{"id":8515,"date":"2020-11-19T19:20:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T19:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=8515"},"modified":"2020-11-19T19:20:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T19:20:05","slug":"talking-about-the-2020-us-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2020\/11\/19\/talking-about-the-2020-us-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking about the 2020 US elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ol\u00e1 a todos! Hello to all! How have you been? No in\u00edcio deste m\u00eas, ap\u00f3s dias de suspense e incertezas, os Estados Unidos finalmente elegeram um novo presidente para ocupar a Casa Branca a partir do ano que vem. O sistema eleitoral americano \u00e9 um pouco diferente do nosso, o que pode ser um pouco confuso at\u00e9 mesmo para os nativos. E esse processo todo deu o que falar, n\u00e3o \u00e9 mesmo? Inclusive em ingl\u00eas! E foi pensando nisso que reuni no post de hoje alguns fatos, palavras-chave e informa\u00e7\u00f5es \u00fateis para que voc\u00ea possa <\/span><b><i>talk about the 2020 US elections<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. You can do it!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Election Day in early November, citizens in every state <\/span><b>cast their votes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for their preferred candidates <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">| <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No dia da elei\u00e7\u00e3o no in\u00edcio de novembro, cidad\u00e3os em todos os estados <\/span><\/i><b><i>votaram<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> em seus candidatos preferidos<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other U.S. elections, candidates are <\/span><b>elected directly by popular vote<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. But the president and vice president are not | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Em outras elei\u00e7\u00f5es nos EUA, os candidatos s\u00e3o e<\/span><\/i><b><i>leitos diretamente pelo voto popular.<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mas o presidente e o vice-presidente n\u00e3o<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8516\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8516\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8516\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/trump-2546104_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/trump-2546104_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/trump-2546104_640-350x120.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump (Photo by Gerd Altmannat Pixabay)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the <\/span><b>Electoral College system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, each state gets a certain number of <\/span><b>electors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> based on its total number of representatives in Congress | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No <\/span><\/i><b><i>sistema de Col\u00e9gio Eleitoral<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, cada estado obt\u00e9m um determinado n\u00famero de <\/span><\/i><b><i>eleitores<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> com base no n\u00famero total de representantes no Congresso<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">States with larger populations have more <\/span><b>electors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> than those with smaller populations | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Estados com popula\u00e7\u00f5es maiores t\u00eam mais <\/span><\/i><b><i>eleitores<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> do que aqueles com popula\u00e7\u00f5es menores<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are a total of 538 electoral votes. The candidate that gets more than half (270) <\/span><b>wins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the election | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">H\u00e1 um total de 538 votos eleitorais. O candidato que obtiver mais da metade (270) <\/span><\/i><b><i>vence <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a elei\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8517\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8517\" class=\" wp-image-8517\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/election-2020-5102700_640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/election-2020-5102700_640.png 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/election-2020-5102700_640-350x178.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Elections (Photo by Please Don&#8217;t sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is possible that a candidate can receive the most votes in the whole country, but still <\/span><b>lose the electoral vote<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This is what happened in 2016 with Hillary Clinton |<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00c9 poss\u00edvel que um candidato receba o maior n\u00famero de votos em todo o pa\u00eds, mas ainda <\/span><\/i><b><i>perca o voto eleitoral<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Foi o que aconteceu em 2016 com Hillary Clinton\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elections <\/span><b>were held<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on November 3rd. The <\/span><b>results were announced<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 4 days later | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As elei\u00e7\u00f5es <\/span><\/i><b><i>foram realizadas<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> em 3 de novembro. Os <\/span><\/i><b><i>resultados foram anunciados<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 4 dias depois<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span><b> race<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was very close; Biden won <\/span><b>by a narrow margin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><\/i><b><i>disputa<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> foi muito acirrada; Biden venceu <\/span><\/i><b><i>por uma margem estreita<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He<\/span><b> secured <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the necessary number of votes from <\/span><b>key states <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">| <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ele <\/span><\/i><b><i>garantiu <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o n\u00famero necess\u00e1rio de votos de <\/span><\/i><b><i>estados-chave\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joe Biden has already <\/span><b>run for president<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> three times in the past |<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Joe Biden j\u00e1 <\/span><\/i><b><i>concorreu \u00e0 presid\u00eancia<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tr\u00eas vezes no passado.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8518\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8518\" class=\" wp-image-8518\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/barack-obama-1199638_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/barack-obama-1199638_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/barack-obama-1199638_640-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obama and Biden (Photo by Welcome to all and thank you for your visit ! \u30c4 from Pixabay)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><b>Mail-in ballots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> were hugely popular this year due to the COVID pandemic | <\/span><b><i>As c\u00e9dulas por correio<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> foram muito populares este ano devido \u00e0 pandemia de COVID<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><b>Voter turnout<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was higher than usual, at around 70% | <\/span><b><i>A participa\u00e7\u00e3o eleitoral<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> foi maior do que o normal, cerca de 70%.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden<\/span><b> served as the vice-president under<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Barack Obama from 2009-2017 | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden <\/span><\/i><b><i>foi vice-presidente de <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barack Obama de 2009-2017<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donald Trump has been<\/span><b> disputing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the results of the election and is <\/span><b>planning legal action<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> |<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Donald Trump tem <\/span><\/i><b><i>contestado<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> os resultados da elei\u00e7\u00e3o e <\/span><\/i><b><i>est\u00e1 planejando uma a\u00e7\u00e3o legal<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump so far has not <\/span><b>produced any evidence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that the elections <\/span><b>were rigged<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump at\u00e9 agora n\u00e3o <\/span><\/i><b><i>apresentou nenhuma evid\u00eancia <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de que as elei\u00e7\u00f5es <\/span><\/i><b><i>foram fraudadas<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kamala Harris is the first woman to <\/span><b>achieve this position<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the US | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kamala Harris \u00e9 a primeira mulher a <\/span><\/i><b><i>alcan\u00e7ar essa posi\u00e7\u00e3o<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> nos Estados Unidos<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joe Biden and Kamala Harris <\/span><b>will be inaugurated and take office<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on January 20th 2021 | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joe Biden e Kamala Harris <\/span><\/i><b><i>tomar\u00e3o posse<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> em 20 de janeiro de 2021<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O que mais voc\u00ea sabe sobre as elei\u00e7\u00f5es americanas? T\u00eam mais algum fato para sugerir? Deixe seu coment\u00e1rio abaixo!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget to check out our previous post on this topic!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"T9N6qKGWFv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2016\/11\/27\/us-elections\/\">US Elections<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;US Elections&#8221; &#8212; Transparent Ingl\u00eas\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2016\/11\/27\/us-elections\/embed\/#?secret=Z7wUnKYHtM#?secret=T9N6qKGWFv\" data-secret=\"T9N6qKGWFv\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/barack-obama-1199638_640-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/barack-obama-1199638_640-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/barack-obama-1199638_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Ol\u00e1 a todos! Hello to all! How have you been? No in\u00edcio deste m\u00eas, ap\u00f3s dias de suspense e incertezas, os Estados Unidos finalmente elegeram um novo presidente para ocupar a Casa Branca a partir do ano que vem. 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