2. Translate the words.

To capitalize, disenchantment, turnout, surge, attempt, acceleration, relevant, overall, to diminish, prospect, undercurrent, shift.

3. State whether the following statements True or False. Give the right answer to the false.

1. Senator Barack Obama capitalized on a tidal wave of disenchantment with President Bush, deep worry about the economy, and seismic demographic shifts.

2. He constructed a coalition, based above all on a rejection of the Demographic brand of the last eight years and a desire for change.

3. Two-thirds of the Hispanic vote went to Kerry, compared with 53 percent for Obama in the last presidential race.

4. Hispanic voters didn’t like Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton during the primary season.

5. Some of the credit may belong to union voters in states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, where Democrats had never worried about his prospects.

6. Obama won nearly the entire African American vote, about 95 percent, compared with the 88 percent share that Kerry won.

7. Although the share of younger voters did not surge over 2004's figure, the

rate of voters younger than 30 who voted for the Republicans increased to 66

percent, a 12-point increase.

8. Exit polls suggested that Obama was able to win with a less dramatic surge in old voters and the Hispanics.

4. Put the appropriate conjunctions in the sentences.

But, although-2, despite

1. … exit polls suggested that Obama was able to win with a less dramatic surge in young voters and African Americans than many had expected.

2. That was a judgment Sen.  John McCain was unable to escape, … repeated attempts to separate himself from Bush.

3. … ideological identification appeared stable, there were significant shifts in the demographic undercurrents.

4. … the share of younger voters did not surge over 2004's figure, the rate of voters younger than 30 who voted for the Democrats increased to 66 percent, a 12-point increase.

5. Make up the questions to the following statements.

1. Statement: Obama's strong performance with college-educated whites helped explain how he was able to build a lead.

?: Who ___________________________________________________________

2. Statement: In North Carolina alone, turnout increased from 54 percent to 61 percent of the electorate about 800,000 voters.

?: Where __________________________________________________________

3. Statement: Some of the credit may belong to union voters in states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, where Democrats had worried about his prospects.

?: Who ___________________________________________________________

4. Statement: Of the three-quarters of the electorate who were white, the early exit polls showed that about 43 percent voted for Obama.

?: How much _______________________________________________________

5. Statement: The Hispanic margin represents a particular blow to the Bush coalition.

?: What ___________________________________________________________

6. Statement: That was a judgment Sen. John McCain was unable to escape, despite repeated attempts to separate himself from Bush.

?: Who ____________________________________________________________

7. Statement: Among independents, Obama scored a six-point advantage.

?: What ___________________________________________________________

8. Statement: The rate of voters younger than 30 who voted for the Democrats increased to 66 percent, a 12-point increase.

?: how much _______________________________________________________