G4g: Politics and political utopias
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Super challenging politics gap fill…
Use the words in the columns below to fill in the gaps in the text. You may have to pluralise nouns,
conjugate verbs correctly or turn verbs into nouns.
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proxy
partisan
electorate
administration
demagogue
hung parliament
consensus
policy
referendum
majoritarian
nominee
sanction
Senate
parliament
gerrymandering
legislation
platform
opposition
Congress
transparency
ballot box
Representatives
implement
authoritarian
dissident
suppress
bicameral
equality
Commons
persecute
proportional
representation
personality
cult
grassroots
government
incumbent
redistributive taxation
totalitarian
corruption
minority
electoral college
agenda
outcome
constituencies
censorship
swing state
Lords
silent majority
federal
lame duck
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Both Britain and America have a 1._____________________ (=two-house) political system. In
America, 2._____________________ consists of the House of 3._____________________ and the
4._____________________; in Britain, 5._____________________ is composed of the House of
6._____________________ and the House of 7._____________________.
Neither America nor Britain has 8._____________________ _____________________. In America,
the 9._____________________ electoral system centres on the 10._____________________
_____________________, meaning that the outcome of the election is decided by the number of
11._____________________ that a candidate wins, and not the number of electoral votes. This
system places 12._____________________ parties at a disadvantage, and means that politics are
often intensely 13._____________________, with two main parties dominating. In Britain, two recent
elections
have
failed to
produce
a
clear majority
14._____________________ _____________________.
for one
party,
resulting
in
a
In recent years, Russia has developed into an increasingly 15._____________________, some would
say
16._____________________
state,
in
which
17.____________________
parties
are
18._____________________, political 19._____________________ are 20._____________________,
and a powerful 21._____________________ of 22._____________________ surrounds the leader,
Putin.
Many
international
observers
and
human
rights
activist
decry
the
lack
of
23._____________________, the widespread political 24._____________________ including
25._____________________ (=vote rigging), and the 26._____________________ that results from
the state’s control of the media.
The 27._____________________ (=Amtsinhaber) American president, Donald Trump, has established
himself in American politics as a 28._____________________ whose impassioned rhetoric appeals to
the emotions of the 29._____________________. However, following his failures on COVID-19 and on
the economy, the Democratic 30._____________________ Joe Biden has begun to paint him as a
31._____________________ _____________________ with little hope of electoral victory.
In the upcoming US elections, the Democratic party is standing on a 32._____________________ of
33._____________________ of opportunity, which comprises educational reform, accessible health
care and 34._____________________ _____________________. The hope is that this will appeal to
the 35.____________________ _____________________ of Americans. Ultimately, however, the
36._____________________ of the election will be decided by a relatively small number of undecided
voters in several key 37._____________________ _____________________.
During Trump’s 38._____________________, numerous controversial 39._____________________
have been 40._____________________, including the re-imposition of 41._____________________
on Iran and 42._____________________ motivated by a political 43._____________________ that is
virulently and unapologetically anti-immigrant.
In America, there is widespread suspicion directed at so-called ‘big 44._____________________’;
many oppose 45._____________________ programmes and feel that politics should be conducted
primarily at local, 46._____________________ level.
The Swiss political system is 47._____________________-based, with policy being decided on the
basis of 48._____________________.
If you cannot go personally to the 49._____________________ _____________________, it is often
possible to arrange a 50._____________________ or a postal vote.