Pronouncing election-related words

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Learn how to pronounce 15 important election-related words (the American way).

Pronouncing election-related words

Here are some of the key election-words we are seeing and hearing almost every day. Try to learn how to pronounce them. As you listen and repeat, pay special attention to the stress in each word. For example, the word campaign is pronounced cam PAIGN, not CAM paign.

I am an American and I use a standard US midwestern accent. You won't find much difference in my pronunciation of the words below and that of a British speaker of English, however. The key to speaking clearly is getting the stress correct.

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election – the process of choosing a person or a group of person for a position, especially by voting การเลือกตั้ง

candidate – a person who is trying to be elected ผู้สมัครรับเลือกตั้ง

constituency – a district that elects its own representative to parliament เขตเลือกตั้ง

party-list – a system that gives each party in an election a number of seats in relation to the number of votes its candidates receive ระบบสัดส่วน, ระบบปาร์ตี้ลิสต์

ballot – the piece of paper on which someone marks who they are voting for บัตรเลือกตั้ง

campaign – to take part in a planned series of activities (a campaign) designed to persuade voters to vote for a particular candidate or political party รณรงค์หาเสียง

canvasser – person whose job is to try and get support for a candidate or political party in a particular area หัวคะแนน

coalition – a government formed by two or more political parties working together รัฐบาลหลายพรรค

turnout – the number or percentage of eligible voters who vote in an election จำนวนผู้ออกมาลงคะแนน

opposition – of a political party that is not part of the government or a group which is against the government พรรคฝ่ายค้าน

eligible voter – someone who has the right to vote in an election ผู้มีสิทธิ์เลือกตั้ง

competition – an organised event in which people try to win something การแข่งขัน

policy – a set of plans or action agreed on by a government, political party, business, or other group นโยบาย

ideology – system of ideas and principles on which a political or economic theory is based แนวคิดอันเป็นรากฐานของสังคม เศรษฐกิจและการเมือง

reconciliation – a new and friendly relationship with someone who you argued with or fought with การทำให้ปรองดองกันอีก, การสมานฉันท์