Elections vocabulary in French

Need to talk about voting and the election process in French? Then this vocabulary list will get you ready!

Vocab

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La démocratie		Democracy
Voter		To vote
Le suffrage universel		Popular vote (US)
Le suffrage universel		Universal suffrage
Une élection		An election
Élire		To elect
Un candidat		A candidate (m)
Une candidate		A candidate (f)
Un électeur		A voter (m)
Une électrice		A voter (f)
Un bureau de vote		A polling station
Un bulletin de vote		A ballot paper
Une urne		A ballot box
Voter blanc		To cast a blank vote
S'abstenir		To abstain
Le dépouillement		Vote counting
Un vote blanc		A blank vote
Un vote nul		A rejected ballot paper
L'abstention		Abstention
Le taux de participation		Voter turnout (rate)

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RebeccaB2Kwiziq community member

Est-ce que le traduction de "popular vote" = "le suffrage universel"?

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CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Rebecca,

'Popular Vote' has been backed by Laura for the US.

Certainly in France, the term, Le Suffrage Universel is very much in use as seen as one of our sacred rights.

I remember my father telling me when I once asked him who he had voted for in an election, that -

"C'est un suffrage universel et secret !"

I grew up never knowing what his electoral tendencies were...

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MaartenC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

In Australia 'universal suffrage' (not a term in everyday use), and 'popular vote' (a term used at pretty much every election) have different meanings. The definition of «le suffrage universel» in Larousse is consistent with 'universal suffrage' but not with the term 'popular vote', as used here.

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Est-ce que le traduction de "popular vote" = "le suffrage universel"?

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