Political elections. Vocabulary.

 Politics / Policy / Politician / political party: Política /Político/ partido político

 A big-tent party: Un partido de base amplia
 Caucus: Primarias en EE.UU
 To call a meeting / elections / an investiture debate: Convocar una reunión /
elecciones/ un debate de investidura
 Ballot: Votación; to hold a ballot: Someter algo a votación; ballot paper: La
papeleta; ballot box: urna
 The first round in the elections: La primera vuelta en las elecciones
 A runoff: segunda vuelta en unas elecciones
 The turnout in the elections: El nivel de participación en las elecciones
 The head of the state: El jefe de Estado
 The Prime Minister: El presidente del gobierno
 Parliament / Parliamentarian: Parlamento / Parlamentario
 Deputy: Diputado
 Senator: Senador
 The Congress (the lower house) / the Senate (the upper house): El Congreso
(la Cámara baja) / el Senado (la Cámara alta)
 To fall short from majority: Alejarse de la mayoría
 In bid to break stalemate: En un intento de romper el bloqueo
 To spawn an agreement: Concebir un acuerdo
 To refrain from vetoing his future plans: Abstenerse de vetar sus futuros planes
 Albeit with conditions: Aunque con condiciones
 To forge a majority: Forjar una mayoría
 Misgivings: Recelos
 In the first round of voting or else a simple majority in a runoff: En la primera
vuelta de la votación o simple mayoría en la segunda vuelta.
 Sánchez calls for support to pull Spain out of current political impasse:
“The December 20 general election was won by the incumbent PP, but the
party fell well short of the seats needed for a majority. Sánchez, who was
invited to form a government by King Felipe VI, has closed a deal with
emerging center-right group Ciudadanos, but will still need the support or
abstention of other parties if his bid to lead Spain is to be successful”.
(El País in English – 02.03.16)
 Who will find support for a bid to the prime minister’s office?: (Quién encontrará
apoyo para la candidatura para ser presidente?)

 Task: Point out the different steps you have to follow to call elections in
Spain.