Engels - Politicians don't actually care what voters want - VOC

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politician

Someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government.

voter

Someone who has the right to vote in a political election, or who votes in a particular election

statement

Something you say or write, especially publicly or officially, to let people know your intentions or opinions, or to record facts.

cynical

Unwilling to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something.

evidence

Facts or signs that show clearly that something is exists or is true.

to support

To make an opinion or belief seem more likely to be correct.

constituent

Someone who votes in a particular area.

legislative

Concerned with making laws.

view on

the ability to see something or to be seen from a particular place

legality

The fact of being allowed by law.

to assume

To thing that something is true, although you do not have definite proof.

representative

Someone who has been chosen to speak, vote, or make decisions for someone else.

decision

A choice or judgment that you make after a period of discussion or thought.

to shape

The form something has.

to influence

The power to affect the way someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks, without using direct force or orders.

democracy

A system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials.

to depend on

Something is directly affected or decided by that thing. To need the support, help, or existence of someone or something in order to exist, be healthy, be successful..

assumption

When someone starts to have control or power (assumption of)

belief

The feeling that something is definitely true or definitely exists.

to be reflected in

To show or be a sign of a particular situation or feeling.

leader

The person who directs or controls a group, organizations, country.. (ruler)

to elect

To choose someone for an official position by voting.

reason

Why something happens, or why someone does something.

to question

To ask more about the subject because you don't understand it, or there are doubts about it.

issue

A subject or problem that is often discussed or argued about, especially a social or political matter that affects the interests of a lot of people.

climate change

A permanent change in the Earth's weather conditions.

gun control

Laws that limit the ways in which guns can be sold, owned, and used.

chief

Someone how stands highest in rank

consensus

An opinion that everyone in a group agrees with or accepts.

public opinion

The opinions or beliefs that ordinary people have about a particular subject.

legislator

Someone who has the power to make laws or belongs to a institution that makes laws.

to conduct

To warry out a particular activity or process, especially in order to get information or prove facts.

to conduct a study

to organize and carry out research into something.

to provide (with)

make available for use; supply

access to

To succeed in entering a place or in seeing someone or something.

public opinion

The opinion or beliefs that ordinary people have about a particular subject.

survey

A set of questions that you ask a large number of people in order to find out about their opinions or behaviour.

data

Information of facts

detailed

Containing or including a lot of information or details.

opinion poll

The process of asking a large group of people the same questions in order to find out what most people think about something.

attitude

The opinions and feelings that you usually have about something, especially when this is shown in your behaviour.

infrastructure

The basic systems and structures that a country or organization needs in order to work properly, for example roads, railways..

(government) spending

The amount of money spent by the government (or organization)

abortion

A medical operation to end a pregnancy so that the baby is not born alive.

policy

A way of doing something that has been officially agreed and chosen by the government.

to gauge

estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of

willingness

The state of being prepared to do something.

perception

The way you think about something ad your idea of what it is like.

to alarm

A feeling of fear or worry because something bad or dangerous might happen.

overwhelming

Having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react.

majority

Most of the people or things in a group.

(un)interested in

(Not) giving a lot of attention to something because you (don't) want to find out more about it because you (don't) enjoy it.

to learn about

To gain knowledge of a subject or skill by experience, by studying it, or by being taught.

worrisome

Making you anxious.

to survey

look closely at or examine (someone or something)

to seem

There are things about the subject that make people think it is true.

(ir)relevant

(Not) Directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered.

enormous

Very big in size or in amount.

to contain

Something is included in it.

participant

Someone who is taking part in an activity or event.

to allow

To let someone do or have something, or let something happen.

informative

Providing many useful facts or ideas.

to hire

Th pay money to borrow something for a short period of time. / To employ someone to do a job.

firm

A business or company, especially a small one.

appealing

Attractive or interesting

easy-to-use

straightforward and simple to use

to display

An arrangement of things for people to look at or buy.

preference

Something you like more than another thing and will choose if you can.

at random

Without any definite plan, aim or pattern.

to view

What you think or believe about something

to randomize

To choose things in a way that is not carefully controlled or planned in order to do a scientific test.

to isolate

To separate one person, group, or thing form other people to things.

to fail to

Used to show that you are annoyed by something that you do not accept or understand.

confident

Sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect.

finding

The information that someone has discovered as a result of their study, work...

roughly

Not exactly

similar

Almost the same

share

To have or use something with other people.

to track

follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course

to compare

To consider two or more options or people, in order to show how they are similar or different.

accuracy

The ability to do something in an exact way without making a mistake. The quality of being correct or true.

census

An official process of counting something for government planning.

to measure

To find the size, length or amount of something, using standard units such as inches, metres...

follow-up

Something that's done to make sure that earlier actions have been successful of effective.

to distribute

To share things among a group of people, especially in a planned way.

reference to

Used to say what you are writhing or talking about.

(in)distinguishable from

Easy to recognize as being different from something else.

sense of

The feeling that you belong to something.

in practice

Used when saying what really happens rather than what should happen or what people think happens.

to consider

To think about something carefully especially before making a choice or decision.

average

The amount you get when you add together several quantities and divide this by total number of qualities.

to eliminate

To completely get rid of something that us unnecessary or unwanted?

mandatory

The law says it must be done

minimum

The amount of something is the smallest or least that is possible, allowed or needed.

drug offender

Someone who is guilty of a drugs crime.

previously

eerder

explicitly

Expressed in a way that is very clear and direct/

to remind

To make someone remember something that they must do.

(up)coming election

Elections how will happen soon.

valuable

Worth a lot of money.