Useful Vocabulary to Understand the US Election | Trump vs Biden 2020 🇺🇸

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ABOUT THE LESSON 📚 In case you haven't heard, there's a presidential election coming up in the United States. Donald Trump and the Republicans are squaring off against Joe Biden and the Democrats. The stakes are high and there's sure to be a lot of drama leading up to election day. Therefore, I want to teach you some useful words to help you better understand the US election, especially how it works. Because presidential elections in the US are a bit different, and the way it works may even seem a bit strange. And of course, at the end of the lesson, I hope you cast your ballot and let me know who you would vote for in the upcoming election - Trump or Biden? Here are the words and phrases from the lesson in case you would like to review. I have also included their meaning. 1) apolitical - not connected to a political party 2) two-party-system - when two parties dominate politics 3) independent - a voter who is not registered with a political party 4) moderate - someone who does not have extreme views 5) primary - when voters chose who will be the candidate for that party 6) cast (one's) ballot - to vote 7) popular vote - the total number of votes a candidate receives 8) Electoral College - a group of people, electors, who cast votes for the election of president 9) winner-take-all - all the votes from one state will go to the candidate who wins 10) partisan - strongly supporting a person or party without considering the matter carefully 11) amend - to change or alter something 12) red state - state that strongly supports Republicans 13) blue state - state that strongly supports Democrats 14) purple state - state with a mix of Democrat and Republican support 15) swing state - state whose votes could go to either the Democrats or Republicans 16) battleground state - means the same as swing state 17) lean left - state that is more likely to vote for the Democrats 18) lean right - state that is more likely to vote for the Republicans 19) fundraise - to collect money for a particular purpose 20) campaign - an organized political group trying to achieve a particular aim 21) PAC / Super PAC - an organization that raises money privately to influence elections 22) civic duty - the responsibilities of citizens of a country 23) civil discourse - conversations concerning ordinary citizens 24) head to the polls - to go vote at a polling location 25) absentee ballot - when someone requests a ballot from election officials and votes by mail 26) mail-in-voting - when election ballots are sent to all registered voters in the state 27) rigged - to dishonestly arrange something to achieve a desired outcome 28) voter suppression - when people are not allowed to vote or discouraged from voting 29) concede - to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true 30) contest an election - when the validity of the results is challenged by the losing candidate Lesson Chapters 0:00 An introduction to US politics 4:31 What the hell is the Electoral College? 8:25 It's all about swing states 9:18 The cost of a presidential election 11:40 Absentee Voting vs Mail-in-voting 12:52 What will happen after the election 14:49 Cast your ballot for Trump or Biden #InteractiveEnglish #Vocabulary #Election2020 #TrumpVsBiden -------------------------- HELP SUPPORT INTERACTIVE ENGLISH 💖 Become a Member on YouTube 🎊 👉http://bit.ly/Membership_InteractiveEnglish Support Our Lessons On Patreon (awesome rewards) 🎉 👉 http://bit.ly/Patreon_InteractiveEnglish -------------------------- JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 📬 (Access the Secret Fluency Lesson) 🤫 👉 https://subscribe.interactiveenglishvideos.com/ -------------------------- LINKS TO PRACTICE & IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH ✅ Improve Your Listening w/ Audiobooks. FREE TRAIL! http://www.audibletrial.com/InteractiveEnglish Find a teacher with italki. Buy 1 lesson, get $10 free credits: 🙋 https://go.italki.com/interactive-english Eliminate Writing Mistakes ✍ Grammarly: http://bit.ly/Grammarly_InteractiveEnglish Wes’ Teaching Adventures 🌎 Happy Time Go Fast (South Korea): http://amzn.to/2FmYhSS Watermelon Is Life (Namibia): http://amzn.to/2FEjE1j **Please know that links to Audible, italki, Grammarly are affiliate links. We earn commission through these links. -------------------------- FOLLOW INTERACTIVE ENGLISH 👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InteractiveEng/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interactiveeng/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/interactiveeng -------------------------- OTHER SHOUT-OUTS 💬 Royalty-free images provided by Pixabay -------------------------- MESSAGE TO YOU 😊 Thanks so much for being a part of our community. Learning English is an enriching experience that brings everyone all around the world closer together. Be sure to say “Hello” and write to us in the comments. We love hearing from all of you. THANKS FOR WATCHING!