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Some vocabulary from the article
incumbent outright vowed
to cast (a vote) stubbornly endorsement
hitherto burden marred
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Interesting...
In Brazil, voting is compulsory and approximately 80% of people vote. This is called voter turnout. In the UK, voting is not compulsory and turnout is sometimes only 40%.
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