🟠Polling station - избирательный участок
🟠Swing state – колеблющийся штат
🟠Landslide victory – убедительная победа
🟠Opposition party – оппозиционная партия
🟠Cast a vote - проголосовать
🟠Win votes – завоевать голоса
🟠Vote counting – подсчёт голосов
🟠Vote of confidence – вотум доверия
🟠Turnout – явка (избирателей)

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🌟 To vote or not to vote...

✉️ While this isn't a rule in the U.S., in Australia, it's actually illegal not to vote! If you don’t participate in their elections, you get fined. Though there have been discussions in the U.S. about compulsory voting, the idea has never gained significant traction.

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😬 THE LONGEST ELECTION SPEECH

🗣The longest election speech ever was given by William Henry Harrison in 1841, lasting nearly two hours in freezing weather. Ironically, Harrison caught pneumonia and passed away just 31 days into his presidency, marking the shortest term in U.S. history.

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🌟 DID YOU KNOW?

Gerrymandering - махинации с избирательными округами. Эти термином обозначается создание неравных избирательных округов или дополнительных округов под "своих" избирателей для обеспечения победы той или иной партии на выборах. Полагают, что это понятие появилось в 1812, когда при губернаторе штата Массачусетс Э. Джерри (Elbridge Gerry) впервые были созданы такие округа. Очертания этих новых округов один бостонский карикатурист изобразил в виде саламандры. Отсюда название: GERRY + salaMANDER.

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🇺🇸 The use of the donkey and elephant as symbols for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, has historical roots that date back to the 19th century.

🟡 Donkey (Democrats)
The donkey was popularized during the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson. His opponents labeled him a "jackass" (a donkey) due to his populist views and stubbornness. Jackson embraced the label, using the donkey as a symbol of his campaign.

🟡 Elephant (Republicans)
The elephant was first associated with the Republican Party in the 1860s. Thomas Nast also played a significant role in this, using the elephant in his cartoons to represent the party.

📌 Both symbols have endured over time and are now firmly associated with their respective parties, often appearing in political discourse, campaigns, and media representations.

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