Задание

Complete the text with the words and phrases given below. There are THREE words you do not need to use.

Road to the White House
There are many people who would like to become President. From January to June of the election year, the two big parties, Republicans and Democrats, hold ... in many states. In these, people ... who should become the party’s candidate for the ... election in November. At the end of the primaries, each party organises a big party called a ... . Thousands of party ... meet and select the candidate who was the best in the primaries. At this gathering, the candidate also tells the people who will become ... if he gets elected. From August to November the ... of each party travel all over the country, hold ... and try to get the people to vote for them. On the first Tuesday in November the American people vote for one of the presidential candidates. In most cases, there are only two candidates, a Republican and a Democrat, but in the last elections ... from other parties have also taken part.
Americans do not vote for the President directly. They select electors who ... them in the Electoral College. Each state has a certain number of electors. Big states with a large population, like California have many electors \(54\) and small states, like Hawaii only have a few ... . All together there are 538 electors who meet in the Electoral College. In December all the electors meet and elect a president. Most of the time they ... for the candidate who has won in their state. The candidate who has 270 or more electoral votes becomes President. Candidates often ... on the big states with lots of electors. They know that if they win in states like California, New York or Texas they have a good ... of becoming President. On January 20th of the ... year the new President and his Vice President begin the new ... . They put their left hand on a Bible and take the ... of office.