Political systems

To allocate

distribute or give(resources or duties) for a particular purpose.

Austere

With minimal details

Representative (party)

Predstavniška (stranka)

Opposition (party)

Opozicijska (stranka)

to call/ conduct or trigger a referendum

razpisati referendum

• Public vote

To call an election

Sklicati volitve

to rig an election

Prirejati/ goljufati volitve

run-up to the election

Pred volitvami

To sign a petiton/ hand in a petition

Podpisati peticijo/ oddati peticijo

• Request for a change

To pass/ adopt a law

Sprejeti zakon

Within the law

v skladu z zakonom

a protest vote

protestni glas

a unanimous vote

soglasno glasovanje

Vote-rigging

Electoral fraud

A landslide victory

To have a majority of votes for one party or candidate

A hollow victory

Not worth winning because so much is lost

A narrow victory

• a victory that is only just achieved or happens by only a small amount

• competition win by small margin

To cast your vote

oddati svoj glas

A prominent figure

A person who is influential or has authority

An influential figure

A person who has a significant impact

A political figure

A politician is a person who participates in policy-making processes, usually holding a position in a political party or an elective position in government.

To cover up a scandal

Prekriti škandal

corruption scandal

illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions

Bribery scandal

Offering something valuable (money, favors) to an official or person in power for favorable treatment.

A broad consensus/ to reach a consensus/ an emerging consensus

General opinion/ an agreement

MP- Member of parlament (deputy)

Pripadnik parlamenta

A municipaty

Občina

Federal

whole state

A coat of arms

Grb

Counterparts

People that have the same function as another person in a different place

Devolution (decentralization)

The transfer of power to a lower level (to devolve)

Proportional representation

the number of votes is the same as the number of MP

(Corresoinding in size or amount to something else)

The electorate

All the people in a country who are entitled to vote in an election

A ballot

A system or instance of voting secretly on a particular issue

A ballot paper

A pysical paper on which you can cast your vote

The party line

A policy or the policies officially adopted by a political party

Policies the party supports

To lobby voters

to influence, convince voters