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Ask for help > NEED HELP WITH EXPRESSION FROM A POLITICAL BOOK - AGAIN
NEED HELP WITH EXPRESSION FROM A POLITICAL BOOK - AGAIN
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ascincoquinas
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NEED HELP WITH EXPRESSION FROM A POLITICAL BOOK - AGAIN
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Hello eslprintable members! I need you help gain, please. I am cuurently reading a book about politics. Could you please help figure out what the underlined expressions mean? I have to write an essay about it. ok! So here is part of the text: In the context of an election, cohabitation can occur in three ways. It can occur when concurrent presidential and legislative elections return opposing majorities, when a presidential election returns a president who is opposed to the existing legislative majority,or when a legislative election returns aparliamentary majority that is opposed to the president. thanks so much in advance, ASCINCOQUINS |
8 Nov 2017
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yanogator
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First, the overall idea is that the president and legislature are members of opposing parties. That �s all that �s really important here. The underlined expressions just enumerate the three different possible scenarios. 1 is when both president and legislature are newly elected. 2 is when there is a new president, but not a new legislature. 3 is when there is a new legislature and not a new president. Below, I am re-stating what I just said, but more directly mirroring the words of the underlined expressions. 1. When the elections elect (That �s what "return" means here) a majority in the legislature of a party that opposes the president �s party. 2. When the current legislature has a majority of its members in a certain party, and the people elect a president of an opposing party. 3. When the newly-elected legislature has a majority of members in a party opposed to that of the incumbent president. I hope that helps. If not, I can break it down more, or someone else might help. Bruce |
8 Nov 2017
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