Un supplemento: Election terms

I received an email today from a reader of my blog (thanks, Melanie!) who wished for a word supplement on the recent elections (Congratulations, Senator Obama!). I've combed through a few dozen newspaper articles online and found some pretty decent vocabulary. Special thanks to my friend, Danilo, who helped me compile the list. If you can think of any terms that I might be missing, leave a comment or send an email:

l'elezione (pl. le elzioni) election (you'll see his noun often in the plural)
le elezioni presidentiali presidential elections
le urne (f. plural) ballot box
le urne (f. plural) elections
le urne (f. plural) polls; polling stations
la cabina elettorale voting booth
il sede elettorale voting place; poll
lo spoglio counting
lo spoglio di voti counting of the votes
il scrutatore (m); la scrutratrice vote taker; vote counter
lo scrutinio ballot; polls
la scheda voting card
l'affluenza alle urne turnout
l'affluenza dei votanti turnout
un'alta affluenza a high turnout
una bassa affluenza a low turnout
una scarcsa affluenza a low turnout
il/la votante voter
il vincitore winner
lo sconfitto loser; (literally: the defeated one)
il sondaggio poll
il sondaggio d'opinione opinion poll
il sondaggio all'uscita exit poll
il candidato candidate
il verdetto (dei votanti) verdict, decision (of the voters)
il risultato result
il responso dalle urne result (literally: result from the polls)
le proiezioni (f. plural) projections
la scelta choice
la preferenza choice
la campagna elettorale electoral campaign
la crescita increase
il decremento decrease
il seggio seat (in government)

andare all'urne to go to the polls
votare to vote; to vote for
votare per to vote for
eleggere to elect (pp: eletto)
vincere to win
essere in carica to be in office; to hold office
fare lo scrutinio di voti to count the votes
perdere to lose
avere un mandato to have a mandate
essere in attesa to wait
dare per favorito to be the favorite
congratularsi con to congratulate
registrarsi to register
sconfiggere to defeat
sconfitto defeated

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