Spanish Lesson of the Week - ¡Politics & Political Vocabulary!

Palabras Políticas y de las Elecciones - Political & Election Words

Election time! For many people this is a very exciting time, and much of the news revolves around issues and vocabulary related to politics and voting. While politics may be a bad issue to bring up when you're traveling abroad...you'll find that many people will ask you questions about your political system, and it's nice to at least know the vocabulary - even if you plan to just say "no me gusta hablar de la política..." (I don't like to talk about politics).

Worksheet:
Political Words in Spanish

Quiz: Spanish Political Words

Hangman: Political Vocabulary

Some Internet Links & Articles:

Why Spanish is the favored new language of politics

Bilingual Ballots in Spanish: a Mistranslation?