US Elections - English vocabulary quiz
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
- Learn the English vocabulary you need to follow along and join in the discussions about the US elections, with a quiz along the way.
As well as the voting process, we'll explain:
the race metaphor
terms for the political parties
blue red and purple states
who can and can't vote
some effects of COVID-19
common collocations like hold an election and going to the polls
the primaries
words like platform, campaign, and polls
mail-in, absentee and provisional ballots
We’re expecting a lot of controversy the 2020 election, so we plan to go deeper in a future video and look at English vocabulary about some of the issues.
#election2020 #Electionvocabulary #Englishvocabulary
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As always, another great lesson teaching us about election in the US.
Thanks for your lovely comment, Roberson and thanks for watching.
I'm very interested on American politics and this video was very helpful! Thank you from Brazil!
Maybe it is more grammatically correct to use prepositions IN after interested? Interested in something. Anyway, I'm not sure.
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Павел Ш, Unique Music Spot's comment is correct. "Interested in..." works best.
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Oh! I'll watch this video twice. It's really useful. Your election system is serious. In my country, Argentina, we have people from Paraguay or Bolivia crossing our boundaries to vote for our candidates. People from one State enrolled to vote in the other state. Finally in the last two elections, people belonging to the parties were taking photos with the cellphones to have a better control.
Thank you for sharing that Sylvia. Very interesting.
Great video. I learned some new things myself and will use it with my class this morning.
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Great lesson and so useful. Thank you !
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I know a lot of people thank you for your helpful videos and I also wanted to say simple "thanks"
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Very good vídeo! Thank you! It helps people know more about USA president elections.
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That was a great lesson and so useful. I learned quite a lot.
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Amazing video
I Love to know about the trends of party support of voters and the States.
In USA
Democrats are blue and Republicans are red
In UK
Conservatives are Blue and Labour are Red.
Conservatives and Republicans are same and Democrats and Labour are same.
Im so excitingly waiting for the election night 2020.
It will be 5 am morning at my place when polls will close on East Coast States on 7pm.
Best of luck for the Presidential, House and Senate candidates and also state officials.
God bless the United States of America ❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻
So glad you like the topic. And oh yes, it's interesting about the blue and red in the UK, Saad. I always had to think twice when I came here because I was used to the left-wing party being red. :-)
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good luck for US citizens
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Thank you for this excellent video. Now I know about the US election more than an election in my own country 😬
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In Italy red indicates the left parties and blue is the color used by the right wing 🙂 Thanks for this informative video, I wish America the best choice possible!
Thanks for the info!
3:49 Easy-peasy! The US colour codes are the exact opposite of the British and European way.s Red for the left, blue for the right. The Soviets were left-wingers and called The Reds.
Exactly, Gabor. Thanks for pointing that out.
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The US election process can be confusing, Bulan. But thanks for watching.
Hello Vicki Hi Jay it's good to see you again. The U.S. and Brazil have the same problem. A crazy president. And that's the people's fault. We have to be very careful I hope you have a good weekend 😉🇧🇷 stay home
My husband has cast his absentee ballot 😃 We live in Italy and this year he voted 😉 Last election he said it was too much trouble, but this time I threatened him, and he did vote! I believe that voting is a right but also a duty, so I am very happy he voted. People go and vote.
Oh that's great to hear Andromacha. Thank you to you and your husband.
I think the people you showed were Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg, Amy Klobuchar (or Kamala Harris?) and Pete Buttigieg.
Well done. It was Klobuchar, by the way :-)
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Here in Cyprus there will also be presidential elections in the (illegitimate) North on the eleventh of October.
Hi. I think a way to relate Republicans to Red is noticing that both words start with R. Then blue is automatically assigned to Democrats.
Good point mau sib. Thanks for the suggestion.
Well, I propose red like Republican (or Ronald Reagan) and, maybe, blue like Biden (or even Bernie!)
That's easy - thanks Jean-Louis!
Jay, you are a British in disguise 😉 Your pronunciation of "advertisement" is pure British... you can say thanks to Vicky 😃
Ah, interesting point Andromacha. This is Jay writing back to you. Both pronunciations are acceptable in American English, but adver TISE ment is far more common than ad VERT isment. But also, you are correct, my English has been corrupted by listening to Vicki all these years. :-)
The only exception of the you-can-be-a-president-twice rule was (I'm not 100% sure) Roosevelt, yes? I think he was a president 4 times.
There wasn't originally a limit, actually. That was implemented later, possibly in response to Roosevelt. The limit is also not strictly "2 terms". It's a number of years greater than 8 but less than 12 (I can't remember what the actual number is). So someone who became president due to succession instead of a vote could potentially run for two full terms after serving out the remainder of a predecessor's term, depending how long that partial term was.
There wasn't an official limit, but it was tradition to only serve 2 terms, which is why no president prior to FDR went any further than that. It was a bit of a special circumstance during WWII and congress made that rule after he died. He was president for like four consecutive terms and died mid term during the last one, if I remember correctly.
The replies below are mostly accurate. But let's be clear, it wasn't congress that reacted to Roosevelt's 4 terms, it was the result of a constitutional amendment. It happens this way: Congress must call a convention for proposing amendments upon application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the states (i.e., 34 of 50 states). So the states were the ones asking for the change. Amendments proposed by Congress or convention become valid only when ratified by the legislatures of, or conventions in, three-fourths of the states (i.e., 38 of 50 states). So the 22nd amendment to the US constitution formalized what, until Roosevelt, had been a tradition. William's comment below about succession is also important. For example, Lyndon Johnson, who as vice-president, succeeded John F. Kennedy following Kennedy's assassination, won his first term on his own in 1964 having served in the office since November 22, 1962. He could have also run in 1968 for his own second term in office. He chose, however, not to run. Here's the actual language of the amendment: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once,”
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Now that's the way to figure things out. Show the authoritative source. It's clear that wherever I got my information didn't do so. (What's worse is I think my source was a *lawyer* who should know better.)
But your answer was still helpful William and thanks for chipping in.
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I liked it a lot . what does "so help me God .mean?
Hi Mau sib. It means "I swear before God that this is the truth."
Hi Vicki/Jay, I would like to ask a question please , What should be the right expression "The most senior Person" or "The Senior-most Person" ?
That's a really good question, Ibrahim. You are referring to seniority rather than age. So, a person who has been employed in a company longer than someone else has more seniority. In that case, either of your examples works. However, if you are referring to age, then I think we are more likely to say, who is the oldest person rather than most senior person. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Hi Ibrahim. This is Vicki and I thought I might add to what Jay said here. As I understand it, in some cultures age is an important issue when it comes to turn-taking and deciding who should speak in what order. But in Anglo-cultures, it's not relevant.
The UK house of Commons is elected by the people across the country which are divided into 650 single member constituencies. Each constituency elects one member by the First Past the post system which is also used in Pakistan, India.
Excellent summary Saad Ali. Thanks for sharing.
United States President is elected by the electoral college. 538 electoral votes are distributed between the 50 States and the DC. California having 55 electoral college votes is the largest state whereas Delaware, Vermont, Dakotas, Alaska, Wyoming, Montana and DC have 3 votes each which has the smallest number of electoral college votes.
For winning the Presidential election the candidate must win the majority of votes in a state to win the state's electoral college votes. Every States except for Nebraska and Maine uses Winner takes all method. Maine and Nebraska gives their 2 electoral votes At-Large and their rest of the electoral votes by their congressional districts.
Thanks again for an excellent summary , Saad Ali.
It's good that the president has to serve only twice because if he's no good it's catastrophic for the country. That happens to a lot of countries.
Seems relevant today ...
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@@SimpleEnglishVideos hi sir, mam. From indonesian 😆
Indonesia will hold a Presidential Election in 2024😀. Indonesian votes every 5 year
Rafy, thanks for sharing that.
At least it’s not as bad as Brazil.
Thanks for your comment Ian. Other Brazilians have written to us noting that in Brazil the president is elected by the people and not an electoral college, and they see that as a better system.
Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard, Elizabeth Warren (my fav), Amy Klobuchar, Pete Butiguig
(I paused the video)
Right on, Avery. Well done.
I wonder how scottish peoples accents sound like 🤔🤔 in english
Scottish accents are lovely. Here's a video that you might find interesting: ruclips.net/video/w6oH1e_Z1PA/видео.html
Such a pity you have the president you have. I am aware opinions are divided.
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I agree with you, Robert--and I'm an American. Trump is a disgrace. He should never have been elected. It will take 10+ years to undo the damage.
He has literally failed to be president!!!!
@@averypaul3700 So True
Why did FDR hold office for more than 8 years?
The constitutional amendment that now limits a person to eight years as president, was enacted after FDR's term in office. Until then it was customary for presidents to serve only 2 four year terms (8 years), but as the world plunged into a new World War, many people were afraid that changing presidents would be a mistake. Roosevelt won elections in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944. He died early in his fourth term. Harry Truman, his vice-president, then became the President of the United States.
1. take a maize
2. pull its hair
3. get orange
4. get tuxedo
5. put orange in the tuxedo
6. put the corn hair on top of the orange
7. take a photo
8. download Donald J. Trump photo from internet
9. put the pictures next to one another
10. post it in social media with text "find the 10 differences"
I can name the Democratic candidates at (7:24). But I'm cheating because I'm American and have seen these people a zillion times in the news. 😀
1. Bernie Sander, senator from Vermont
2. Tulsi Gabbard, congresswoman from Hawaii.
3. Elizabeth Warren, senator from Massachusetts
4. Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire owner the Bloomberg News Service and former mayor of New York City
5. Amy Klobuchar, senator from Minnesota.
6. Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. "Mayor Pete" made history since he ran for president as an openly gay man.
Great job. Actually, Tulsi Gabbard is from American Samoa. But she does work in Hawai'i.
You got them all right, RD M. And Avery, yes, Tulsi Gabbard represents Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. She is one of the first two female combat veterans to ever serve in the U.S. Congress, and also its first Hindu member.
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I form 🇬🇧. You don't know much about UK election yeah that be careful with blue party in the UK
Donald Trump has RED/orange hair = RED
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You are too fast 😙
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I have stopped watching your videos because you couldn’t hide your political bias..
Actually, I think they do. And also learning English is great and someone's political views should not stop you at all!
Avery Paul @ You’re right Paul.. I shouldn’t be like them. They boycott businesses and people because they don’t think like them. Now they are allowing their own cities to be burnt down pretending to be fighting for black people in America. African governments learned mafia rule from them, look at where they are today.
That is not at all what I said. First, My name is not Paul. Don't use my words and turn them into something wrong, and what I didn't say. Also you have made me very upset!!! I would appreciate it if you would leave political views out of this and I will too. When have they even said once about anything that you just said. Where did you come to that conclusion?
It seems like YOU are the one who doesn't think like Jay and Vicky!
Avery Paul @ They used a video clip of Obama’s inauguration ceremony and the video was only made just recently. Is Obama the current president of the USA?