on iPhone/Android!

Enter your e-mail address and import flashcard set for free.  
Go!
All main topics / Politics / Politics

Politics (50 Cards)

Say thanks
1
Cardlink
0
a waverer
Unentschlossene/r, Zauderer
2
Cardlink
0
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).
3
Cardlink
0
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
4
Cardlink
0
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
5
Cardlink
0
ballot (sub.); to ballot
Wahl, Abstimmung

wählen, abstimmen (= to vote)
6
Cardlink
0
House of Representatives
US: lower house


The Senate: upper house
7
Cardlink
0
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
8
Cardlink
0
Links-/ Rechtsruck
a shift/ swing to the left/ right
9
Cardlink
0
Stammwähler
party faithful
stalwarts (getreuer Anhänger)
10
Cardlink
0
Sperrminorität
blocking minority
11
Cardlink
0
Nachwahl
by-election (rather British)
12
Cardlink
0
congress (no article!!!)
Kongress
13
Cardlink
0
öffentliche Verschuldung
public dept
14
Cardlink
0
Amtszeit
term in office
administration
15
Cardlink
0
Manifest
manifesto
16
Cardlink
0
abgewählt werden
to be voted out (of office)
17
Cardlink
0
herbe Verluste einstecken (erleiden)
to suffer severe losses
18
Cardlink
0
Gewinne verbuchen
to make significant gains
to register gains
19
Cardlink
0
Kommunalwahl
local/ regional government elections
20
Cardlink
0
Proporzwahl
proportional representation
21
Cardlink
0
dark-horse (candidate)
Aussenseiterkandidat
22
Cardlink
0
to pounce on sth
sich auf etw. stürzen,
auf etw. stossen
23
Cardlink
0
perennial
ewig, mehrjährig (perennial loser),
ausdauernd,
beständig,
konstant
24
Cardlink
0
upset (e. g. victory)
1) Sensation (überraschend),
2) überraschende Niederlage,
3) Überraschungserfolg
25
Cardlink
0
incumbent (sub.; adj.)
Amtsinhaber; amtierend
26
Cardlink
0
to leapfrog sth
etw. überspringen

(to leapfrog: Bock springen)
27
Cardlink
0
to run neck and neck
ein Kopf and Kopf Rennen
28
Cardlink
0
stodgy
schwerfällig; schwerverdaulich
29
Cardlink
0
a runoff
Entscheidungslauf
30
Cardlink
0
a ragbag
buntes Durcheinander
31
Cardlink
0
a hot-botton (issue)
controversial concern, usually social or political
32
Cardlink
0
Wahlmänner-Gremium (US)
Electoral College
33
Cardlink
0
Wahlmann (US)
Elector (winner takes all system)
34
Cardlink
0
Vorwahlen (US)
primaries
35
Cardlink
0
Wechselwähler
swing voter

(Wechselstaaten: swing states)
36
Cardlink
0
Überparteilichkeit
non-partisanship
37
Cardlink
0
Meinungsumfragen; Meinungsforscher
opinion polls; pollster
38
Cardlink
0
Umfragewerte
approval ratings; poll results
39
Cardlink
0
an die Urne gehen
to got to the polls
40
Cardlink
0
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.
41
Cardlink
0
deadlock
Blockierung, Sperrung, Stillstand
42
Cardlink
0
Minderheitsregierung
minority government
43
Cardlink
0
Königsmacher sein
to be king-makers
44
Cardlink
0
Wahlkreis
BE: constituency
AE: electoral ward/district


Wahlkreis mit knappem Ausgang: marginal constituency
45
Cardlink
0
Hochburg der Liberalen
a Liberal stronghold
46
Cardlink
0
(in einem Wahlkreis) kandidieren
to run/stand for Parliament
to fight a seat (=Mandat)
47
Cardlink
0
das Parlament auflösen
to dissolve Parliament (or parliament)
48
Cardlink
0
to upend
kippen, umstülpen
49
Cardlink
0
centre stage (BE)
das Podium

to take centre stage: im Mittelpunkt stehen
50
Cardlink
0
the electorate
Wähler(schaft)
Flashcard set info:
Author: kitty
Main topic: Politics
Topic: Politics
Published: 10.05.2010
Tags: Politics
 
Card tags:
All cards (50)
no tags
Report abuse

Cancel
Email

Password

Login    

Forgot password?
Deutsch  English