{"id":7532,"date":"2016-11-08T18:19:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=7532"},"modified":"2016-11-23T04:32:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T04:32:07","slug":"15-swedish-vocabulary-words-for-the-american-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/15-swedish-vocabulary-words-for-the-american-election\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Swedish Vocabulary Words for the American Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have heard that there is an election today. Millions of people across the United States will be voting for representatives, senators, ballot measures, new laws, all kinds of things. And President. They will also be voting on who should be President for the next four years.<\/p>\n

The election process is a little different in Sweden. There\u2019s no Electoral College for example. You don\u2019t vote for a president (or even a prime minister for that matter, the Riksdag does that). Voting happens on a Sunday. There are separate ballots for each party. Voters do not need to register. If you are eligible to vote, you are a registered voter. For more on Swedish elections, check out our posts: 10 facts about Swedish politics<\/a> and Valstugor \u2013 a Swedish phenomenon?<\/a><\/p>\n

But we aren\u2019t voting in Sweden today. We\u2019re voting in the United States. So here are 15 Swedish vocabulary words for today\u2019s election:<\/p>\n

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That’s my “I Voted” sticker from the 2016 election in Wisconsin! With a bit of cat hair mixed in for good measure. Photo credit: Marcus Cederstr\u00f6m.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Swedish<\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
att r\u00f6sta<\/td>\nto vote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en demokrat<\/td>\nDemocrat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en kampanj<\/td>\ncampaign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en politik<\/td>\npolitics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en politiker<\/td>\npolitician<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en president<\/td>\npresident<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en republikan<\/td>\nRepublican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en r\u00f6st<\/td>\na vote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en r\u00f6str\u00e4tt<\/td>\nright to vote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en r\u00f6stsedel\/en valsedel<\/td>\nballot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en valdag<\/td>\nElection Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en v\u00e4ljare<\/td>\nvoter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en vallokal<\/td>\npolling place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ett politiskt parti<\/td>\npolitical party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ett val<\/td>\nelection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Fun (and kind of important) reminder: ett val<\/em> means \u201can election,\u201d en val<\/em> means \u201ca whale.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that in mind, if you\u2019re eligible to vote in this country, do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

You may have heard that there is an election today. Millions of people across the United States will be voting for representatives, senators, ballot measures, new laws, all kinds of things. And President. They will also be voting on who should be President for the next four years. The election process is a little different…<\/p>\n

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