advocacy擁護(hù),提倡

administrative recount行政查驗(yàn)選票

an impeachment bill彈劾案

an unexplained election-eve shooting無法作出合理解釋的選舉前一天遭槍擊案

appeal to 受...歡迎

approval rating 支持率

acting president代總統(tǒng)

acting mayor代市長

caretaker cabinet過渡時(shí)期的內(nèi)閣

caretaker government舊政府已下臺(tái)，新政府產(chǎn)生前的看守政府

balancing government budget平衡政府預(yù)算

ballot box票箱

ballot box投票箱

campaign advisors競選顧問

campaign staff競選工作人員

caucus核心/預(yù)備會(huì)議

civil rights民權(quán)

congress國會(huì)

conservative保守派

coup d'etat 給國家一個(gè)重?fù)? 政變

cutting the size of the federal government削減聯(lián)邦政府規(guī)模

debate辯論

defense budget國防預(yù)算

demand for a recount要求查驗(yàn)選票

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 民進(jìn)黨

dismiss辭職

turbulent 狂暴的

insurgency 叛亂, 叛亂狀態(tài)

vigilant警戒的;警惕的

divided government分治的政府

environmental protection保護(hù)環(huán)境

Federal Election Campaign Act(FECA)聯(lián)邦競選法

Federal Election Commission(FEC)聯(lián)邦選舉委員會(huì)

feminists女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)者

fighting corruption對(duì)抗貪污

front loading前期吃重

front runner領(lǐng)先者

gender gap性別差異

getting equal rights for women爭取女權(quán)

hard money/soft money硬錢/軟錢

high court高級(jí)法院

improving educational programs改善教育計(jì)劃

interim president代總統(tǒng)

invalid ballots無效票

invalid 無效的

invalidate使無效

landslide victory以絕對(duì)優(yōu)勢(shì)取得勝利

liberal自由派

mar毀損;損傷;玷污

matching funds對(duì)等資金

midterm election中期選舉

minority groups少數(shù)民族

nominate提名

nuclear energy核能

nuclear weapons核武器

nullify the election使選舉無效

numerous clouds of suspicion疑云重重

opposition party反對(duì)黨

petition請(qǐng)?jiān)?，?qǐng)?jiān)笗?/P>

plaintiff起訴人,原告

platform政綱

plebiscite 公民投票

plurality rule簡單多數(shù)原則

polls民意調(diào)查

portfolio部長職, 大臣職

presidential candidate總統(tǒng)候選人

primary初選

protest vote投抗議票

public funding公共資助

push polling導(dǎo)向性民意調(diào)查

redistricting選區(qū)重劃

re-election重新選舉

run for競選

senator參議員

single member district單一席位選區(qū)

speech writers演講稿撰寫人

Super Tuesday超級(jí)星期二

supporters支持者

the Democratic Party民主黨

the disputed vote對(duì)投票有爭議

the election commission選舉委員會(huì)

the Grand National Party 大國家黨

the House of Representatives眾議院

the Kuomintang's (KMT)國民黨

the Millennium Democratic Party新千年民主黨

the opposition party反對(duì)黨

the Republic Party共和黨

the ruling party執(zhí)政黨