(noun) Coup d’ etat: An illegal change of government, often using force and often done by the military. (noun) Convention: A gathering of the members of a political party. (noun) Constitution: The document that states the basic laws that govern a country. (noun) Constituent: A person that votes in a specific area for a certain group of candidates. (adjective) Constituency: The area of a country that is represented by a certain elected official. (noun) Supporting right-wing political beliefs. (noun) Conservative: A UK right-wing political party or a member/supporter of that party. (noun) Congress: The elected part of the USA government. (noun) Communism: A political belief in which the state owns everything, a form of socialism. (noun) Coalition: When two or more political parties work together to form a government. (noun) Checks and balances: The different parts of the American political set up that ensures power is distributed appropriately. (noun) Challenger: A person who hopes to beat someone in an election. (verb) Capitalism: A political and economic system where the people rather than the state own items. (noun) Caucus: To meet together to select a candidate to represent a political party. (noun) Candidate: A person who wishes to be elected via a vote. (noun) Campaign: The contest between politicians to be elected. (adjective) By-election: An election that happens in-between regular elections. (noun) Bipartisan: Something that is supported by politicians from two different political parties. (noun) Bill: A draft from of a law before it has been approved by a vote. (noun) Big government: A description of government that is believed to be too much by some. (noun) Ballot paper: A piece of paper that lists all the options that can be voted for (same as ballot).
(noun) Ballot box: The container that is used to hold all the used ballot papers.
Following the list there is a set of flashcards you can download, and then you can listen to the recordings of the ESL politics vocabulary being spoken by a native English speaker.īallot: A piece of paper that lists all the options that can be voted for (same as ballot paper). Each word has a definition as well as the part of speech it represents. This list has ESL politics vocabulary words that you should try to learn so you can use them. Identification of word that matches a picture.ĮSL Politics Vocabulary List with Definitions.Identification of word that matches a definition.Identification of definition that matches a word.Then the second part of the page includes the following three tasks that will test your knowledge of the ESL politics vocabulary:
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There is also a set of flashcards of the vocabulary that you can download and then a recording of the vocabulary being spoken by a native English speaker so you can hear the correct pronunciation. The list has lots of words with definitions so you can read what they all mean. This page has a vocabulary list as the first part.